Water, Chlorine and how to make it safe post SHTF

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So bacteria and a virus are way different. Pond water will mainly carry bacteria and other "living" microorganisms. These cannot be vaccinated against. A virus however can be vaccinated against. It's a bit more complicated than that, but this is what it boils down to.

Remember: vaccines are for viruses and antibiotics are for bacteria and protozoa.

Thanks for the serious reply.
I was half expecting a bunch of silliness...

as for your actual answer: Awww man! I WAS GONNA BE IMMUNE TO E'RYTHING
 
I'm gluing my stuff to the ceiling so no one can find it.


On a serious note, I think most people really have the thought that they can just go around looting stuff. Ever attack a well defended position? It ain't easy.

You think the attack is coming from the front but it's really coming from the sides.

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Sodium hypochlorite is easy enough but consider your “contact time”. shorter durations require slightly higher doses and vise versa. As for smell testing, heat the water to about hot bath water temp and then smell. You’ll get a better idea of what you have. Upon entry to “the system” our local city water has a chlorine content of 1.2mg/L for reference.
 
I'll take chlorine over giardia any day of the week.
I once lived at a place with a shallow spring and the UV filter was out for a couple of weeks - treated our drinking water with chlorine then used a carbon filter to remove (most) of the chlorine - it was barley noticeable.
 
I once lived at a place with a shallow spring and the UV filter was out for a couple of weeks - treated our drinking water with chlorine then used a carbon filter to remove (most) of the chlorine - it was barley noticeable.
My parents had to replace their well pump. Using the well depth, size (diameter) and static water level I was able to compute the amount of water standing in the well and added enough sodium dichloro-s-triazinetrione dihydrate to treat it. It too was barely noticeable, but should have disinfected the water.
 
I'll take chlorine over giardia any day of the week.

I have never seen definitive statement that Giardia can be killed with bleach or other chlorine treatment. Nonetheless, when replenishing water supply while hiking I have always used bleach in a little contact lens solution bottle and waited 30 minutes.
 
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The product in the OP is no longer available, and all I see now under that name are 3" tablets. Is there an alternative I'm not seeing? Or just any sodium hypochlorite powder?
 
The product he mentioned is still available. I bought a bag of it (as pool shock) at WalMart this week.
 
The product he mentioned is still available. I bought a bag of it (as pool shock) at WalMart this week.
At the start of COVID, we bought a 5lb pale of it. Enough to purify a few million gallons of water or some ludicrous amount. Disinfection, plus filtration will likely put you 1,000x better off than the next guy.
 
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