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WATER SPECIALIST II
WATER STORAGE FACTS
• RAINWATER IS ACIDIC (ACID RAIN) AND MAY CONTAIN MERCURY AND OTHER CHEMICALS.
• IF YOU NEED TO DRINK RAINWATER PURIFY IT FOLLOWING WS1.
GLASS CONTAINERS WILL WORK WELL WHEN
STORING WATER FOR THE LONG TERM
• USE MASON JARS.
• AVOID LARGE 1 GALLON + WATER CONTAINERS.
• IF WATER BECOMES CONTAMINATED IT WILL EFFECT ONLY 1 JAR AND NOT CONTAMINATE
YOUR ENTIRE WATER SUPPLY.
CANNING WATER
• THE PHOENICIANS STORED WATER, WINE, AND VINEGAR IN SILVER BOTTLES TO PREVENT SPOILING. THE GREEKS USED
SILVER VESSELS FOR WATER PURIFICATION.
• ROYALTY GAVE THEIR CHILDREN SILVER SPOONS TO SUCK ON TO PREVENT THE BUBONIC PLAGUE. FORKS, SPOONS
AND KNIVES WERE COATED OR MADE OF SILVER (SILVERWARE) BECAUSE OF SILVERS ANTI-MICROBIAL PROPERTIES. IN
THE EARLY 18TH CENTURY, BABIES WHO WERE FED WITH SILVER SPOONS WERE HEALTHIER THAN THOSE FED WITH
SPOONS MADE FROM OTHER METALS, AND SILVER PACIFIERS FOUND WIDE USE IN AMERICA BECAUSE OF THEIR
BENEFICIAL HEALTH EFFECTS.
• MINERS AND EARLY SETTLERS ADDED A SILVER DOLLAR TO THE WATER BARREL TO KILL BACTERIA IN THE WATER. THEY
ACTUALLY PUT SILVER DOLLARS IN THEIR MILK CONTAINERS AND WOODEN WATER CASKS TO RETARD THE GROWTH
OF BACTERIA. SETTLERS IN THE AUSTRALIAN OUTBACK SUSPENDED SILVERWARE IN THEIR WATER TANKS TO RETARD
SPOILAGE. IN THE EARLY 18TH CENTURY, BABIES WHO WERE FED WITH SILVER SPOONS WERE HEALTHIER THAN
THOSE FED WITH SPOONS MADE FROM OTHER METALS, AND SILVER PACIFIERS FOUND WIDE USE IN AMERICA
BECAUSE OF THEIR BENEFICIAL HEALTH EFFECTS.
LOTS OF FAKE SILVER OUT THERE – TEST IT!
• ONE THING YOU MUST REMEMBER IS THAT EVEN WITH QUALITY PROCEDURES IN BOTTLING
YOUR OWN WATER, IT MAY STILL GET CONTAMINATED IN SOME WAY AND MAY REQUIRE
FILTERING AND REMOVAL OF TASTES AND ODORS.
• YOU MAY NEED TO RE-PURIFY YOUR STORED DRINKING WATER.