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

[moodyjj at comcast.net]

It won't increase the effectiveness, but mixing in some citric acid additive to iodine-treated water after the treatment time will remove the color and taste.  Either a "dab" of a ground-up vitamin C pill or a drink mix like gatoraid, lemonade, etc. 

Mango 


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bill Burge" <bill at burge.com> 
To: "PCT mail box" <pct-l at backcountry.net> 
Sent: Monday, July 20, 2009 3:18:06 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern 
Subject: Re: [pct-l] Water treatment:  AquaMira and...? 


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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