Water Purification for Emergency Storage

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billp144

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For water purification can some one help me figure out how manuy drops of unactivated mms I would need to put into 5 gallons of water if I wanted to store it for emergency use for say 5 - 7 years? Also, should I wish to use activated mms, how may drops of activated mms (chlorine dioxide) would it take to do the same thing, and also with the activated mms would that be straight activated mms without being undiluted with water? Thanks
 
Unless you're interested in ingesting something akin to bleach, I would recommend steering clear of MMS. You may want to read a few articles:

http://www.sott.net/articles/show/213275-MMS-Miracle-Mineral-Solution-or-Trojan-Horse-Your-Body-and-DNA-Decide

http://www.sott.net/articles/show/213718-Jim-Humble-Nexus-Magazine-and-The-MMS-Mafia
 
If you're making an emergency preparedness plan, I'd steer clear of chemical disinfectants for water just based on the sordid history of such products. It might be better to get used to the idea of boiling your water in such a situation. Or better yet, get a water distiller. If I remember right, I think you can buy kits that will allow you to turn a basic pressure canner/cooker into a water distiller without too much trouble. Then you'd have a solution for water purification and food storage in one setup! ;)
 
What about Coloidal Silver? I have a bottle of it and on the side of it, it reads something like "Water purification. Place 20ml's per 5lt of water" I do this regularly when I get my water from a natural spring in central victoria to prevent any form of bacterial pollutant.
 
distilling is fine if you have the fuel. personally I'm trying to prepare for 3-5 days with no electric (blizzard, flooding, quake, etc).
I've read several manuals that suggest ordinary bleach is fine (it's basically what most cities use). I don't like the thought of ingesting chlorine either, but better the chems than the germs.
 
I'm sorry Works4dhs but I disagree,

Chemicals like chlorine do horrific damage to the body. Atleast your body can fight off most bacteria.

Maybe it would be worth looking into the matter? Colloidal silver will work against bacteria and relatively harmless to you, though it is not recommended to over do it. It's not financially viable for water companies to actually properly treat our water supply so they take short cuts with various toxic chemicals.

Especially fluoride...
 
chaps23 said:
I'm sorry Works4dhs but I disagree,

Chemicals like chlorine do horrific damage to the body. Atleast your body can fight off most bacteria.
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Yeah, I have to agree with chaps here too. They chemicals in regular bleach are pretty nasty. I recall Dr. Hulda Clark did some research into how cities ran their disinfectant programs, and she discovered that they were basically taking laundry bleach and dumping it into the water. There are no standards of manufacturing and purity as far as regular laundry bleach is concerned and most city water municipalities saw it as a cheap way of disinfecting the water and people wouldn't know the difference. According to Dr. Clark, that difference is measurable as far as cancer rates in a given area are concerned. She did discover that NSF certified bleach could be used for water purification in small amounts, but it had to be NSF certified, which obviously ups the cost of whatever disinfectant program you're running.

Here's a small summary of her research:

_http://livingnetwork.co.za/drclarknetwork/water/laundry-bleach-in-water/

Personally, I'd still consider boiling or distilling water in an emergency situation though, even if that means keeping a few extra tanks of propane on hand. Coloidial silver might work in some situations, I just don't know enough about what dose to add to know that the water is adequately purified. That research might exist out there somewhere though.
 
Generally you will find it written on your bottle of Coloidal Silver, mine says it on the "Directions for use" but I dont think you can really over dose on it unless you skull the bottle....
 
Why not consider ingestable iodine like nacent, or lugols..... or perhaps food grade h2o2? Would they not be a more healthful alternative to purifying water in a pinch?
 
If you are not wanting to consider anything "chemical". May I suggest UltraViolet light treatment to kill off most of the unwanted things ( Bacteria/germicidal stuff/etc)that may be in your water. You can go as simple as a coffee filter, paper towel or even a T-shirt or a clean sock, for filtration to get out the larger stuff you want to remove & then use UV light, but....Boiling the water at a rolling boil for at least one minute before using to cook or drink would still be recommended.
None of this will remove many of the carcinogenic chemicals/fuels/etc or any radiation contamination that may be in the water.(& ya think bleach treatment is bad..lol) But... You can be assured that no lil bugs, or the like, will survive to infect you & make ya feel like your insides have tried to exist outside your body...

Many references to do this stuff out there if ya take the time to look....
here is an easy one that should be easy to understand although you are welcome to investigate further.
:)
Solar water disinfection, also known as SODIS>
_http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SODIS
G'luck.


Edit: Installed munged link
 
works4dhs said:
distilling is fine if you have the fuel. personally I'm trying to prepare for 3-5 days with no electric (blizzard, flooding, quake, etc).
I've read several manuals that suggest ordinary bleach is fine (it's basically what most cities use). I don't like the thought of ingesting chlorine either, but better the chems than the germs.
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BTW.. Since I forgot....

1 gallon per day per person.. Go out & get some "store-bought" distilled water for each person( & pets). Put their water in their clothes closet ,or the like for storage, for the time you will need it & then in about 6-8 months....use the water & then replace it with new.
Not much different than changing your clocks for daylight savings time, or batteries in smoke detectors.

GLuck.
 
in a real emergecy you takes what you can get. the chlorine should dissipate in a few hours, and in any case I can't see that ingesting a tiny bit for 2-3 days could cause too much damage.
 
Get a Berkey system. It will filter out just about anything. If you're worried about bacteria, put a couple of drops of chlorine in a gallon or so, then run it through the Berkey. It will filter out the chlorine.

Boiling and distilling take large amounts of fuel, if you don't have it or don't have the time, the Berkey worky!

I have one, love it!!
 
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