"Dear Eddie at Be Ready" is a new column we offer in our monthly newsletter. Email your disaster preparedness questions to: deareddie@bereadyinc.com. For any question (and its answer) that we feature in any month of our newsletter we will give that person a $50 coupon good towards the purchase of any disaster preparedness product that we have in the store or online. We will also be posting questions and answers on our website. Eddie looks forward to hearing from you!
OUR MAY WINNER IS: Dennis Daley
Dennis’s Question: “I have a large underground pool in my backyard that is maintained on a weekly basis with a pool filter and chlorine. Would this be an acceptable use for emergency water and what would need to be done to this water to make it potable and keep it potable for an extended period of time?”
Pool water in and of itself is obviously not drinkable. As long as it is not salt water there are two great products that we carry that will convert your pool water into drinkable water.
One is the Seychelle water filtration bottle. It will convert 100 gallons of pool water into drinkable water as it removes the chlorine contained in the water. The filtration into drinkable water should be considered on a smaller scale.
The AquaPail is new on the market and considered a perfect solution to converting a large quantity of water quickly into drinkable water. Like the Seychelle water filtration bottle it will filter out chlorine. However, the difference is that the AquaPail provides the fastest solution in the treatment process. With AquaPail you can treat up to 12 gallons of water per hour, making it the fastest portable treatment system available today. And the quantity? A model 5000 will run up to 10,000 gallons of pool water. That would make your pool a great resource for stored water in the event of an emergency!
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To learn how you can establish your emergency plan go to our training website: www.learntobeready.com. In addition to the educational material, you can also register for local workshops, sign up for webinars, and download important PDF booklets that will help your family be prepared for future disasters.
How to navigate through this site:
Trying to prepare for a disaster can seem like a daunting task. However, with our simple planning chart below, you can walk through the steps to determine what your family's needs are and what you will need to buy first. Develop a plan that is easy on your budget and build your plan over time. (For more information click on the 5 Step chart below).
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