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Can You Purify Water Just by Boiling It? - Michigan Swamp Buck - 11-22-2022
In a survival situation you will have three major priorities to act on immediately known as the rule of three.
1) Shelter: In cases of extreme weather you will need to build a shelter within a few hours. Even if the weather is good and you have time to make a good shelter, do this first.
2) Potable water: Without clean drinking water, you could die in as little as three days.
3) Food: You will need to eat and after three weeks, you probably won't make it without food.
What I want to address here is water and some of the common ways to purify it for safe drinking.
Note: As was pointed out in this thread in the old RN-3, you will need a source of water, something I thought will go without saying.
A desert or very dry region would present a problem with locating water, but dew will fall (or frost form) in most of those areas before dawn. Also, the water quality before you process it is important as some water can be too dirty to deal with. Water is something you'll need lots of and is really top of the list other than avoiding an immediately deadly climate with a shelter of some kind.
Quote:Can You Purify Water Just by Boiling It? What You Should Know
You can purify most water by boiling it. Boiling water will kill any biological contaminants like water-borne viruses or bacteria, but it will not remove other contaminants like heavy metals, salts, radiation, or chemicals.
Instructions for Boiling Water
. . . Instructions for Boiling Water
The EPA has instructions for purifying water by boiling. Simply place your water into a pot and put the pot over a heat source. Let it come to a rolling boil. You’ll see large bubbles breaking the surface at this point, not just steam and tiny bubbles. Boil the water at a rolling boil for at least a minute. If you’re high up in the mountains, altitude can affect the heat transfer, so boil it for three minutes.
Now remove the water from the heat source and let it cool to room temperature. Store it in clean containers. Boiled water can taste a little flat, so you can either pour it between clean containers a few times or add a pinch of salt to improve the water’s taste.
Other Methods for Purifying Water
You can’t always boil water. Perhaps your power is out, and your oven isn’t working, or you can’t find enough wood to build a decent cooking fire. You do have other options, including:
- Purifying with bleach
- Iodine
- Water disinfection tablets
https://purificationlife.com/can-you-purify-water-just-by-boiling-it-what-you-should-know/
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Activated charcoal can be made at home by chemical activation procedure, provided you have the required materials and equipment. Though any organic material can be used as a precursor or raw material for producing activated charcoal, you should select a nontoxic carbon source with absorbent properties. Let’s discuss in brief how to make activated charcoal by using coconut shells as the raw material.
. . .you need:
- Coconut shells (without meat)
- Burning sink, drum or an elongated iron container to burn the shells.
- Oven
- 25 percent concentrated solution of calcium chloride (CaCl2) or zinc chloride (ZnCl2) available in brewing supply shops or drug stores. To make this solution, dissolve 250 g CaCl2 in 1000 ml of water and increase the proportion in the same ratio as per your requirement.
- Sterilized water
- Plastic pail
- Draining tray
- Zipper bags
- Blender
Quote:GeauxHomeLittleD Wrote: [url=https://rogue-nation3.com/post-88924.html#pid88924][/url]Boil water, add 1/8 teaspoon bleach per gallon and let set appx. 24 hours, filter best you can (layered cotton cloth or coffee filters or layers of pebbles, sand and activated charcoal- whatever you have) for best drinking water. Life straws are a must have until you get a system in place.
If you're not anywhere near a creek, river or spring you can collect rain water, collect dew and condensation, etc. Also remember hot water heaters, radiators and backs of toilets have water.