PrepareToday!

The sun can not only power and heat your home, but it can 

make your water safe to drink. As you may know, the human 

body can only go about 3 days without clean water. The 

process is really simple, too! 

Here’s the easy way to purify water:

1. Use clean, clear plastic PET bottles or Coke bottles no bigger than 2 liter size. PET bottles are usually marked with the recycling symbol and a numeral ‘1’. Remove all wrapping and packaging. Spray paint black, if possible.
2. Fill them water and close the cap tightly.
3. Lay them on their side for maximum sun exposure. 
4. Expose the bottles for at least 6 sunny hours, preferably more, or 2 full cloudy days.
5. Do not overuse bottles. You will be ingesting the plastic material over time, so keep your bottles fresh.
6. Do not treat too much water at once. The depth of the water is key as the UV rays from the sun kill bacteria. Do not use buckets and keep the water depth perpendicular to the sun at a maximum of 4 inches.

If you’re like me you’re probably storing bottled water anyway. 

Now, you can reuse the bottles when that water runs out, and 

purify untreated water as you need it without using fuel or 

electricity.

This method has been proven to kill bacteria effectively. The 

longer you ‘cook’ the water in sunlight, the less bacteria there 

will be. The best practice is to refill bottles as soon as they’re 

empty and let them bake in the sun for as long as possible. 

This method is great for hot showers when the water isn't 

working for an extended period. Simply 'cook' several bottles 

and take them to the shower stall with you. Rinse, lather, 

repeat.

Kindly re-fill the bottles for the next shower-taker!