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Re: [at-l] how do you treat your water?



Oh choovers....yeech.....the Potomac?  I read someone's challange....
How much do you trust your filter?
Would you drink water filtered from your toilet post flush?
Would you drink water filtered from your toilet pre flush?
Now I will add filtered from the Potomac!



CHoover241 wrote:

> Treating water has produced a dilemma for me.  I am okay on the AT with the
> iodine, but also enjoy backpacking the C&O canal.
>
> There are no springs on the canal and it is watered by a pumping system that
> requires 2 people to operate.  Advice I got from the ATC in Harpers Ferry is
> that packing long distance on the canal solo has got to be done by filtering
> water from the Potomac River.  This is an extremely unpleasant thought and I
> really need the best purifier.  Any suggestions?
>
>            choovers
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