Water Purification Tablets

[CharlesHarris]

Agree with HP and MB on this one. Some waterborne parasites can linger in your system for decades and kill you later when you become older and weaker, as many Vietnam vets are finding out today. Always use at least two combined methods of treatment, at minimum filtration to the 1 micron level followed by UV or chemical sterilization. SODIS is effective only if you can filter well to reduce turbidity and you have clean, food grade containers. Iodine and chlorine have both their advantages and drawbacks. Do your research. I carry a Frontier Filter Pro military version in my kit and also treat questionable sources with either betadyne or potassium permanganate from my first aid kit. I also carry a test kit which can detect petroleum or agricultural chemicals, which indicate that distillation or reverse osmosis is necessary. If near the ocean a maritime desalination kit is useful.