Who Has actually Used Pool Shocked Water To Drink?

[Matt In Oklahoma]

I actually found this as well http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSBOd...el_video_title
and I guess i aint gonna die. It appears it can be done, good to know though. Better than just reading bout it
Thanks for the receipe jmc7104

[jmc7104]

I actually found this as well http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSBOd...el_video_title
and I guess i aint gonna die. It appears it can be done, good to know though. Better than just reading bout it
Thanks for the receipe jmc7104

Welcomed Matt and by the way I have used Bleach with a powered clorinator in sand point wells along numerous rivers to purify water for years. Probably safer than the city treated water we drink now coming out of the Mississippi River. Several years back I started to stock-pile Bleach and bought 20 one gallon bottles of it only to find out later that it only had a 2 year usable life.Needless to say we had a lot of very white clothes trying to use 20 gallon of bleach up in laundry over two years.....

[rockriver]

2 comments.
i think the formula for a 20,000 gallon pool was 2 pounds of shock
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army ranger associate said they filled canteens from florida swamp and added a few drops of chlorine and waited a few minutes before
drinking. no one got sick from water.

[protus]

well to make everyone feel safe......

ive drank it.

but not how you think.

For years i have used a product called MSR sweetwater drops.
wanna know what it is.....
3.5% sodium hypochlorite 5 drops per liter.

mines old....so i put 10-13 drops per 2 liters.
Ive filtered h20 that IMHOhad fecal matter in it. It smelled bad, the day before we filtered that same h20, not one issue. Some hiker musta "washed" in it right before we came around to filter.
I used a katadyn hiker as my filter, added the drops. waited 30 mins.
me and my hiking partner did not get sick.. though it was tough drinking fixin as it smelled like a porta john LOL. But we are still alive and kicking LOL

[Bill Foster]

Thanks for the Video Matt. I took notes and I am going to label my containers as you have. I have never heard to let the containers sit for 3-4 hours before drinking; thanks for that important information. I had heard that calcium hypochlorite was better than bleach, and lasts longer in storage. A cheaper place to purchase is a pool or spa supplier. My bag was $1.75. Also the pool guy is a local businessman.

[Matt In Oklahoma]

Thanks for the Video Matt. I took notes and I am going to label my containers as you have. I have never heard to let the containers sit for 3-4 hours before drinking; thanks for that important information. I had heard that calcium hypochlorite was better than bleach, and lasts longer in storage. A cheaper place to purchase is a pool or spa supplier. My bag was $1.75. Also the pool guy is a local businessman.

Wasnt my video brother just posted it

[GAGLOCK]

No I haven't tested it but it is legit not an internet myth.

Our illustrious EPA has produced a document on Emergency Disinfection of Drinking Water:

[QUOTE]You can use granular calcium hypochlorite to disinfect water.
Add and dissolve one heaping teaspoon of high-test granular calcium hypochlorite (approximately

[Matt In Oklahoma]

No I haven't tested it but it is legit not an internet myth.

Our illustrious EPA has produced a document on Emergency Disinfection of Drinking Water:



According to their formula 1lb of calcium hypochlorite should make around 64 gallons of standard chlorine bleach solution which will disinfect over ten thousand gallons of water.

Here's a link to their document. I've printed this off and store it along with my pool shock. Also given out 1lb bags and these instructions to friends.

http://water.epa.gov/drink/emerprep/...sinfection.cfm

Yep, tested GTG. Just dont like not testing stuff and having untested stuff thrown out there. Be careful and dont breathe it

[610Alpha]

thanks for the link with the info...much appreciated.

[GAGLOCK]

Yep, tested GTG. Just dont like not testing stuff and having untested stuff thrown out there. Be careful and dont breathe it

Thanks for the video! I've decided to double ziplock all my poolshock and store it well away from anything that could get corroded from it. Don't want to store it in mason jars since the lids might corrode plus the hazard of broken glass tearing open the package if it gets knocked off a shelf.

I'm gonna have to start using this to make my own household bleach. No sense paying $1 plus a gallon for it when I've got virtually a lifetime supply in one little bag of it. I've got some icing buckets to clean so that'd be a good place to start.

[610Alpha]

I will probably put some back and store it in mylar and bucket.

[Matt In Oklahoma]

I will probably put some back and store it in mylar and bucket.

I dunno bout that this stuff gives off vapors and seems to produce a corrosive gas, i'd just store it outside in some kind of non airtight container

[TyrannyUnleashed]

I dunno bout that this stuff gives off vapors and seems to produce a corrosive gas, i'd just store it outside in some kind of non airtight container

I'm not an expert here, but we do have a pool and we keep our tabs and shock in 5 gallon buckets (with screw-on lids, that we purchase them in) in our garage year round and we don't notice any smell of any kind. I know this is not long term storage. We have had them stored on painted metal shelves in the same place now for over six years. No rust or corrosion of any kind on the shelves or in the buckets. I'm just adding what we have experienced, with what we use.

[Matt In Oklahoma]

I'm not an expert here, but we do have a pool and we keep our tabs and shock in 5 gallon buckets (with screw-on lids, that we purchase them in) in our garage year round and we don't notice any smell of any kind. I know this is not long term storage. We have had them stored on painted metal shelves in the same place now for over six years. No rust or corrosion of any kind on the shelves or in the buckets. I'm just adding what we have experienced, with what we use.

hmmm, maybe i got a leak in the container somewhere then