Re: [Paddlewise] water treatment

From: Joe Pylka <pylka_at_castle.net>
Date: Tue, 14 Sep 1999 19:21:17 -0400
From: Philip
>There are a number of commercial units which combine physical filters with
>an iodine element to stop protozoa, bacteria, and viruses. Such combination
>units are technically called "purifiers" and must be certified by the US
EPA
>to be sold as such (chemicals and plain filters do not need to be approved
>by the EPA).
        My filter has a Silver compound cartridge in it for a final stage.
It seems to work OK; at least I haven't been sick yet.
        I've forgotten the name of it, but there's a squeeze water bottle on
the market that you can fill from the bottom through a prefilter,  then the
water is squoze through a finer filter whenever you drink from it.  There's
chamber in there into which you can introduce Iodine or some other
sterilant.

JP

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