sterilizing water

[textbook]

I went hiking in the northern island of Japan- Hokkaido, Daisetsu Mountain Range to be exact. When I was there I boiled the water sometimes straight from the source and other times i used a ceramic filter MSR-

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I was with a group and so there were two water filters,one had a small crack in it which after a few days seemed to run all the way down . I tried to always use the one without a crack anyway my question is will this filter kill echinococcosis apparently a problem in Hokkaido from the foxes and the other bacteria and viruses?

Basically, i wamt to be 100 percent safe so if i even get water froma stagnant pond i can feel comfortable about what I am drinking. I have my own water filter a small ceramic filter should i filter the water with that then boil it then let it simmer for ten minutes then let it cool down and pour into your drinking container the next morning? How about iodine and chlorine?

if i do the filter and boli thing i will need another pot the one I have now is only 1 and half liters i will need a bigger one as well which holds 2 liters. Is carrying two titanium cooking pots with lids the best solution?<br><br>Post edited by: textbook, at: 2009/08/31 12:20

[jons4real]

I see this post is kinda of old and no one ever responded to it, shame on you forum. I'm hoping by now you have it all figured out.

[GDeadPhans]

wow it is very old! I believe boiling for at least 5 minutes will kill everything in the water. Bacteria that could possibly hang out in that water would be used to its original environment. When you boil the water to at least 212 degrees that is way above the average limit for the bacteria. Unless it is some bacteria that lives in the 600 degree water near vents at the bottom of the ocean (highly unlikely)! I rely on boiling, and never have had a problem.

[whiteOak]

you cannot see vile lil giardia but you can get a sense for how dirty the water is. you come to learn that certain areas still have potable water running from springs here and there. I would usually boil the water if I drew it from a creek, but I do tend to trust the springs of north-central pennsylvania. and I have never been sick from water in my life.

[stonemark]

Hokkaido - that's a real cold place ~~

[Jchwoodsy]

Katadyne makes the best water purification tablets.

[Grmj.Hn]

Jve been thinkin about doing this for awhile and was wondering anyone else has tried it. I was in target the other day and saw orange glow in the dark spray paint and thought itd be great for those hard to find items at night such as flash lights camp shoes basically anything you want lemme know what you think .........

[JasonStatham]

Yeah,you are all said it right,the post is to old.With the increasing pollution in our environment I think the water purifier as become an essential evil for each home.Drinking clean water will saves you from plenty of diseases.

[GDeadPhans]

Well, do these purification devices get rid of radiation? Northern Japan.....

Jeez what a F*cked up world we live in eh?

[Bryllins]

That's really good to boiled the water before use it to kill all the germ's and bacteria present in water.