How to Purify Water

Five Methods :(Boiling Water ; Using

Purification Tablets ; Using a Water Purifier ; Creating a Purifying System in the

Wilderness ; sun rays)

Zhenya Volovnyk, Form 9 B

When the water you're hoping to drink might be riddled with parasites or bacteria particles, you can't afford to skimp on water purification. If it happened that you have to contact with ambiguous water (being in the wilderness, surviving or recovering from a disaster, or living in a part of the world where water isn't purified for you) the last thing you want to do is to get sick. Read the following instructions carefully to learn how to purify your own water.

Method 1 of 5: Boiling Water

1.Pour the water you wish to purify into a pot.  2.Boil water for a while.  

3.Remove the pot from the heat.

Let the water sit and settle .4.

Method 2 of 5: Using Purification Tablets

1.Use purification tablets or drops.2.Strain the water if it has large particles floating in it.

3.Place the tablets in the water.  4.Mix the tablets into the water until they dissolve.  

1.Use a pump purifier.2.Buy a water bottle with a built in purifier.3.Use an ultraviolet purifier.4.Try out a gravity fed purifier.  

Method 4 of 5: Creating a Purifying System in the Wilderness

1.Form a cone out of a strip of a bark.2.Layer the cone with coal.3.Pour water through the cone and into a container.  

Method 3 of 5: Using a Water Purifier

Method 5 of 5: Using the sunrays

1.Use a bowl or anything that can hold water and that has a flat surface.2.Put a weighted cup into the flat part of the bowl.

3.Fill the bowl with the dirty water.  4.Put a clear lid on top of the bowl.5.Put a rock or heavy object on top of the clear lid over the spot where the cup is.6.Let it stay in the sun.

Method 5 of 5: Using the sunrays

1.Use a bowl or anything that can hold water and that has a flat surface.2.Put a weighted cup into the flat part of the bowl.

3.Fill the bowl with the dirty water.  4.Put a clear lid on top of the bowl.5.Put a rock or heavy object on top of the clear lid over the spot where the cup is.6.Let it stay in the sun.