[pct-l] Water Treatment

[Eugene Leafty]

I treat with bleach.  I've never tasted it.  I've brought some bleached
water home and had family members drink it, not knowing that it was from a
mountain creek, and said it tasted delicious.

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On Behalf Of Kevin Cook
Sent: Thursday, December 23, 2010 10:55 AM
To: mntmn4jesus at aol.com
Cc: pct-l at backcountry.net
Subject: Re: [pct-l] Water Treatment

Does it smell/taste like bleach? Doesn't peroxide neutralize the chlorine?

On Thu, Dec 23, 2010 at 11:39 AM, <mntmn4jesus at aol.com> wrote:

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>  I couldn't resist commenting on what works well for me.  Ordinary bleach
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> 2 drops per 32 oz of water - wait 20 minutes.  If it works for mountain
> guides it works for me.  Less then 1 oz of weight.    Problem solved
simply
> with no weight and no expense.
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