Water safety after a hurricane

8/14/2020 (Permalink)

Water Safety after a Hurricane

Ask local officials or listen to the news to find out whether you can drink tap water or use it for washing. If it’s not safe, use bottled water if you can. If you don’t have bottled water, there are some things you can do to kill germs in dirty water and make it safe to drink. For example:

• Bring water to a rolling boil for 1 minute.
• Use household bleach. Add 1/8 teaspoon of new, unscented liquid bleach to 1 gallon of water. Stir well. Let the water sit for 30 minutes before you drink it.
• Use water-purifying tablets. Adding these to water make it safe to drink. Follow the product’s directions.

Feeding your Baby

If you have a baby, protect her from germs in unsafe water. You can:

• Keep breastfeeding if that’s what you normally do.
• Use canned or premixed liquid formula.
• Use bottled water to make formula from a powder or concentrate.

If you don’t have bottled water, use boiled water to make formula. Make sure the water has cooled before mixing it with formula and giving it to your baby.

Only use treated (disinfected or purified) water to make formula if you don't have access to bottled water or boiled water.

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