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Planning on using bleach to purify your drinking water after TSHTF? Read this...

 
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Planning on using bleach to purify your drinking water after TSHTF? Read this...
Liquid bleach is unstable and doesn't last much beyond six months.

Calcium hypochlorite, also known as POOL SHOCK, is much better and is stable enough to last for years in your survival stash.

Read on:

<<<Calcium hypochlorite is one of the best chemical disinfectants for water, better than household bleach by far. It destroys a variety of disease causing organisms including bacteria, yeast, fungus, spores, and viruses.

Calcium Hypochlorite is widely available for use as swimming pool chlorine tablets or white powder that is much more stable than chlorine. This is often known as “pool shock”.>>>

<<<A 1-pound pag of calcium hypochlorite in granular form will treat up to 10,000 gallons of drinking water.>>>

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neat, huh?
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One more time through page one - ;)
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Very useful - thanks!
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Do they sell that in places like Home Depot?
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Do they sell that in places like Home Depot?
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Yes, even in some grocery stores (well, out here in Cali where lots of people have pools.) It's not expensive, either.
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Very useful - thanks!
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Thank you for the info, OP!
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Re: Planning on using bleach to purify your drinking water after TSHTF? Read this...
Wally world has it there too.
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Re: Planning on using bleach to purify your drinking water after TSHTF? Read this...
bleach lasts for years, not six months. its recommended because its common, not cos its the best thing.

just better than drinking squillions of waterbugs.
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04/10/2011 09:15 PM
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Re: Planning on using bleach to purify your drinking water after TSHTF? Read this...
Liquid bleach is unstable and doesn't last much beyond six months.

Calcium hypochlorite, also known as POOL SHOCK, is much better and is stable enough to last for years in your survival stash.

Read on:

<<<Calcium hypochlorite is one of the best chemical disinfectants for water, better than household bleach by far. It destroys a variety of disease causing organisms including bacteria, yeast, fungus, spores, and viruses.

Calcium Hypochlorite is widely available for use as swimming pool chlorine tablets or white powder that is much more stable than chlorine. This is often known as “pool shock”.>>>

<<<A 1-pound pag of calcium hypochlorite in granular form will treat up to 10,000 gallons of drinking water.>>>

[link to www.survivaltopics.com]


neat, huh?
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Excellent info. Thanks for posting.
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bleach lasts for years, not six months. its recommended because its common, not cos its the best thing.

just better than drinking squillions of waterbugs.
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From the website:

“We recommend storing (liquid) bleach at room temperatures. It can be stored for about 6 months at temperatures between 50 and 70 degrees Fahrenheit. After this time, bleach will be begin to degrade at a rate of 20% each year until totally degraded to salt and water. Storing at temperatures much higher than 70 degrees Fahrenheit could cause the bleach to lose its effectiveness and degrade more rapidly. However, if you require 6% sodium hypochlorite, you should change your supply every 3 months.”

My point is not that liquid bleach is useless, just that it degrades and may not be the best choice for your long term survival storage.
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Re: Planning on using bleach to purify your drinking water after TSHTF? Read this...
Liquid bleach is unstable and doesn't last much beyond six months.

Calcium hypochlorite, also known as POOL SHOCK, is much better and is stable enough to last for years in your survival stash.

Read on:

<<<Calcium hypochlorite is one of the best chemical disinfectants for water, better than household bleach by far. It destroys a variety of disease causing organisms including bacteria, yeast, fungus, spores, and viruses.

Calcium Hypochlorite is widely available for use as swimming pool chlorine tablets or white powder that is much more stable than chlorine. This is often known as “pool shock”.>>>

<<<A 1-pound pag of calcium hypochlorite in granular form will treat up to 10,000 gallons of drinking water.>>>

[link to www.survivaltopics.com]


neat, huh?
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Excellent info. Thanks for posting.
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Yes, it seemed worth sharing.
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Thank you for the info, OP!
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You are most welcome. I hope the information helps you some day....
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<<<A 1-pound pag of calcium hypochlorite in granular form will treat up to 10,000 gallons of drinking water.>>>


neat, huh?
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Yeah neet! ... How much to treat say...1- 5 gallons?
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Yes, known for years now.
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Wally world has it there too.
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Thanks, yes, they would have it. Lowe's, too. It's only about three dollars for a pound.
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If it dosen't take radiation out of the water, I think it's a moot point as to which treatment method is the "best".
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04/10/2011 09:30 PM
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Canadian Tire stocks this also.
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<<<A 1-pound pag of calcium hypochlorite in granular form will treat up to 10,000 gallons of drinking water.>>>


neat, huh?
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Yeah neet! ... How much to treat say...1- 5 gallons?
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 555241


Gosh, just a very very tiny amount (1/10,000 of a pound for 1 gallon, however much that is) - so the technique is to first mix up a batch of concentrate, and use small amounts of that concetrate to disinfect the water at a ratio of 1 to 100.

Here are the directions on the website:

<<<Using granular calcium hypochlorite to disinfect water is a two step process.

1.To make a ***stock of chlorine solution*** (do not drink this!) dissolve 1 heaping teaspoon (about one-quarter of an ounce) of high-test (78%) granular calcium hypochlorite for each two gallons (eight liters) of water.

2.To disinfect water add one part of the chlorine solution to 100 parts water to be treated.

3.Let the mixture sit for at least one-half hour before drinking.

Be sure to obtain the dry granular calcium hypochlorite since once it is made into a liquid solution it will begin to degrade and eventually become useless as a disinfecting agent. This also means you should make your treated drinking water in small batches, for example enough for a few weeks at a time at most.>>>

So first you mix up a batch of concentrate and then you use that concentrate at a ratio of 1 to 100 with water.
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04/10/2011 09:32 PM
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If it dosen't take radiation out of the water, I think it's a moot point as to which treatment method is the "best".
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Yes, great attitude. If you are planning of dying from radiation poisoning, who cares about cholera?
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<<<A 1-pound pag of calcium hypochlorite in granular form will treat up to 10,000 gallons of drinking water.>>>


neat, huh?
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Yeah neet! ... How much to treat say...1- 5 gallons?
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 555241


Gosh, just a very very tiny amount (1/10,000 of a pound for 1 gallon, however much that is) - so the technique is to first mix up a batch of concentrate, and use small amounts of that concetrate to disinfect the water at a ratio of 1 to 100.

Here are the directions on the website:

<<<Using granular calcium hypochlorite to disinfect water is a two step process.

1.To make a ***stock of chlorine solution*** (do not drink this!) dissolve 1 heaping teaspoon (about one-quarter of an ounce) of high-test (78%) granular calcium hypochlorite for each two gallons (eight liters) of water.

2.To disinfect water add one part of the chlorine solution to 100 parts water to be treated.

3.Let the mixture sit for at least one-half hour before drinking.

Be sure to obtain the dry granular calcium hypochlorite since once it is made into a liquid solution it will begin to degrade and eventually become useless as a disinfecting agent. This also means you should make your treated drinking water in small batches, for example enough for a few weeks at a time at most.>>>

So first you mix up a batch of concentrate and then you use that concentrate at a ratio of 1 to 100 with water.
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Thanks great information!! bump
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Canadian Tire stocks this also.
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Thanks, Crafty one from northern lands. You wouldn't think a Canadian tire store would have pool shock, eh?
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<<<A 1-pound pag of calcium hypochlorite in granular form will treat up to 10,000 gallons of drinking water.>>>


neat, huh?
 Quoting: There is something better!!! 1325189


Yeah neet! ... How much to treat say...1- 5 gallons?
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 555241


Gosh, just a very very tiny amount (1/10,000 of a pound for 1 gallon, however much that is) - so the technique is to first mix up a batch of concentrate, and use small amounts of that concetrate to disinfect the water at a ratio of 1 to 100.

Here are the directions on the website:

<<<Using granular calcium hypochlorite to disinfect water is a two step process.

1.To make a ***stock of chlorine solution*** (do not drink this!) dissolve 1 heaping teaspoon (about one-quarter of an ounce) of high-test (78%) granular calcium hypochlorite for each two gallons (eight liters) of water.

2.To disinfect water add one part of the chlorine solution to 100 parts water to be treated.

3.Let the mixture sit for at least one-half hour before drinking.

Be sure to obtain the dry granular calcium hypochlorite since once it is made into a liquid solution it will begin to degrade and eventually become useless as a disinfecting agent. This also means you should make your treated drinking water in small batches, for example enough for a few weeks at a time at most.>>>

So first you mix up a batch of concentrate and then you use that concentrate at a ratio of 1 to 100 with water.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 1325189


Thanks great information!! bump
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Sure thing. Every once in awhile I review the recipe, as I am unlikely to have it printed out just when I would need it. You know how that goes. Wouldn't want to get the ratios wrong, blechhh!!

The easiest way for me to remember, personally, is to think in terms of "1 heaping teaspoon fixes 200 gallons", and the rest of the procedure(steps of making the liquid concentrate first)is easy to remember.
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Re: Planning on using bleach to purify your drinking water after TSHTF? Read this...
Word to the wise do not drink bleach
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Canadian Tire stocks this also.
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Thanks for the tip!
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This thread is absolutely retarded. It makes people think that instead of using this alternative, they can use bleach. Bleach is a great way to kill your self. It is historically know that consuming bleach WILL kill you. Vonnegut's mother anyone? Hello? Do you fucks think cyanide is great way to cure an illness? I mean, come on.
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Re: Planning on using bleach to purify your drinking water after TSHTF? Read this...
This thread is absolutely retarded. It makes people think that instead of using this alternative, they can use bleach. Bleach is a great way to kill your self. It is historically know that consuming bleach WILL kill you. Vonnegut's mother anyone? Hello? Do you fucks think cyanide is great way to cure an illness? I mean, come on.
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Are you retarded? Where does it say to drink bleach? Where? I clearly explained how to dilute the sodium hypochloride, and anyone who is STUPID enough to drink BLEACH based on that is going to have a hard time staying alive in any event. Stupid fucking shill. This is helpful information for those with the intelligence to use it. It's not for the likes of you you stupid asshole. Go trash somebody else's thread and be damned.
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This thread is absolutely retarded. It makes people think that instead of using this alternative, they can use bleach. Bleach is a great way to kill your self. It is historically know that consuming bleach WILL kill you. Vonnegut's mother anyone? Hello? Do you fucks think cyanide is great way to cure an illness? I mean, come on.
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Are you retarded? Where does it say to drink bleach? Where? I clearly explained how to dilute the sodium hypochloride, and anyone who is STUPID enough to drink BLEACH based on that is going to have a hard time staying alive in any event. Stupid fucking shill. This is helpful information for those with the intelligence to use it. It's not for the likes of you you stupid asshole. Go trash somebody else's thread and be damned.
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Your belligerent response makes me feel better about myself.

I would ask you to stop, but your sheer stupidity is like a comedy routine, and one I see on here everyday.

Enjoy being added to the list of people I completely ignore because you bring not even salt to the table.
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Re: Planning on using bleach to purify your drinking water after TSHTF? Read this...
Use the ratios in this thread, but if you want to clear out the bleach, put the water in bright sun for a couple of hours or more after treatment. The sun decomposes the chlorine bleach. Once the water is treated, the bleach goes away in a few days even without sun.





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