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I’m just an average home owner who has a few questions.
1. Can H5N1 survive in water? 2. Can the birds with H5N1 gain access to the water cycle? 3. Can the birds pass H5N1 into the water supply like (Droppings)
4. If yes to 1–3 How do we detect it in our supply system? 5. How do we kill H5N1 virus in the supply system and still be able use it?
6. How will the water company tell us that the water is contaminated? 7. After warning; Do I have to boil all my water for all usage (showers/toilets/etc.)?
If these questions don’t get you thinking I don’t know what will.
If it’s a virus like other viruses, bleach, iodine, or heat will kill/inactivate it.
1- Yes. In cool water for a month or more. I think the biggest public concern for droppings is in water used for recreation. —Lakes where ducks nest and people swim.-−2,3,4 ? 5.You can kill the virus by using bleach in the water or by boiling it. 6? 7. I would not take a shower in contaminated water. I would treat the water for the toilet with bleach. The virus may become airborn when you flush the toilet if the water is contaminated. You wouldn’t have to boil all the water, but you certainly need to treat it. Carefully.
Use bleach in your flush tank. It’s hell on the rubber pieces, but they are cheap to replace.
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I am a student and i was wondering if anyone has any specific information or links from municipalities or water companies/departments adressing the issue of pan flu
Here’s a link to the Wiki section on water supplies.
Excellent, excellent work! A couple of the links didn’t work for me on the “Public Water Supply page here http://tinyurl.com/f4sdn
References section: Questions to ask Your Local Utilities — File not found
Emergency Water Purification Methods: Information from FEMA — We Recently Redesigned Our Site and Some Pages Have Moved……
Posting here as directed “to make suggestions for corrections.”
So I would know what to do to protect my family from potentially contaminated water, I spent a considerable amount of time (easily over 500 hours) researching water and related topics over the last 6 months. All of the information is contained in a report I am compiling from all the research and information I collected: “WATER - Everything you ever wanted to know or at least need to know about water so that you won’t ever be without safe drinking water.
It is currently about 95 pages and will be finished as soon as a filter expert completes his field testing on a low cost solution I proposed.
I am making the report available to anybody who wants it (free and I am not selling anything) Send me an e-mail pfwag@lycos.com It should be finished in about a week. Maybe longer if BB doesn’t give me his feedback.
When finished, maybe Melanie will post it in the FluWiki references so I don’t have to send it out.
The Table of Contents is listed below. If you want info on any particular topic now, let me know and I’ll post it on the thread or send me an e-mail and I’ll send you the chapter. However, there are many hundreds of links in the report - too many to manually transpose with tinyurl into a posting.
If there are any EXPERTS or very knowledgeable FluWikians out there that would like to review any or all of the report for accuracy before I make it publically available and it grows wings please contact me ASAP.
By that I mean that there is much incorrect info about water being circulated and repeated, even on the FluWiki. As an example, you have often heard that to disinfect your water use regular Clorox bleach. While that is nice, it does not kill the one thing that is almost assuredly in all surface water sources - Cryptosporidium and Giardia cysts. If you get BF you may or may not die depending on your age and health. However if you get BF and Crypt or Giardia you will surely die.
Here is what the report contains:
INTRODUCTION WATER WHY SHOULD YOU STORE WATER HOW MUCH WATER IS NEEDED? SOURCES of WATER
A. WATER IN YOUR HOME Hot Water Heater Water Pipes Freezer Toilet Swimming pool B. STORING WATER Bottled Water and other liquids Plastic Bottle Types Plastic Water Jugs 55G water barrels Water Bladder (Pillow Tank) Water Bed Mattresses and Other Storage Devices Water Tanks Swimming Pool Using Empty Food Containers for Storing Water Filling Water Storage Containers Taste & Smell Shelf Life
C. WELL WATER D. SURFACE WATER
Springs Rivers, Lakes, and Ponds Rainwater Snow or Ice PURIFYING WATER
EMERGENCY DISINFECTION OF WATER
Waterborne Pathogens Cryptosporidium
HEATING
Boiling Distilling Solar Still
ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT PASTEURIZATION SOLAR DISINFECTANT of WATER CHEMICALLY TREAT
Iodine Chlorine Residual Chlorine – dpd indicator test Additional Information on Chlorine Calcium Hypochlorite Chlorine Dioxide Ozone Other Chemical Treatments Miracle Water Treatments
FILTERING Cartride Filters Reverse Osmosis Activated Carbon Filter
Granular Activated Carbon (GAC) GAC pitcher and faucet mounted filters Solid Block Activated Carbon (SBAC)
Speciality Filters Filtering Conclusions Filtering Swimming Pool Water Portable Filters Gravity Filters Low Pressure Filter MISCELLANEOUS TYPICAL MUNICIPAL WATER TREATMENT SYSTEM
Primary Treatment Secondary Treatment Tertiary Treatment Final Adjustments
INSTRUCTIONS FOR MAKING A MINI-WATER TREATMENT SYSTEM
Aeration Methods Procedure For Coagulation (flocculation) Removal of Particulate Matter
MAKING A LARGE CAPACITY GRANULAR ACTIVATED CHARCOL FILTER
Parts to Get for the GAC and particulate filters
WHAT YOU SHOULD GET TO ALWAYS HAVE SAFE DRINKING WATER TIPS for CONSERVING WATER
Sanitation Other Tips
WATER LINKS & REFERENCES
WHO - Technical Notes for Emergencies
The report has specific solutions and contains numerous links on where to go to get the best prices (other suggestions welcome!) I have no personal or financial ties with any of them. I have, however, spent considerable time, energy and money evaluating some of them.
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