Water purification

[TAHAWK]

Da Beav: "Yah, spendin' a lot of time canoein' lakes and such. Boilin' is a given for any kind of cookin' but it's a nuisance for drinkin' water. I and most of the units I'm aware of use iodine in one form of another, either the PolarPure crystal stuff (by far da most economical if yeh use it a lot), or the tabs. A few have tried da funky two-part chlorine option which avoids the decay rate problem, but I haven't tried. I have tried the ozone thing since a buddy had one; kinda pesky and finicky."

 

Hey, Beav, some of da nasty "stuff" in ya' pond don' get kilt by iodine.

 

http://wwwn.cdc.gov/travel/contentWaterTreatment.aspx

 

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11990150

 

http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA234938

 

http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/giardia-infection/DS00739/DSECTION=prevention

 

http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=1349767

 

(Dat Mayo don' go on sandwiches; NIH = National Institutes of health; "cdc = Cenetrs of Disease Control).

 

Filter den chems (unless Sawyer .02 micron filter) or boil.

 

HoKa?

[Pack212Scouter]

Our unit has three of the Katadyn Vario filters. They aren't too heavy and an filter two liters a minute our of fairly clear water, although I recommend using the 1 liter/minute setting to prolong your filter life. Thus far we've really liked them. We also have three of the SteriPEN Adventurer UV lights. I've used them with water right out of a river many times with no problems. I like the fact that in a hurry you can have .5 liters of drinkable water in 45 seconds (1 liter in 90 seconds) with no chemical taste and no waiting half an hour. We chose the model that uses the CR123 camera batteries. They batteries cost a more than AA's but they are slightly lighter, last a lot longer than the AA version and your never tempted to "borrow" the batteries for another item.