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As well as storing some water, we really need to have the capability to purify water that we can find in surface--in ditches, lakes, or streams. And this is a very inexpensive water purification kit. I keep it in 2 different buckets, and there's a reason for that. We'll be using one bucket to scoop the water out of a ditch or a stream. We'll be using the other bucket to filter the water into. And then we'll be going through a disinfectant step. The purification of water does take two steps. First we have to clarify the water, which means that we take out the particulate matter and get rid of anything that would interfere with the disinfectant step. If there are particles in there, they usually have microscopic pores which provide a hiding place for bacteria, and you cannot get complete disinfectant as long as you have a lot of particles there. So we're going to go through a clarification step to take all of those particles out. Then we will go through a disinfectant step using iodine or chlorine. Eithe one of them is very effective. First of all I'll take the lids off the kit, and I'll show you what I keep in the kit. First. the instructions. You never know when you might need this. It could be a few years down the road. Maybe you're a little bit rusty. Maybe you don't quite remember how to do all the steps, but as long as you keep a complete set of instructions with you, you should be in pretty good shape. We also have some two liter bottles which are integral to this process. And we also have some iodine, which is sold commercially as Polar Pure. We have a couple of funnels for ease in handling the water. I have chlorine, Clorox bleach, and I have a one micron industrial filter bag. It is designed to filter water and take out particles larger than 1 micron. That in itself will take out all the bacteria, but it definitely takes out any place where the bacteria could hide and avoid being destroyed by the disinfectant. In order to purify water, the procedure is rather simple. We could simply tie this bag to the side of this container which would be relatively easy, place the funnel in that container as well. Then we would scoop water out of whatever surface water that we could find, and then we would pour that water through the funnel through the filter bag into the second container. And then we would lift the filter bag out so that it could drain. We could hang it up so that it wouldn't get dirty. We don't want particles on the outside of the bag. Once we have completed that step, we have effectivly clarified the water, we would put the clarified water into a two-liter container which are very plentiful, rather common these day. You would simply pour untl we have these full of water and at that point you can put the buckets away and go through the disinfectant step. The disinfectant instructions are based on this two-liter quantity. All we would have to do is take our eye dropper which has been prepared, some good quality clorox. If you store a good quality container with the eye dropper, pour a little bit of the Clorox into the container. You only need a few drops. then using the eye dropper, for the half-gallon size, we only have to add four drops. That's all that's required for a disinfectant once we have it fully clarified. Once we have the four drops in there, its a good idea to mix it around a little bit and then you let it sit there for 30 minutes while the disinfectant does its work. We are also going to show you how to use iodine. In this case, the Polar Pure comes with a fraction of an ounce of elemental idodine in the bottom of this bottle and the bottle is filled with water when you get it. And after about 20 minutes, it forms a saturated solution of iodine. Fill up the cap 3 times and add that to the water. Then just wait for the iodine to do its work. In about 20 minutes it will be disinfected and you can go ahead and drink the water and it would be safe to consume.