[pct-l] Filter vs Purifier

[Tortoise]

Both are primarily means of water disinfection. That is they kill various types of disease causing organisms. Various filtration methods including water treatment filters filter out some  dissolved and/suspended matter. Chemical contamination is a different problem. 

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On Jun 3, 2013, at 16:41, Brick Robbins <brick at brickrobbins.com> wrote:

> On Mon, Jun 3, 2013 at 3:11 PM, Carol <museumgirl at me.com> wrote:
>> Can anyone tell me how important it is to use a water purifier rather than a water filter (i.e. Sawyer in-line vs Steripen?)
> 
> It might be worthwhile to educate yourself on water purity concerns
> and understand the threats and what you and do about them,
> 
> 1)protozoans like crypto and giardia
> 2)bacteria
> 3)viruses
> 4)chemical/mineral
> 
> and other possible sources for catching gut-bugs, which many consider
> to be a bigger threat than the water
> 
> This article is instructive http://pweb.jps.net/~prichins/giardia.htm
> 
> Me, personally? I don't use anything in most of the mountains.
> 
> I use Aqua Mira in SoCal and and other places where the water sources
> can be pretty crappy.
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