PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method of effectively activating the adsorption action, photocatalytic action, and sterilization action characteristic of the fired material of a mixture of a photocatalytic material and a clay mineral for drinking water which is directly taken in by humans.;SOLUTION: As regards the purification sterilization vessel for drinking water, at the inside of a vessel for a liquid, a porous composite material obtained by firing a mixed raw material at least containing a clay mineral and a photocatalytic material is held to the part in contact with drinking water such as city water and highly purified drinking water stored in the vessel. In the method, city water and drinking water having a high cleaning degree is purified and sterilized using the purification sterilization vessel.;COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI
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