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According to the CDC, bleach is one of the recommended way to treat water in an emergency case: https://www.cdc.gov/healthywater/emergency/making-water-safe.htm

• xtiansimon 3y ago
  I realize the part I was focused on was this: "Bleach can be easily made onsite from abundant salt and electrolysis" I do a fair amount of back country moto-camping and so water purification is on my mind. I'm familiar with many of the water treatment methods for camping and backpacking. But this passage about making bleach is intriguing. I'm genuinely curious if making bleach in this way is commonly used for water treatment. If the OP has this experience or is the OP knowledgeable about chemistry and synthesizing their knowledge to the problem for the sake of discussion. Or is this yet another example of common knowledge that I missed because I was sleeping in high school chemistry class. LOL.