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Old 04-11-2009, 07:07 PM   #7 (permalink)
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Bleach tends to lose strength with age, and rather quickly. What's recommended in some circles is to store calcium hypochlorite (pool shock) which can be mixed up into a bleach solution when needed. Store it dry, and when needed, it only takes a very tiny bit of the stuff to make bleach-strength liquid, which can then sterilize water without having had to worry about it losing strength.

Better than Bleach: Use Calcium Hypochlorite to Disinfect Water

A solar still is also an option for long-term water purification. One crude set of plans is:

Solar Water Still Plans
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