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The author of this article has invented a "survival still" that can be used to distill water. He is also teaching a free webinar coming up on November 14.

I attended a similar webinar of his last month and was astounded by how much I didn't know about water safety and purification. About 40 minutes will be spent talking about different methods of purifying water, their pros and cons, and at the end, he'll explain how his survival still works. The information is free and the bit about his product is just a few minutes long.

http://survivalstill.com/survivalmom/?a_aid=smom

1 posted on 11/04/2013 10:15:02 PM PST by ChocChipCookie
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To: ChocChipCookie
If FR had a "like" button....
Thanks for this post!
2 posted on 11/04/2013 10:48:28 PM PST by Veggie Todd (I don't always talk to Obama voters, but when I do I ask for Large Fries.)
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Even if you don’t own a distiller, it is a very easy process that could be done by nearly anyone with scrounged equipment. One thing that would be handy to research is a process called “fractional distillation”. Basically, you don’t want to just boil the water completely off and collect all the steam, because then you are collecting some contaminants as well. You need to monitor the temperature in the boiler, and only collect the vapor that is produced when the temperature is at 100 degrees celsius. Any vapor coming off at below or above 100 degrees is not water vapor, so you don’t want it.


3 posted on 11/04/2013 11:04:44 PM PST by Boogieman
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Be aware that distilled water has no minerals at all. It is like a sponge, it sucks minerals out of your system and, if it is your only source of water, drinking only distilled water will make you very ill or kill you via weakening your system. So, distilled water is great for the short term but the promoters should tell the whole story.


4 posted on 11/04/2013 11:18:28 PM PST by Any Fate But Submission
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To: ChocChipCookie
A selection of do it yourself water distillers, some crude and some sophisticated.
5 posted on 11/04/2013 11:52:20 PM PST by fella ("As it was before Noah so shall it be again,")
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To: ChocChipCookie

Thanks!


6 posted on 11/05/2013 1:17:24 AM PST by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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To: ChocChipCookie
Every Prepper needs to have a few Lifestraws in their bug-out bag.


7 posted on 11/05/2013 3:42:45 AM PST by Yo-Yo
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To: ChocChipCookie

I am all for distillation pots or collumns for capturing safe drinking water.

In fact the rig has multiple uses. The rig can be used to capture very drinkable grain or fruit spirits @ 180’F in the vent stream.

Shine Responsible.........


8 posted on 11/05/2013 4:17:15 AM PST by eartick (Been to the line in the sand and liked it)
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To: ChocChipCookie

Yes. Not many pathogens can survive in bourbon...

...oops - wrong type of “distillation”.


10 posted on 11/05/2013 5:26:55 AM PST by WayneS (No problem is so great that it cannot be made worse by a "progressive" solution.)
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