Water

[theGinsue]

I keep lots of calcium hipochlorite on hand. I also have a large supply of coffee filters and a couple of .5 micron filters.I keep a 15gal and 2 5 gal water jugs ready to go.

This brings a few questions to mind. I know that Calcium Hypochlorite is used to purify water in swimming pools, but where do you obtain it? Pool/hottub stores?

Secondly, don't you worry about the calcium causing scaling in your filters, or do you use an anti-scaling agent?

Also, do you use a stabilizer at all to avoid the loss of chlorine due to UV rays?

[trlcavscout]

I am no expert so I am calling on one/some for answers to the questions above.

How do you treat river water to make it safe. How long can you store bottled water/stored water. Say you have a family of 4, a safe spot near river/water thats not downstream of a potential target, what is the best way to prepare? Thanks for help in this area.

[jerrymrc]

This brings a few questions to mind. I know that Calcium Hypochlorite is used to purify water in swimming pools, but where do you obtain it? Pool/hottub stores?

Secondly, don't you worry about the calcium causing scaling in your filters, or do you use an anti-scaling agent?

Also, do you use a stabilizer at all to avoid the loss of chlorine due to UV rays?

Regular old pool shock without additives can be had at wally world. Stored correctly it will last a long time. Water should be treated after the filter process.

No stabilizer. In fact you treat the water then let it breathe to reduce the amount of vapors.

Everything I have read about bottled water is that it just about is good forever. I have had some that was just fine after 5 years.

[cbs]

remember also you can boil the water in a pinch.

[theGinsue]

Thanks for the response Jerry!

cbs - Of course boiling water does help cleanes out a lot of contaminants, particularly of the bug type. The problem with boiling is that it does nothing for removing chemicals, hard metals, etc. that may be in the water. To remove those types of things you'll need a good filtration system.