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water purification query

  • 24-03-2010 11:25pm
    #1
    strangepaddy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 57 ✭✭


    hi

    first off i wasnt sure where to post this question so im postin it in a few places and hoping that someone would be able to help me.

    anyways im headin off travellin to the middle east and africa in the next few weeks and i need to know the best and quickest way to purify water for drinking. i know boiling and types of filtering would be best but i know that i wont be able to that all the time and i have read about iodine tablets and chlorine-based halazone tablets. which one of these would be the best?? one outdoor camp shop said that i shouldnt use iodine as its dangerous and another shop told me the complete opposite........so any help would be great


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  • #2
    ike
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    I used iodine tablets for water purification in Peru a few year ago, but I used them in conjunction with a neutralising tablets. The neutralising tablet basically took the iodine taste and colour from the water. We took a lot of water form mountain rivers and streams and I had no problems.


  • #3
    Cookie_Monster
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,537 ✭✭✭✭Cookie_Monster


    ike wrote: »
    I used iodine tablets for water purification in Peru a few year ago, but I used them in conjunction with a neutralising tablets. The neutralising tablet basically took the iodine taste and colour from the water. We took a lot of water form mountain rivers and streams and I had no problems.

    this.

    Used iodine tabs in Spain while on explorer belt. Filled up platipus and stuck in a couple of tabs. takes about an hour to be sure iirc.


  • #4
    maryf
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2 ✭maryf


    either works well. iodine is not advised if you have any thyroid problems. neutralising tabs are a good idea to help make the water more palatable. I've used both clorine and iodine with no issues. there is a water bottle that you can buy called aquamira that I used the last time I was away, we just filled it from streams or tap, put the lid/ filter back on and drank...fairly handy. When drinking from silty streams it takes the grit out too. we just used it as our daily water bottle...


  • #5
    irishlostboy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 482 ✭✭irishlostboy


    something like this would probably be your best and safest option.
    http://www.lifesaversystems.com/index.html
    not cheap, but will work with no side effects or chemicals in the water. as a taste scrubber for iodine use the vitamin C tablets that you dilute in water as a cheap option if you are going the iodine route.


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