Water must be boiled vigorously for at least a minute to get rid of giardia and cryptosporidium would probably take longer. Most other pathogens (fecal coliform, ameobas, viruses) are destroyed after a shorter period, but if you've ever had a case of giardiasis, as I have, you will gladly boil that water for the full minute, and maybe then some.
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