If your questions pertains to adding “iodine” to water that you are planning to store long term utilizing the H2O ResQ water treatment, the answer is no. Of course any iodine water disinfectant treatment requires the proper concentration to be utilized. Please note, H2O ResQ is designed to store fresh, clean, municipal (tap water), or filtered water.
Iodine or bleach is typically used to disinfect water in an emergency or survival scenario and is not an effective long term method to store clean water. Also, iodine should not be utilized long term for water treatment for it is subject to side effects and can be harmful.
We also offer a better proven method to remove waterborne pathogens, such as viruses, bacteria and protozoa with a 99.9999% effective rate and it improves the taste of the water too. Our “Nano Gravity Water Filter”, Exceeds EPA and the World Health Organization's protective standards for removal of virus, bacteria and cysts.
Note soon, we will also be offering an easy to assemble gravity-fed water purification system based on our Nano Gravity Water Filter technology. The Dry Element, “Nano Gravity Water Filtration System” is made in the USA , affordable and includes everything you will need for an emergency long term water filtration situation.