Making sure your water is safe to drink is critical to your well being in a survival situation – untreated water is just too risky to drink unless you have no other option.

The tips in the video below show you some basics on purifying water so you do not make yourself sick.

Filtering your water is important, but is not enough – it will not remove the stuff you cannot see like bacteria, viruses and chemicals.

Thankfully, there are many different ways to treat water to make it safe and most of them are fairly easy to employ – but you must make sure you use them each time you fill up your water containers – no exceptions!

Do you have tips for purifying water? If so, tell us below.