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Water Storage

and Purification
Basics

Eric Vought

Introduction
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Water Storage and Purification Basics
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Overview

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and On-the-Go Eric Vought
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age/Treatment
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Ozarks Resilience Group, Springfield, Missouri, 22 May
Basic rainwater
collection
2017
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systems

When Things
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illness and
dehydration
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Contents

Water Storage 1 Introduction


and Purification
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Overview

Personal: Field 3 Family-sized Storage/Treatment


and On-the-Go
Treating more water at once
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Treating more
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water at once
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4 When Things Go Wrong
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systems Heat-related illness and dehydration
When Things Waterborne disease
Go Wrong
Heat-related
illness and
5 Water Conservation
dehydration
Waterborne
6 Sources and Reading
disease
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The talk materials are distributed under under the Creative
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Water is life

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Water is the most important survival resource
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You can go weeks without food; only days without water
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Dehydration or water-borne disease can incapacitate
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Water is life

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Water is the most important survival resource
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You can go weeks without food; only days without water
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Overview Water-borne disease can kill within 24-48 hours
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Dehydration or water-borne disease can incapacitate
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Fact
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Alcohol alters mental state because it mimicks water in the
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body, causing severe dehydration.
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How much water do you need?

Water Storage
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Family of four >= 2 gallons of clean water to drink per
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40 gal will provide basic needs for a family of 4 x 1 week
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gallons of water per person, per day for all uses. We have used
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just under 25 gallons per day for a family of three.
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8 oz 8 times per day or 8x8 rule
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How much water do you need?

Water Storage
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Family of four >= 2 gallons of clean water to drink per
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40 gal will provide basic needs for a family of 4 x 1 week
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and On-the-Go Do you have livestock? A garden?
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age/Treatment Fact
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water at once
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gallons of water per person, per day for all uses. We have used
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just under 25 gallons per day for a family of three.
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8 oz 8 times per day or 8x8 rule
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How do you get (clean) water?

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You must either:
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store it ahead
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What we will cover

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storage/treatment
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water-borne diseases, first aid
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Water conservation and recycling
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Water on-the-go

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Portable options buy time to solve bigger problems
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Small emergencies are more common than disasters
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happen
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Portable containers

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endless variety of non-breakable, water-tight, food-grade
containers
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Carabiner clips convenient for storage/deployment/carry
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Backpacks may have pocket for hydration bladder
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systems If you have to stop to rehydrate, you will be tempted not to.
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Hydrate in small, steady amounts.
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Portable water treatment

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Betadine/povidone iodine (4 drops per liter @ >15
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Neither chlorine nor iodine at drinkable levels kill
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Iodine Allergy
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Some studies recommend 8 drops; double amount or contact time for
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cloudy, or cold.
Basics of Chemical Treatment

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Kill pathogens in the water and leaves residual chemical
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If not done correctly, will not be effective:
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(Grey Black) sufficient contact time
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collection disinfect all inside surfaces
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systems To improve taste, you may add vitamin C (ascorbic acid).
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Pay attention to the threads, cap (instructor will demonstrate).
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SODIS

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Definition (SODIS)
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SOLar water DISinfection: Uses UV-A striking a closed,
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No PVC
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Must be shallow; put soda bottles on their sides
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Can be scaled up
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Locating Likely Water Sources, 1

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In settled areas, think about places where
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Bags of ice, coffee maker reservoir
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(Grey Black) 16 oz of soda /= 16 oz of water; if you drink soda, coffee,
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Locating Likely Water Sources, 2

Water Storage
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use all senses if it smells bad, dont drink
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Grape vines and thistle roots can be sources of emergency
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Build good personal habits

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Get in the habit of having personal amounts of water:
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walking, biking, trunk of car
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water at once
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(Grey Black) Store treatment supplies, check and replace as needed
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collection Test treatment methods in camping or other activities
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systems before you need it
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Think big, start small, work toward family-sized solutions
Improvised or purpose-built containers

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pre-filled water bottles can get you through an emergency
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Water Cycling (washed) soda bottles or milk jugs are a fine start
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Basic rainwater soda bottles (2 L) or 2L water bladders are a
collection
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PET bottles can then be reused for SODIS (<=3L)
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Household carboys

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water in bottles
Decent carboys with built-in spigots and vents can run a
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Cleaner water (less sediment) is easier it is to treat (less
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Use less-cloudy water to treat for potable water, dirtier
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Pre-filter muddy water before filling carboys or using
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Sand-filter, settling tank (e.g. stock kettle), broad-cloth,
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even a clean sock will work
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Consider Flocculant/Disinfectant Powder for convenient
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Commercial kitchen filters

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Simple faucet filters such as a Brita can provide a
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Filters that improve taste may not protect from
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pathogens: read labels carefully
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Overview Refrigerators often have filtration options for in-door
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(charcoal) or purify small amounts of water
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Berkey-type filters can provide water for a whole kitchen
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Filtration takes time
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Filters will foul with dirty water
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Boiling

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Used to be common most common method (boil order)
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fuel intensive, but less so if used correctly:
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pressure cooker, canner, or stock kettle (lidded) will lose
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home pasteurizer will do the job fine
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Pour between clean containers to restore taste
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Ultraviolet sterilization

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Remove (most) sediment first
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Water cycle definitions

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Definition (Potable Water)
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(not the toilet), and laundry cycles. This water can be reused
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or recycled with little or no treatment for landscape irrigation
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and other non-potable uses. Also called sanitary water.
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http://www.businessdictionary.com/definition/gray-water.html
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Definition (Black Water)
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Collecting rain

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Pots and shallow pans work fine
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You can also collect from tent, tarp, rain fly, roof but:
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Discard the first few gallons as it will be dirtier
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Preferably send through pre-filter such as cloth, strainer,
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hang weight on grommet to direct water flow
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Drums and large commercial carboys (e.g. 200-500 gallon
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food grade) can store water for emergency, animal, garden
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Many ways to do it

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Amazing variety of ways to tackle the problem
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How much do you need?
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water at once How do you get adequate pressure for household needs?
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organically
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How much?

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amount
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measure:
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Use crisis mode (living from carboys) as your baseline
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What would you like to be comfortable?
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(Grey Black) How long do you go without rain? (See tables.)
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Tables are great, but stick a raingauge outside...
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Treating much more water

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Big limiter is sedimentation; sediment degrades treatment
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sand-filters, etc.
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flocculants (e.g. ferrous sulfate or alum)
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a substance added to a suspension to enhance aggregation of
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Larger storage systems, pressure

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Ponds or moats can provide extra cushion, especially for
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Heat/dehydration related injuries

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within hours
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Body sweats to cool itself, but loses water and electrolytes
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Heat injuries:
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Heat Injury Definitions

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(CERT)
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occurs when an individual exercises or works in extreme heat,
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resulting in looss of body fluids through heavy weating. Blood
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flow in skin increases, causing blood flow to decrease to vital
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organs. This results in a mild form of shock.(CERT)
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Heat Exhaustion

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Cool, moist, pale, or flushed skin
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Treating more Will affect judgement! (watch each other for symptoms)
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Heat Stroke

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This is a form of shock- organs shutting down
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Treating more Changes in consciousness
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Heat-Injury Treatment

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Slow, steady hydration to prevent, rotate time in direct
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Take the victim out of heat and place in cool (not cold!)
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Cool slowly: wet towels or sheets, cool bath (not ice)
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Give victim water slowly (approx. glass/15 minutes)
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Gatorade or similar at strength, Pedialyte, dilute pickle
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juice, etc
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Waterborne Disease

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of vertebrates. (Dictionary.com)
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Cryptosporidium, species of which are parasites of birds and
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Treating more abdominal pain and diarrhoea ( cryptosporidiosis)/
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Definition (E. coli)
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some of which are responsible for diarrheal diseases...
Symptoms and Treatment

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without assistance
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Most giardia infections actually non-fatal but can become
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doctor)
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it encysts to protect itself
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bitter alkaloids from roots of rose family (e.g. blackberry,
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raspberry) can help diarrhea; strong decoction (per Tom
When Things Brown)
Go Wrong Walnut-hull extract reputed to kill giardia but cysts
Heat-related
illness and
dehydration
remain and infestation will recur
Waterborne
disease
Clove (e.g. as capsule) reputed to kill cysts
Some thoughts on saving water

Water Storage
and Purification Reduce water used in cooking;
Basics

Eric Vought
Use water from one process (e.g. cooking greens, heating
vegetables) as input to cooking rice, etc.
Introduction Canned vegetables and tuna water may also be reused in
Invocation
Legal cooking
Acknowledgements
Overview Cycle rinse water to wash water to garden or toilet; divert
Personal: Field
and On-the-Go
grey water with separate plumbing
Family-sized Consider aquaponics for grey water recapture
Stor-
age/Treatment Grey water can be tanked for later use; tanks will need
Treating more
water at once periodic cleaning/maintenance
Water Cycling
(Grey Black)
Basic rainwater
Low-flu sh toilets save water but can be unreliable
collection
Whole-house
systems
Temporarily save water from bath or shower in emergency
When Things (bail and bucket for other uses)
Go Wrong
Heat-related
Dishwashers can be very water-efficient
illness and
dehydration
Waterborne
High-efficiency front-loading washers
disease
Changelog

Water Storage
and Purification
Basics

Eric Vought

Introduction
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Acknowledgements
Overview
0.3 First complete draft 2017-05-21
Personal: Field 1.0 Draft for presentation 2017-05-22\
and On-the-Go

Family-sized 1.1 Post-presentation edits and feedback,


Stor-
age/Treatment heat-related illness material
Treating more
water at once
Water Cycling
(Grey Black)
Basic rainwater
collection
Whole-house
systems

When Things
Go Wrong
Heat-related
illness and
dehydration
Waterborne
disease
Resources

Water Storage
and Purification Deyo, H. D. (2010). Dare To Prepare (3rd ed.). Pueblo
Basics
West, CO: Deyo Enterprises, LLC. Retrieved from
Eric Vought
http://daretoprepare.com
Introduction Brown, T. (1983). Wilderness Survival. New York, NY:
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Acknowledgements
Overview Build-It Solar - Water Conservation Projects (DIY plans)
Personal: Field
and On-the-Go
Eric Vought, Pages From An Ozark Herbal (2nd ed, draft
Family-sized
manuscript).
Stor- https://www.scribd.com/doc/51838055/
age/Treatment
Treating more
water at once
Pages-From-An-Ozark-Herbal-2nd-Edition-Draft
Water Cycling
(Grey Black) Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) Basic
Basic rainwater
collection Training. A 21-hour, 9-unit course in disaster response for
Whole-house
systems CERT volunteers. Periodically taught in Greene County,
When Things
Go Wrong sometimes at the Greene County Public Saftey Center;
Heat-related
illness and This author is a certified-instructore and the Lawrence
dehydration
Waterborne
disease
County Sheriffs Auxiliary will do periodic trainings
Online Courses

Water Storage
and Purification Introduction to Household Water Treatment and Safe
Basics
Storage Coursera, 5 weeks:
Eric Vought
https://www.coursera.org/learn/water-treatment
Introduction Water and Wastewater Treatment Engineering:
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Acknowledgements
Overview https://www.edx.org/course/
Personal: Field
and On-the-Go
water-wastewater-treatment-engineering-tsinghuax-
Family-sized
; goes into detail of technologies used in urban water
Stor-
age/Treatment
treatment, including flocculation, different types of
Treating more
water at once
filtration, etc. Larger scale but provides extensive
Water Cycling
(Grey Black) background.
Basic rainwater
collection Note: I have not personally taken either course.
Whole-house
systems Generally good experience with Coursera content but very
When Things
Go Wrong bad experience with platform and support. Better
Heat-related
illness and experiences with EdX, but content may be more mixed
dehydration
Waterborne
disease
quality. Let the buyer beware.

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