POTABLE WATER

GROSS CONTAMINATION:
Using a cloth or coffee filter, strain out all large particles.

BOILING:
Most pathogens causing intestinal infections are killed at temperatures between 140 F
(60 C) and 158 F (70 C). Bringing water to a boil indicates that the water should be
fit to drink.

CHLORINE:
Not reliable against Giardia.

% Chlorine drops/gal drops/liter ml/gal ml/liter

1% 40 10 2 0.5

4-6% 8 2 0.4 0.1

7-10% 4 1 0.2 0.05

IODINE:
Not reliable against Cryptosporidium.

Preparation Iodine drops/liter

Iodine topical solution 2% 8

Iodine tincture 2% 8

Lugolʼs solution 5% 4

Providone-iodine 10% 4

Tetraglycine hydroperiodide 8 mg 1 tabled

Iodine Disinfectant Time

Water Clarity 5C 15 C

Clear 30 minutes 15 minutes

Cloudy 60 minutes 30 minutes

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FILTERS:
Typically remove pathogens down to the 0.2-0.3 micron range. Certain organisms
(Leptospira, viruses) can pass through the 0.2 micron filters.

According to Wilderness Medicine: Management of Wilderness and

Environmental Emergencies, 3rd Edition: “...for foreign travel and for surface
waters with heavy levels of fecal or sewage contamination, filters should not be
used as the sole means of disinfection.”

SOLAR WATER DISINFECTION (SODIS):

Water placed in clean PET bottles is exposed to sunlight (UV) for at least 6 hours
will kill most microorganisms.

http://www.sodis.ch/index_EN

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