# Cant clean water

**URL:** <https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/cant-clean-water/1652>\
**Category:** The Bunker\
**Created:** [June 8, 2013, 11:23am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/cant-clean-water/1652 "2013-06-08T11:23:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![DeadWeight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/df705f/32.png) [@DeadWeight](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/DeadWeight)\
**Post date:** [June 8, 2013, 11:23am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/cant-clean-water/1652/1 "2013-06-08T11:23:55Z")

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Has anyone else run into this issue with the new 0.5 version? I can no longer clean my water like I use to, I use to fill all my old plastic bottles with water, go to a fire with a pot and turn it into clean water, now I try the same thing and it says I have nowhere to put the water… is this suppose to happen?

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**Author:** ![Mdnthrvst](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/mdnthrvst/32/13_2.png) [@Mdnthrvst](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Mdnthrvst)\
**Post date:** [June 8, 2013, 1:03pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/cant-clean-water/1652/2 "2013-06-08T13:03:55Z")

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I think your procedure is wrong.

You need a single empty container of any size to transfer the cleaned water into another container; this can’t be the container you’re going to put the water in.

What I like to do is, get a gallon jug and a single plastic bottle, and go to a proper water source like a toilet or a shallow pond. You don’t need to stock up on dirty water beforehand.  
If you’re outdoors, light a fire with an arrow (or whatever) next to the tile with the water source, and craft Clean Water.  
If you’re indoors, you’ll have to use a hotplate.  
You can do this for as long as your fire lasts, or as long as you have battery charges in the case of a hotplate.