[pct-l] Water Treatment

[Ate Tuna]

I would go crazy if hundreds of hikers were twittering about hundreds of
water sources.  A better solution would be to build a cell phone app that
ties into the PCT Water Report database.  If I were building it, the app
would pull directly from the database and store it client-side, use gps
location to show the data on the nearest water sources, and push reports
back to Asabat that he would have to manually approve for it to be posted to
the water report.

On Tue, Mar 22, 2011 at 7:52 AM, Devon Taig <devon.taig at gmail.com> wrote:

> I'm not much of a Tweeter (Twitterer)...whatever...but, it occurs to me
> that
> a twitter account where hikers could share real-time water conditions would
> truly be a great thing.  Each tweet would have just the facts: where, when,
> how much (e.g. "Dead-Man Springs 5 miles north of Jones Creek, April 12th,
> Barely flowing, NASTY scum).
>
> Typically, especially in So-Cal where water is most an issue, you're never
> far from a cell tower. Most hikers have a cell phone and can get a twitter
> app.  I'm not a thru-hiker this year, otherwise I'd offer to set it up, but
> perhaps one of you tweets would wanna do that.
>
> River
>
> On Tue, Mar 22, 2011 at 8:29 AM, Diane Soini of Santa Barbara Hikes <
> diane at santabarbarahikes.com> wrote:
>
> > That'll work fine. Most of the water is pretty clean, meaning not a
> > lot of floating junk in it. You'll be surprised how much faucet water
> > you'll be hauling around, too.
> >
> >
> > On Mar 21, 2011, at 10:39 PM, pct-l-request at backcountry.net wrote:
> >
> > > I am trying to shed some weight and am thinking of leaving my 1lb
> > > MSR Mini
> > > Works water filter behind and going just bandana filter and
> > > aquamira.  I
> > > don't think I am going to experiment with a lighter filter or Steri
> > > Pen.  It
> > > is either in or out at this point.  Any comments suggestions?
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > Pct-L mailing list
> > Pct-L at backcountry.net
> > To unsubcribe, or change options visit:
> > http://mailman.backcountry.net/mailman/listinfo/pct-l
> >
> > List Archives:
> > http://mailman.backcountry.net/pipermail/pct-l/
> >
> _______________________________________________
> Pct-L mailing list
> Pct-L at backcountry.net
> To unsubcribe, or change options visit:
> http://mailman.backcountry.net/mailman/listinfo/pct-l
>
> List Archives:
> http://mailman.backcountry.net/pipermail/pct-l/
>