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

[Bill Burge]

Make sure you add it after the iodine has had a chance to work.  While  
it won't increase the effectiveness, adding it too soon will cause the  
iodine to "fall out" and stop working.

http://www.newton.dep.anl.gov/askasci/chem00/chem00880.htm

BillB


On Jul 20, 2009, at 12:22 PM, moodyjj at comcast.net wrote:

>
>
> 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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