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You need to read the fine print on the website you linked as well as independent studies on beach. Start with the MSR field guide with their chlorinator and the
by exabrial 3y ago
You need to read the fine print on the website you linked as well as independent studies on beach. Start with the MSR field guide with their chlorinator and their whitepapers, which unlike the CDC, actually publishes their scientific results. The cover the use of bleach for other methods of producing free chlorine.
Bleach works just fine in those those parasites, which are your main threats everywhere. I’ve followed the field guides on the and drank water from sources known to be contaminated, and despite the CDC, I’m alive, miraculously.
The key is to reduce the biological load in the water first. That’s why I had additional information about filtering, which is not listed on the CDCs guide. The CDC is putting protocols out there for the lowest common denominator. If you add bleach to a gallon of muddy water of course it’s not going to do anything.
- amluto 3y agoNot sure which MSR guide you mean, but this one agrees with my recollection: https://www.msrgear.com/blog/water-treatment-101-cryptosporidium/ https://www.msrgear.com/blog/water-treatment-101-cryptospori... Cryptosporidium is relatively easy to remove by filtration, and not so easy to kill with chlorine. Even chlorine dioxide seems to kill cryptosporidium rather slowly: https://www.outdoorgearlab.com/reviews/camping-and-hiking/backpacking-water-filter/aquamira-water-treatment-drops https://www.outdoorgearlab.com/reviews/camping-and-hiking/ba...