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Mayday Emergency Drinking Water

Mayday Emergency Drinking Water is pouch and can water for emergency kits, made by Mayday Industries (Ready America) from Vista, California municipal water purified by reverse osmosis and ozonated. — as described by the brand

7.8/10Waterphile Score9/9 properties published
  • pH6.3 ideal 6.5–8.58.1
  • TDSND mg/L ideal 225–500 mg/L5.0
  • Sodium2 mg/L ideal up to 20 mg/L10.0
  • CalciumND mg/L ideal 36.7–80 mg/L · counts half5.0
  • MagnesiumND mg/L ideal 16.7–30 mg/L · counts half5.0
  • SulfateND mg/L ideal up to 248 mg/L10.0
  • ChlorideND mg/L ideal up to 250 mg/L10.0
  • Nitrate0.79686 mg/L as N ideal up to 10 mg/L10.0
  • BicarbonateND mg/L ideal 30–396.6 mg/L · counts half5.0

Each bar is out of 10 for that property. Deductions: −0.3 for an analysis over 3 years old. Editorial score, not a health rating. How scores work →

Mineral FactsPer litre · 9 of 11 values published
Basics
pH
6.3
Total dissolved solids TDS
Not detected
Minerals
Calcium
Not detected
Magnesium
Not detected
Sodium
2 mg/L
Potassium
Not detected
Other dissolved substances
Bicarbonate
Not detected
Sulfate
Not detected
Chloride
Not detected
Nitrate (NO₃)
0.18 mg/L as N
Silica
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— Not published by the brand · we never estimateSource: Mayday Industries 2018 Bottled Water Quality Report (hosted by Consumer Reports) · checked 2026-10-26

2018 report: pH 6.3, sodium 2.0 mg/L, nitrate-N 0.18 mg/L; TDS, calcium, magnesium, potassium, bicarbonate, chloride, sulfate, fluoride and hardness ND. Analysis over 3 years old.

How it stands out

  1. Sodium is 2 mg/L, under the 20 mg/L level the UK/EU uses for “suitable for a low-sodium diet” on natural mineral water labels.

UK/EU label thresholds met

Applied to the published numbers for information; these indications legally apply to natural mineral water labels.

  • Suitable for a low-sodium diet (sodium < 20 mg/L)

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Ratings & reviews

Waterphile Score lab data

7.8/10

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Source & spring

SourceVista Irrigation District water, Mayday Industries (Ready America), Vista, California
CountryUSA · all waters from the USA
Water typePurified water · what this means
Still or sparklingStill
Data sourceMayday Industries 2018 Bottled Water Quality Report (hosted by Consumer Reports)
Last checked 2026-10-26

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