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Urgent Advice

B Carney | 23.07.2007 11:31

Water shortages

This request for advice is being posted here as the experts who post here are more reliable than the government.I had a call about 10 minutes ago from a friend in Gloucester.He wants to know if it is safe to collect and boil rain water for drinking.He says some people on the estate he lives on are already without water and there is no sign of any help.If this is possible to do then it should be made known to people.

B Carney

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Rainwater?

23.07.2007 11:52

Rainwater should be OK, even without boiling if the container used to collect it is clean. DON'T attempt to boil and drink floodwater though. Boiling gets rid of bacteria but not toxins from a wide variety of sources.

Itsme

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  1. I'm no expert but... — HJ
  2. Don't drink the water! — stuff
  3. Don't drink the water! Part 2 — stuff
  4. My recommendations — styx
  5. a lot of — newswatch