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Re: [at-l] Drinking water question.

Snodrog5 wrote:

> This is for those who use iodine...
> In the olden days, we'd use a bandana to 'filter' brook water by covering the
> canteen's opening and dunking the canteen. Kept the sand out, at least. <g>
> What do the no-filter/purifier people use now-a-days?

This past weekend, I encountered the same need.  Got some water from a
tiny hillside stream, plunked an iodine tablet into it, shook it after 10 minutes,
and
noticed that there were other thingies floating around in there.  In that case, I
held onto it, waiting for either (1) thirst overtaking the gross-out factor and
inspiring me to drink it anyway, or (2) another stream that ran a little clearer.
Fortunately, (2) won out.

Back to the question itself, though: I was thinking that it might work if I
strain the water through a fake chamois cloth that I take as a general
purpose washrag.  A gauze dressing might work nicely, too.

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     -Tom Williams
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