Re: CSIraq CS Challenge

2004-09-02 Thread Ode Coyote
It doesn't take much. It seems that only a few parts per billion will sterilize water but the weaker the CS the longer it must sit. I believe the BYU study shows 6 minutes at 3 PPM? Off hand, a few inchs of silver, a nine volt battery or old car battery, a few minutes in a gallon of water and

CSIraq CS Challenge

2004-09-01 Thread Dan Nave
I saw a report on TV about the bad water situation in Iraq with respect to the drinking water being contaminated with bacteria and hepatitis etc. I was thinking that it might be possible to make CS to sterilize the water, in a pinch, using silver and batteries which would be available there,