can a consumer h20 bottle sit empty for months, then be re-filled for consumption?
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I've read bad things about bacteria that form in used water bottles that sit for awhile without being thoroughly washed AND dried first. I'd throw it away and start with a new bottle of water.
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No realistic container is perfectly impervious to slow leakage, so the contents will always be lost over time.  However, with industry standard aluminum beverage cans, this should not happen within only a few months, or even a few years.  (Decades, maybe, but even that would be doubtful.)  So there *must* have been some form of leakage, albeit very small.  The fact that they were stored in a cupboard suggests that a tiny imperfection, most likely at a seam, was formed over time due to internal gas pressure.  Such a leak may still be so minute as to be unnoticeable via simple visual inspection, but still significant enough to allow slow evaporation over time, especially with the assistance of internal pressure.\n\nTry this:  Take one of those empty, seemingly-leakless cans and submerge it in water for a few days, or even a few weeks.  The deeper the water, the better, so that there is some pressure outside the can.  Then, take it out of the water and shake it a bit to see if perhaps a few drops have somehow found their way inside.\n\n(This all, of course, assumes that someone did not *intentionally* form a tiny leak and drink away all the contents.  It is possible to create a leak large enough for drinking [albeit very slowly], but small enough to be difficult to detect.  The easiest method is to make the leak at the top, usually where the pull-tab is anchored to the can, and then drink it upside down, shaking the can a bit to build up internal pressure and thus helping push the contents out more quickly.)
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Sell it on ebay if its some major brand like quaker state, pennzoil, castrol, or mobil, etc. I wouldn't use it of course, or open it if its still sealed.
666038
if it's half empty get more liquid to fill it up
1020861
It REALLY isnt that big of a deal.  It isnt like oil that when it;s gone, it;s gone forever.  Water is contantly recycled, and the second it goes down the drain, it goes to the water place, gets cleaned, and it drunk/bathed in/peed in by someone else.\n\nThe water you drink from your kitchen was once in someone's toilet.\n\nWe will NEVER run out of water.  Period.
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Trey is correct, however I just ran into some red tape with two 20,000 gallon diesels in southern KY. My customer was really pushing to get these things out of the ground.. Fast! As it ends up, several states have a set time frame on how long a (ust) underground storage tank can sit empty. Your state fire marshel would be the best place to start.  If they dont over see this, ask them for a contact w/ the state EPA or the UST branch.  MAKE SURE YOU USE CERTIFIED COMPANIES.... THIS IS THE EPA WE'RE TALKING ABOUT! \n\nTOTAL BILL FOR TWO 20'S  W/ 3RD PARTY ENVIRO. CONSULTANT WAS AROUND 35 G'S
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It depends on which method you are talking about and the end use of the water.  For drinking water they are strictly monitored.  For industrial reuse, you try to balance cost and quality so you can have problems.
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I haven't used it but I would like to try it just to see if it does anything.  It is supposed to only take two bottles to make a permanent difference.  I doubt it though.
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You could bottle it and sell it on ebay to New Age people.  Many receipes and treatments call for rain water, and it seems you have some "vintage" rain water.
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it kinda depends on how often you go out. i mean if its every night then no its not healthy or normal. but if its just like the weekends then yea its ok. thats just what i think. when you're drinking it, the bottle sure seems to empty fast. lol i think you're ok though.
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fill the glass with empty water
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It would depend on the size of the jar you was puting it into... If you only have a pint jar that is what will be in it at the end of the year the rest will be spilled. IF by chance your jar did hold all the pints you added it would be 16198 gallons or 64792 pints
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liquids develop bacteria so a year is considered the safe limit.\nWith dry pills and powders that were stored out of sunlight, they are safe and effective for 10 years or more!
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It is true about the temperature and air of the water but these bottles were not meant to be used after opening and when the companies were asked they said it was unsafe to do so.\n\nThe plastic is decomposing and the more use the more it leeches out and becomes deformed.
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does it not need to be reheated and become molten again?
684804
use bicarbonate of soda,its short term though
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It is called "Helios" and it uses liquid oxygen, thus a larger and longer lasting supply can be carried in a smaller unit.  You can get it from your Oxygen suppiler. You will need to ask your doctor to write a prescription (he or she will be happy to).\n\nYou will be checked out by your O2 supplier company's therapist to see how well you do using a "demand" type O2 system (as opposed to a constant flow like you're probably using now).  You still will use the same delivery device you're using now, i.e., nasal cannula or mask.  The "demand" system "senses" when you inhale and delivers O2 through the nasal cannula.\n\nYou will be furnished the Helios unit and a large drum size liquid O2 storage container.  You refill the Helios unit from the storage unit, and your supplier periodically refills the storage unit.  It's all covered under your insurance the same as your other O2 supplies.\n\nSource: myself, I'm ordering one this week.  Just discussed it with the doctor.  I'm tired of lugging those bottles around and running out all the time.\n\nOh, and I believe you can also use the system 24/7, and if so, then bye-bye noisy concentrator unit!!!\n\nAlso, at usage under 4L/Min, the Helios can last 20 hours,\nand they have a travel companion available which is basically a smaller storage tank you can easily portage\nfor longer trips -- a definite desireable!\n\nHeres the website for Helios:\nhttp://www.heliosoxygen.com/index.aspx\n\nHope it works out for you!  And, me too!