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wbwood
Oct 28, 2013Explorer
greenrvgreen wrote:
100% of my drinking water sources have a faucet on it. Asking people not to bathe in water sources--even if you could convince those people--does nothing to mitigate the bacteria from the hundreds that have "gone" before.
Back in the day eco-friendly backpacking meant not digging a latrine within 100 feet of a water source. Well, by now the contents of those latrines have seeped into the water sources, and it's a bit late for an ounce of prevention. While filters could be stacked and chlorinated to clean up that water, you're starting with dirty water--much dirtier than the public utilities start with. I treat my faucet water with stacked filters and chlorination.
And don't forget about the fish and animals that contaminate the water daily.
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