Good info on disinfecting water for cheap!!!

[Anton]

Here's the MSDS...

http://www.sciencestuff.com/msds/C1447.html

"Corrosive to the eyes, skin, respiratory and digestive tracts." Don't know how dilute it would need to be to be safe but I'm not sure I would want to ingest it anyway.

[StagLefty]

Here's the MSDS...

http://www.sciencestuff.com/msds/C1447.html

"Corrosive to the eyes, skin, respiratory and digestive tracts." Don't know how dilute it would need to be to be safe but I'm not sure I would want to ingest it anyway.

More good info-that's why I stick to stuff that is specifically designed for purifying "drinking water".

[Wulf202]

More good info-that's why I stick to stuff that is specifically designed for purifying "drinking water".

Cal hypo is used in many cases by the municipalities for water treatment.

[Jeff350]

Here's the MSDS...

http://www.sciencestuff.com/msds/C1447.html

"Corrosive to the eyes, skin, respiratory and digestive tracts." Don't know how dilute it would need to be to be safe but I'm not sure I would want to ingest it anyway.

You trust good ol' Uncle Sam right?

EPA Emergency Drinking Water Recommendations

You can use granular calcium hypochlorite to disinfect water.
Add and dissolve one heaping teaspoon of high-test granular calcium hypochlorite (approximately ¼ ounce) for each two gallons of water, or 5 milliliters (approximately 7 grams) per 7.5 liters of water. The mixture will produce a stock chlorine solution of approximately 500 milligrams per liter, since the calcium hypochlorite has available chlorine equal to 70 percent of its weight. To disinfect water, add the chlorine solution in the ratio of one part of chlorine solution to each 100 parts of water to be treated. This is roughly equal to adding 1 pint (16 ounces) of stock chlorine to each 12.5 gallons of water or (approximately ½ liter to 50 liters of water) to be disinfected. To remove any objectionable chlorine odor, aerate the disinfected water by pouring it back and forth from one clean container to another.

[Anton]

Obviously anything that will kill bacteria is bad for our cells too. That said, after seeing the MSDS, I'd try to find something slightly less corrosive.

[Wulf202]

Obviously anything that will kill bacteria is bad for our cells too. That said, after seeing the MSDS, I'd try to find something slightly less corrosive.

Seriously?

Have you checked the MSDS on coke syrup?

Cal hypo is good stuff for preps, somewhere I posted a youtube link earlier this year.

[Anton]

Have you checked the MSDS on coke syrup?

No. Because, to the best of my knowledge, there isn't one.