[pct-l] Water treatment: AquaMira and...?

[Bill Burge]

If you're not worried about giardia or crypto, then iodine is an OK  
choice.

It has low to medium effectiveness against giardia and NONE against  
crypto.

People should also be aware that some people will have a sensitivity  
to iodine.  It's not terribly common but people should try iodine as a  
method on shorter periods first.

The taste is something a lot of people comment on, I've never tried  
it...

BillB



On Jul 20, 2009, at 11:49 AM, Tortoise wrote:

> Mike,
>
> It is your hike and your life.
>
> However there is a reasonable amount of literature available poo- 
> pooing
> the need for all the water treatment. Rather all the talk about water
> treatment is the authorities responding to legal requirements and
> concerns about liability issues, commercial interests promoting the  
> sale
> of water treatment paraphernalia, and people just repeating what they
> have heard.
>
> From what I've read, there is very little chance one would get sick
> with ghiardia or cryptosporidium from drinking untreated water. Most
> times hikers get sick from poor sanitation -- either inadequate  
> cleaning
> of their cooking and eating utensils or not adequate cleaning after
> toileting.
>
> That said, if I have doubts about the water I treat it with a  
> saturated
> iodine solution.
>
> Tortoise
>
> "For every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple,  
> and wrong."
>
> --H. L. Mencken
>
> <> He who finishes last, wins! <>
>
>
>
> Mike Ronstadt wrote:
>> I've always used AM but I can't find anything definitive online  
>> about it being able to treat cryptosporidium so I'm looking at  
>> buying a Steripen as well (I'll still use the AM for clearing up  
>> cloudy water).  Will the combination of the two be enough?  What  
>> lightweight water treatments work best on the PCT?
>>
>> summermike
>>
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