WATER NEWS - YOU
CAN USE... FIRST NEED PORTABLE WATER PURIFIERS
Emergency Preparedness
Why Not Be Ready? First Need Portable Water Purifiers
Independently Certified to Meet EPA Microbiological Purification
Standards
Water Purification is a good idea for everyday living.
In emergencies, it becomes essential when a loss of electricity
or water pressure could result in a lack of safe drinking
water.
Water is not merely a convenience, like food it is an essential
of life. Yet, water is often overlooked in emergency preparedness.
People have candles in case of power outage, canned food
in case of bad weather makes stores inaccessible, even flares
in case a car breaks down... but what about water? You need
it for thirst, for health and for the enjoyment of the coffee,
tea, soup, pasta and other foods so diligently stored for
emergencies. Don't forget the necessity of water. General
Ecology's water purifiers make it so easy to have the security
of safe drinking water. Why not be ready?
Options:
First Need Portable Water Purifiers provide drinking water
from your storage tanks or virtually any freshwater source.
First Need Deluxe portable water purifier is an ideal choice
for personal use or short term emergencies, with an average
rated capacity of 125 gallons per replacement canister.
Easy to pump, First Need Deluxe purifier includes a gravity
"no hands" pumping option, "direct connect"
features and long non-kink intake hoses for direct pumping
from the water source. Equally helpful is First Need Trav-L-Pure
water purifier, with the same average rated capacity as
First Need Deluxe purifier, and the unique design of a double-pre-filter
and spout for easy "pour & pump" to purify
water. First Need Trav-L-Pure water purifier is a self-contained
unit without dangling hoses ... just cap and store. For
small groups, First Need Base Camp offers large capacity
purification with an average rated capacity of 1000 gallons
in a compact, stainless steel housing. First Need Base Camp
can be adapted to gravity feed systems with its double-action,
field serviceable pump, plus has a unique, extra duty pre-filter.
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Seagull IV X-1F Water Purifier with Emergency Preparedness
Kit provides everyday drinking water for use in one's home,
boat or RV with the option of converting to a manual pump
system when pressurized water is not available or there
is need for a portable water purifier. Once the emergency
is over, just convert the system back to its original under-sink
design. Emergency Preparedness Kit is sold separately and
is also for use with Seagull IV X-1D counter-top water purifier.
Seagull IV X-1 water purifiers feature a stainless steel
housing, 1000 gallon avg. rated capacity with a 1 gallon
per minute rate of flow ( when used with pump, flow rate
approximately 1/2 gallon per minute), the options of chrome,
"LTF gold" or white finished faucets and a 10
year manufacturer's warranty. Buy Online - Go to Online
Store
More Detail:
Regarding emergency water purification, as in all situations,
we recommend that you look for the cleanest water source
available. General Ecology water purifiers are designed
to remove contaminants from virtually any freshwater source
including ponds, rivers, streams, wells and municipal water
supplies. On an emergency basis, our purifiers may be used
with non typical fresh water supplies such as pool water.
Just as you should not swim in a pool recently chemically
"shocked", we do not advise that you use our purifiers,
or any system, with recently "shocked" pools until
the chemicals have had an opportunity to dilute into the
water supply.
Our systems do not desalinate water and are not for use
with salt water. Our systems are not intended for use with
raw sewage or urine, which will quickly clog a canister.
In sediment filled water, we suggest drawing from the fast
flowing part of a stream, or drawing the water by bucket
or other container and letting it sit till sediment settles
to the bottom of the container. Pump water into the purifier
from the top portion of the bucket or container.
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contact information.
More Info:
General Ecology, Inc. Statement on Possible Biological
& Chemical Warfare Agents
"Microbiological water purification without the
use of chemical disinfection" by Charles P. Gerba,
PHD; Jamie E. Naranjo, BS, Wilderness and Enivronmental
Medicine, 11, 12-16 (2000).
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A few years ago, my brother and I relocated to California. He
went to Sacramento; I settled outside Los Angeles. We often
met in places in between or even traveled back east to camp. On
such excursions, we would often collect together a group
of friends; sometimes we were many, other times just a few. But
always we camped in campgrounds. Some sites were more basic
than others - no bathrooms, no showers. And if there were
no water pump at the site, it meant there was a store just
around the corner.
Until Tahoe.
One late night at a particularly posh campground, long after
taking cold showers and sipping warm water from the taps,
while sitting around the fire ring, seven of us decided we'd
had enough pampering. We were sick of stinking restrooms,
crowded nature trails, tourists, and shaving. The closest
thing to wild animals we'd seen all weekend was a crow and
someone's lost dog. We'd had enough. We decided to hit the
backcountry. And so, later that summer, we gathered in Tahoe,
California. Early on a Friday morning, as we stood in the
lot where we would abandon our vehicles, we stared up at our
first climb. Seven determined young men and women, six of
the seven backpacks newly purchased or borrowed, three tents,
food, one map, one compass, no trails, and one water purifier.
For the next four days and three nights, we climbed mountains,
crossed rivers, and traversed valleys. We traveled through
the heat even as we crossed snow drifts. We hiked and camped
near rivers, streams, lakes, and waterfalls, taking every
opportunity to use our water purifier to refill our ever draining
water bottles. The water flow was endless.
So was our thirst.
Over the next few changing days, we seven worked as a team,
helping those who slowed as we crossed rock slides and headed
for the next ridge. We ate dried fruit, energy bars, and freeze
dried meals. We were thankful for each other and thankful to
be alive. And always, we were thankful for our "First Need
Deluxe" water purifier. It refilled our bottles as fast
as we could pump it. It provided us with fresh, cold water directly
from nature itself. It quenched our thirst when we needed it
most. It helped us survive four days that none of us will ever
forget.
And even though we'd bought it in northern California, my
brother and I weren't the least surprised to discover that
our water purifier had been made in the same town where we
grew up, our hometown, of Exton, Pennsylvania.
Thanks, General Ecology
Sean Foy
Filmmaker / Photographer
