On the Internet, you can hear about such a strange Soviet phenomenon as canned water. Even those who managed to live in the “country of developed socialism” hardly held such exotic canned food in their hands. Why? Surely the deficit is again to blame. It's time to figure out what canned water is.
In the Soviet era, the authorities tried to make sure that if a person were in an extreme situation, he would last as long as possible until help arrived. And especially if the state and the national economy spent people's money on this “human resource”. On his training and education as a specialist. There may not be any irreplaceable ones, but they knew how to count money well even under socialism.
In general, drinking canned water never fell into the hands of "mere mortals" for the simple reason that it was a special product. It was hardly possible to get it somewhere in the USSR not through a corruption scheme. Ordinary citizens simply did not rely on it, they had enough of their much more traditional sources of liquid. Canned water was primarily needed by sailors. They were supplied to complete the emergency food supply of military and civilian ships in case of an emergency on board.
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At the same time, it was prescribed to drink canned water only in circumstances of extreme necessity, when a person was already threatened with exhaustion. This was reported, in particular, by the instructions on the bank, which, for example, advised not to drink at all on the first day in an extreme situation. For obvious reasons, sailors should have stretched canned water for a maximum period. The jar also contained a small instruction on how to try to replenish the supply of fresh water in the middle of the ocean so that it would be possible to stay alive until help arrived. By the way, the water in the banks is not simple. It was carefully boiled spring water with the addition of ascorbic acid.
Was it only in the USSR that water was conserved? You know, people can be divided by many things: the concepts of justice, religious beliefs, political points of view, vision of the future and the structure of society. However, no other thing is so international and unites all people as the unwillingness to die. Especially, some terrible painful death, like the one that brings exhaustion by thirst. Therefore, of course, canned water was made not only in the USSR, but also in other countries with their own fleet. Moreover, containers of the category "Emergency drinking water" are produced to this day.
In continuation of the naval theme, read about why sailors wore peakless caps on the head.
Source: https://novate.ru/blogs/090422/62667/