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Re: [at-l] Drinking water question.
It's not what you can see that will get cha, it's what you don't see.
Treat your water. You could try an extra dose of hot sauce on your meal
prior to drinking, I suppose.
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> From: Tom Williams
> To: AT-L <at-l@saffron.hack.net>
> Subject: Re: [at-l] Drinking water question.
> Date: Monday, April 27, 1998 2:59 PM
>
> 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.
>
> --
> -Tom Williams
> =
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