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#72071 - 08/29/06 05:49 PM Re: Longest time survivng?
Leigh_Ratcliffe Offline
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Registered: 03/31/06
Posts: 1355
Loc: United Kingdom.
Most of the time, the filter will be enough. But a belt and braces approach does not hurt.
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#72073 - 08/29/06 07:51 PM Re: Longest time survivng?
joaquin39 Offline
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Registered: 03/19/05
Posts: 149
Loc: Philadelphia,Pennsyvania, USA.
Where are u from? or better, where are u going in this trip?

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#72074 - 08/29/06 08:51 PM Re: Longest time survivng?
Boacrow Offline
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Registered: 08/18/06
Posts: 85
I go alot of places throughout the south, but my main hangout is Alabama. I have camped in several places though. Most of the streams in Alabama are quite clean I suppose. I've never had to filter the water nor have I gotten sick and I have drank face first from streams all from one end of the state to the other, literally. Although I agree there are many places that do need filtration. I do recommend filtering if you don't know the area and have no prior experience with the water in the area. I do take unnecesary risks sometimes, but I have never had a probem with it so far. I've had the Hershey squirts before and I can handle it. If I ever do have a problem, I know how to distill water using several different methods so I don't worry about it too much.

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#72075 - 09/01/06 03:11 PM Re: Longest time survivng?
harrkev Offline
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Registered: 09/05/01
Posts: 384
Loc: Colorado Springs, CO
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One word of caution: FILTERS ARE NOT PURIFIERS. They will not remove viruses.

True enough, but I have read (don't remember where, possibly in this very forum) that viruses are quite uncommon in the USA. So, you could likely use a filter and be pretty certain of being just fine.
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