Water Purification ideas, You want me to drink what!? Below I have offered some choices for your water purification plan whether at home or at large. Liquid Bleach Yes, it is a good option. BUT, liquid bleach only has an effective shelf life of about 6 months before it becomes ineffective. Not good to carry in a pack. Not a problem for short term home use but date it and rotate it into your laundry. Use only unscented bleach for drinking water purification. You can use it for small quantities as well as large. (for clear water = 8 drops bleach to 1 gallon of water - cloudy water = 16 drops of bleach to 1 gallon of water) ( 2 drops and 4 drops respectively for quart sizes) A better long term solution is sodium hypochlorite powder (pool shock) about $3 for a small pouch that cleans about 10,000 gallons of water. This is the same material that cities use to clean municipal water. Best in larger containers like rain barrels and such. Use your math to calculate dosages from the instructions. It has a very, very long shelf life as it is a powder. Liquids of any type have a short life (meds, sauces, bleach) Pool specialty stores carry it. Be careful of other types of pool shock because they have other ingredients that I believe would not be good to drink Im not sure. I only looked up the MSDS sheets for sodium hypochlorite. I have not seen the right stuff at the home stores. This is a great inexpensive barter item to keep in your preps. Plus it makes the Doom Room smell fresh :D Other great solutions are; Tincture of Iodine 2% - From drug store. 5 -10 drops per 32oz of water (make sure you are not sensitive to iodine, pregnant or have a thyroid condition) Boiling = Have a steel container and set in/on the fire until water boils a couple minutes. A good kit would have stainless steel container, scarf for filtering sediments and a way to make fire. Water filter = Properly sized for number of people served and mission. Used mostly as a temporary measure. Go for the higher quality and do your own comparisons. Bio-sand filter= Research online and print out for reference later. Container, sand, charcoal. Built in layers in container. Pour in the top, clean water flows out the bottom. Rain Water = Use plastic, tarps or solar stills to catch as much as possible. Use your cotton scarf or shemaugh as a filter to remove the debris that falls from the trees. NOTE If you have pesticides or virus in your water source these methods may not be effective. Familiarize yourself with these techniques beforehand and learn about your nearby water quality due to farms, city runoff, landfills, etc. Also look into field expedient wells where you drive a pipe into the ground and pull water. Its bad enough that you find yourself in a survival situation, you really dont need Montezumas revenge or worse incapacitating yourself or your family when there is no immediate medical help. Waterborne diseases are not to be toyed with. Unless you like to eat raw hamburger for thrills. Yech! Do your own research and consider all safety protocols!
Posted on: Mon, 02 Dec 2013 15:36:00 +0000
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