H20 purification Option: P&G sachets

[Trapdoor45-70]

Amazon.com : P&G (TM) Purifier of Water (Case of 240 Packets) : Sports & Outdoors

There is also a 12 count package for $20 at Amazon (just using this source for pricing and availability).

This might be an option for more safely storing a purification material somewhat long-term than either liquid bleach or powdered calcium hypochlorite [Ca(ClO)2].

The product info says it has a shelf life of 3 years. It's in a "unit dose" package for easier use. What isn't stated is how well sealed the sachets are. Do they leak chlorine gas (like bleach and Ca(ClO)2?

Might be worth considering.

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[tfbit]

Sounds like something you'd only want to buy if you have a pretty immediate use for it, not for storage. For my family I have a 55 gal barrel (going to up it to 2 barrels this Summer) treated with Aquamira, a couple of the large Sawyer filters and a 4 pack of the Sawyer mini filters.

 

[Trapdoor45-70]

i thought this might be an option for some since many people are told to have bleach on hand and some have 'pool shock' or Ca(ClO)2 on hand.

There is a method for convertying salt water into bleach that I want to read more about and buy/build to add to my purification methods. I think water, post-quake, is going to be critical.