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Posted by mattblick on May 27, 2008 at 4:11:24 pm EDT
In reply to Water Filter Question posted by atn1wpi on May 14, 2008 at 2:50:39 pm EDT

I found myself very concerned about viruses after an episode 8 years ago(likely non-viral contamination and likely my fault) had me laid up with beaver feaver for a week and then 2 months dealing with the side effects of Cipro.

I now double treat my water by combining Chlorine dioxide tablets with my MSR Miniworks. While you need to wait four hours for Chlorine dioxide to kill everything, it destroys viruses and bacteria in 15 minutes, Giardia in 30-minutes. (It is only the cryptosporidium that takes the full 4 hours)

I carry a (3 ounce wt, one gallon capacity) "Sea to Summit Little Sink" down to the stream to scoop up water and then carry it back to the camp area and drop in 4 tablets. Waiting only 30 minutes kills everything save for the cryptosporidium. I then filter the treated water through my Miniworks into a 2 liter MSR Dromedary bag and 1 qt Nalgene Cantene bladder. The activated carbon in the Miniworks takes away any flavor the chlorine dioxide leaves behind. The little bit of water left in the bag gets used later on for dish washing and hand washing with bio soap. I use the double treated water from the dromedary bag for dish rinsing.

This is borderline OCD I know, but I never want to deal with beaver fever or any fluoroquinolones again!

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