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

[CHUCK CHELIN]

Good afternoon,



If the taste and/or color of water disinfected with iodine is objectionable
it can be remedied with common vitamin-C.  Add a small piece of a pill --
1/4 or 1/5 of a pill, it isn't critical -- to a liter of water AFTER the
iodine has had time to act and the improvement is instantaneous and almost
magic.



Steel-Eye

Hiking the Pct since before it was the PCT -- 1965

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On Mon, Jul 20, 2009 at 12:18 PM, Bill Burge <bill at burge.com> wrote:

>
> 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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