[pct-l] CDC recommendations for water treatment

Gary Wright gwtmp01 at mac.com
Fri Oct 22 12:33:20 CDT 2010


On Oct 22, 2010, at 1:25 PM, jcil000-pctchat at yahoo.com wrote:
> I'm also not overly concerned with just Crypto. I just try to cover all bases. 
> I've heard that some
> people actually filter and chemically treat. I can understand that for some 
> water sources. 

Another reason to chemically treat *and* filter is that filtering
doesn't help if your water bottle/containers are contaminated
(because they haven't been cleaned in two weeks, for example).

It is easy to forget to clean your filter system and water containers
when in town on a long hike.

Radar




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