Water treatment

Shamus

26/04/2012 at 08:08

Hi
Can anyone recommend a good easy to use water treatment system
I'm planning a trekking trip in the Atlas Mountains lasting two weeks
Cheers Sean

Jimbob

26/04/2012 at 08:17

http://www.drinksafe-systems.co.uk/

26/04/2012 at 12:35

I use the in line filter from Drinksafe and set it up as a gravity feed. I do take the tap connection to be able to back flush the filter which can clog up with floaties after a while.

I have done weeks with Aqua venture drops and tabs, but they may not kill everything. I now mostly accept the weight penalty of the filter as getting ill on expensive trips is obviously not good.

Zuma

26/04/2012 at 12:45

Very much options
-cooking
-chemical
-UV treatment
-micro filtering

Each option has draw backs and which to use depends on local circumstances and availability.

you're going through the atlas mountains. Expect stone particals in water so only use UV treatment if you prefilter it to remove debris. Cooking is safe no heavy metals to expect but you need abondance of fuel.
Chemical treatment is oké kills all but mostly leaves taste in water except the MSR miox but that one needs batteries (like UV treatment). But a big but other chemicals like heavy metals will stay in water. Not a expected problem in the Atlas though.

microfiletring with an active coal after filter helps against chemicals. removes almost 99% of virus and bacteria. To be 100% save you can combine this method with other kill all germs options (UV, cehmical and cooking).

You'll meet loads of germs in the Atlas, especially those your body is not used to. So choose your method carefully. I would go for a combi of microfiletration and chemical tablets. I try to use as less power as possible and therefor use chemical. There are tablets which are almost tasteless. Can't remember which just google.

Edited: 26/04/2012 at 12:48

Chris, OutdoorsGrub.co.uk

26/04/2012 at 15:45

Chloride dioxide is the tasteless treatment: tablets convenient, drops cheapest, Aquamira/Aquaventure best value.

ed h

26/04/2012 at 15:54

....bleach is much cheaper....but I can't say I'm a fan.

Lostsheep

26/04/2012 at 16:48

Travel Tap..........google it and check out the videos

Jimbob

26/04/2012 at 16:50

Lostsheep wrote (see

Travel Tap..........google it and check out the videos

http://www.drinksafe-systems.co.uk/

StoneHuggingHippy

26/04/2012 at 18:40

Jimbob wrote (see)

Lostsheep wrote (see
Travel Tap..........google it and check out the videos
http://www.drinksafe-systems.co.uk/

Indeed.

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huskyman

26/04/2012 at 18:52

If your not straying to far from the beaten track, any village I came across had supplies of bottled water and pretty cheap too.

Lostsheep

26/04/2012 at 21:52

twiglegs wrote (see)

Jimbob wrote (see)
Lostsheep wrote (see
Travel Tap..........google it and check out the videos
http://www.drinksafe-systems.co.uk/

Indeed.

Thats the one

Zuma

26/04/2012 at 23:41

Chloride dioxide indeed that was the stuff. The MSR Miox makes it in the field. Don't know why anymore why using a Miox when you can use drops or tablets of the same stuff.

Montgomery Wick

27/04/2012 at 00:18

I had an issue with two packs of Lifesystems Chloride Dioxide solution recently. I left the bottles in the packaging while flying abroad, just in case someone got arsey (it's happened before with iodine tabs, back when you could buy them). On arrival, upon opening the packaging I found that, with both packs, the black bottle was empty and crusted with residue; while there was some liquid in the plastic bag I'd wrapped them in, there didn't seem to be enough to account for what should've been in the bottles. Make of that what you will, but I suggest you check bottle integrity before you fly. I'm boiling water as a result - inconvenient but I can live with it, just means carrying more weight.

Pizzytinzel

27/04/2012 at 09:03

Drinksafe Sytems Travel Tap for the win

Zuma

27/04/2012 at 10:45

Well Monty Wick you can make Chloride Dioxide also with a MSR Miox on the spot only needs some spare batteries and saves you carrying extra fuel. Perhaps something to ponder or do you like to haul loads?

Montgomery Wick

27/04/2012 at 11:20

No, I don't like hauling loads, which is why I went for a couple of tiny bottles of liquid. I also don't like depending on batteries which fade in the cold, one reason I'd avoid a Miox setup (and stopped using a Steripen).

Over £100? No thanks, but if you know any shops near the Kazakh/Mongol border doing them cheaper, get in touch.

Shamus

27/04/2012 at 16:41

Has anyone tried the steripen adventurer opti

petro chemicals

28/04/2012 at 22:16

if youve not got to move much a britta filter and chlorine, camping isn't exactly hygenic. A basic filter and boil everything is another option. Being as it's nice and sunny you could also use solar purifying, this also works to destroy the chlorine taste. Leave the water in the sun in a clear plastic bottle after chlorinisation and after two or three hours no more chlorine !

Or you could try the MOD's approwed aquapure inline filter, take two!

Montgomery Wick

29/04/2012 at 01:52

Chlorine doesn't take out the real nasty stuff you don't want to get. Fine for the UK, not good enough for somewhere like Morocco.

I used a Steripen Adventurer for a while. I didn't get sick while using it. Then again, I wear a tinfoil hat to keep away space aliens, and they never bother me either. The Steripen got temperamental in cold weather (below zero), such that you had to keep it in your clothing. Even so, you'd only get one or two treatments out of it before having to warm it up again. You're dependant on sourcing good quality batteries. I had a few trips where the batteries I'd bought locally turned out to be duds, meaning I had to boil water. I wouldn't take one without having a back-up (tablets or liquid).

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