# Can not make clean water
**URL:** https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/can-not-make-clean-water/3883
**Category:** The Garage
**Created:** [November 9, 2013, 2:33pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/can-not-make-clean-water/3883 "2013-11-09T14:33:24Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@dakenho](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/dakenho)
#### Post date: [November 9, 2013, 2:33pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/can-not-make-clean-water/3883/1 "2013-11-09T14:33:24Z")
for some reason my character has decided he can not make clean water any more, despite having about 25 units of water a hot player with a battery charge of 170ish when i go into the crafting menu and try to select clean water it says I dont have any water. I tried dropping the water jugs and hotplate and picking them back up with no luck. I have tried crafting them from the ground with the same result. This seems to have just started and it appears I have getting regular error message of health -1 (not sure if related though).
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### Author:  [@EkarusRyndren](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/EkarusRyndren)
#### Post date: [November 9, 2013, 4:20pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/can-not-make-clean-water/3883/2 "2013-11-09T16:20:37Z")
Debug is on, it’s toggled with ~ Do you have any /empty/ containers? You need an empty container to boil water into clean water. (Or at least one with clean water in it that isn’t full)
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### Author:  [@dakenho](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/dakenho)
#### Post date: [November 11, 2013, 7:35pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/can-not-make-clean-water/3883/3 "2013-11-11T19:35:18Z")
yes 16 empty bottles of water
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### Author:  [@EkarusRyndren](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/EkarusRyndren)
#### Post date: [November 11, 2013, 7:48pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/can-not-make-clean-water/3883/4 "2013-11-11T19:48:42Z")
> [@dakenho](#):
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> yes 16 empty bottles of water
They’re not empty if they’re bottles of water