cmkb3 Posted January 11, 2020 Share Posted January 11, 2020 (edited) Per: https://www.epa.gov/ground-water-and-drinking-water/emergency-disinfection-drinking-water https://www.clorox.com/how-to/disinfecting-sanitizing/disaster-preparation-and-cleanup/disaster-preparedness-purifying-water/ Bleach can be used as an emergency water purifier at a ratio of 1 tsp (~5mL) to 5 gallons (for particularly nasty/cloudy/cold water. Regular water purification requires half of this amount). This could provide a quicker (non-renewable) way to purify quantities of water. One thing to note is that bleach is not as effective as boiling in killing parasites -- this would be most notable is trying to purify lake or river water. This should most likely not be a consideration for rain water. Edited January 11, 2020 by cmkb3 turkler and leon2356 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Thuztor Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 (edited) I'm sure, that drinking rain water in real should not be a problem, if the collecting vessel is clean. This should be implemented. For the river water: I would heat the water up - this should make it drinkable. I'm not quite sure for what kind of water bleach could be used - water from mud puddles? Edit: It should also be possible to clean water by adding a little amount of high percentage alcohol. Edited January 12, 2020 by Thuztor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmkb3 Posted January 12, 2020 Author Share Posted January 12, 2020 13 hours ago, Thuztor said: I'm sure, that drinking rain water in real should not be a problem, if the collecting vessel is clean. This should be implemented. For the river water: I would heat the water up - this should make it drinkable. I'm not quite sure for what kind of water bleach could be used - water from mud puddles? Edit: It should also be possible to clean water by adding a little amount of high percentage alcohol. In previous discussions about tainted water, devs/support team have stated that they are following CDC guidelines for potable water -- the CDC does not consider rain water to be potable, see: https://www.cdc.gov/healthywater/drinking/private/rainwater-collection.html As far as adding alcohol water to 'clean' it -- unfortunately, I am unable to find any information that adding alcohol to water has any sterilizing or purifying properties. While low levels of alcohol % can help extend the amount of time that already purified water remains potable, it is not a reliable way to clean water. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aquelarrefox Posted January 13, 2020 Share Posted January 13, 2020 purification tablets mybe a good adition? few more militar stuff (no weapons, equipment) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muscamole Posted January 13, 2020 Share Posted January 13, 2020 On 1/12/2020 at 3:49 AM, Thuztor said: Edit: It should also be possible to clean water by adding a little amount of high percentage alcohol. That wouldn't clean the water, that just dilutes your alcohol. Alcohol needs to be at least 50% to be effective at sterilizing anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thuztor Posted January 14, 2020 Share Posted January 14, 2020 You're right, it won't clean the water, it would disinfect the water and kills viruses, bacteria and fungi. And in my language is high percentage alcohol above 50%, so I'm not sure what the difference between "at least 50%" and "high percentage" is for you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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