Flood water

[karen2205]

Am I right in thinking that flood water could be drunk if it was filtered and then purified with water purifying tablets/solution?

I'm shocked that bottled water isn't suitable for babies. You'd have thought at least one manufacturer of bottled water would bottle water with sufficiently low trace elements that it could be used for babies.

I'm not surprised at people hoarding water/taking more than their 'fair' share. Water is such a essential resource that people are going to fight about it if they've not got enough. Human nature, the survival instinct and all that. The time to be stockpiling water is at some point when there is no imminent danger of its loss.

Comments

[hairyears.livejournal.com]

Osmotic loading is the danger - overall 'salts' (not just sodium) below 20 is mandatory for small babies. This danger is immediate, unlike (say) nitrates, which have a cumulative effect over time: water containing 15mg/L would be acceptable as an emergency measure for a couple of weeks.

[evath.livejournal.com]

I agree.

Though more of my point is it's complex, and the simple option is the way forward. You also have to remember the press can just pull out a paper like that and use it for hysteria. My point wasn't trying to say you can or you can't, more they're using a solution that works for them politically.