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water purification?
I was wondering what the best way to filter water is when you go camping. I’m familliar with the Millbank filter bag but its been a while since ive been. If you can only boil the water after filtering it how long do you boil it for?
I hope you get to enjoy clear, clean refreshing water from an alpine spring like in the commercials… but if you have to drink from a pond or stream lower down in the valleys or on the plains like 99.99% of us, these tips may help. 
If you don’t have bottled water, you should boil water to make it safe. Boiling water will kill most types of disease-causing organisms that may be present. If the water is cloudy, filter it through clean cloths or allow it to settle, and draw off the clear water for boiling.
If you can’t boil water, you can disinfect it using household bleach. Bleach will kill some, but not all, types of disease-causing organisms that may be in the water. If the water is cloudy, filter it through clean cloths or allow it to settle, and draw off the clear water for disinfection. Add 1/8 teaspoon (or 8 drops) of regular, unscented, liquid household bleach for each gallon of water, stir it well and let it stand for 30 minutes before you use it.
Backpacking water purification by boiling does readily kills giardia bacteria. And you don’t need to do it for five minutes as some literature states. Just bring the water to a boil and giardia will be dead.
The problem is that if you are on a major hike or backpacking trip, you probably don’t have this overwhelming desire to carry the amount of fuel needed to boil water for days. You also may not want to spend your time doing this type of water purification, when you could be hiking or reading or having witty conversation.
…If you do boil water for backpacking water purification, you’ll probably want to give it a little extra boiling time at higher elevations. The general rule is to add one minute for each 1,000 rise in elevation.
This is probably more important if you are worried about water borne organisms other than giardia – like typhoid. Giardia is quite easy to kill with heat.
My one big recommendation for water purification by boiling is to make sure the water is actually boiling – a rolling boil with big bubbles coming up and shaking the pan.
It’s surprising how many think that a few very tiny bubbles on the bottom of a pan constitutes boiling. That’s not boiling. That’s just a few bubbles.
Kids are especially likely to mistakenly think that a few bubbles constitutes boiling. But so do some adults.
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