Water purification tabs

[admin]

Hey guys,

I’m finally getting around to finishing building my home FAK/survival kit.

I’ve got a good base first aid kit cheep to fill out the odd stuff I didn’t have like knuckle bandages and provide the bag. And I’ve stocked it with the items I want for first aid, as well as spare meds, survival blankets and so forth.

My one hiccup is water purification. I want to include this mostly for earthquakes when the mains water becomes questionable, and I got some that sounded promising called Aquatabs. Each tablet is meant to purify 20-25L of water, which means I would have enough for a long while or a few people, but I’ve become worried that I won’t necessarily be able to find a clean container for that large a volume of water.

I’m wondering if I should buy some tablets aimed at purifying 1 or 2L volumes as well. They seam to be a lot more expensive and money is tight so I was hoping to get buy with what I have but now I’m having doubts.

I know I can just buy a buy container 20L container of water and keep it with the kit if I can find room in the cupboard but it won’t be transportable and it won’t necessarily survive a quake intact anyway.

The smallest I think I could cut one of the tablets I have up into is quarters, which is 5L, which is still a large size to find a container for, especially one that will seal.

Any thoughts/help would be great.

[Author]

Posts