Eek! Sounds scary! I know - dehydrated water! Directions - Add water...Gippsmick wrote:... but found that the sediment and tannins (which don't really bother me that much) in rivers like the Louisa, Cracroft, New River tended to clog the ceramic filter fairly quickly. It's amazing the amount of stuff it extracts.
Do you think that a simple hankie type "filter" would have done the trick on the SW track just to filter out the thick bits ??
Gippsmick wrote:Do you think that a simple hankie type "filter" would have done the trick on the SW track just to filter out the thick bits ??
The tannins are just too small and filtered water will never be clear but a quick pre filter through a cloth would remove a lot of the larger sediment and save on your filter maintenance/cleaning.
breminator98 wrote:potassium permanganate (sold as Condy's Crystals in pharmacies) ... I believe a mix with a small amount of glycerine and sugar is highly volatile
breminator98 wrote:<Snipity snip>One other thing my old man does on his Murray River kayak trips to do with sediment is filter it as above, then let it sit and decant it (ie pour off the clear top bit) and if all that fails then a sprinkle of Aluminium Sulphate (or Nitrate? I can't remember - I'll get back to you) apparently helps the sediment cluster and fall to the bottom. Its a bit of a finicky science I'm not prepared to get into but there you go: for your interest. Apparently 90% of the bacteria in water is on the dirt so by filtering it somehow your almost there.
Dave
tas-man wrote:I usually carry a ziplock bag with some "SalVital" lemon flavoured effervescent drinking powder for drink stops where the water is full of organic matter or silty. A couple of teaspoons stirred in a cupfull of the target water, froths over the top taking most of the sediment with it, leaving a pleasant lemon tasting "mineral" water beverage
breminator98 wrote:Hey thanks for the tip Tas-man, great idea! Funky_bunch IMHO steripens are too bulky and heavy for an occasional user.
etrangere wrote:It never ceases to amaze me how everyone considers Tasmanian water "pristine". Sure its much better than alot of other areas but not matter how untouched by humans the water may be could you guarantee that 500m or more upstream there isnt some dead animal in the water or that an animal hasnt urinated of defecated in the water........a sure way to get a viral or bacterial infection. People seem to be quite happy to spend $$ on al sorts of gear but baulk at spending money on their health for a water filter.
Turfa wrote:For the past 5 years I have been using Aquamira, a water treatment product from the US.
http://www.aquamira.com/
It is a chemical treatment but does not leave any nasty taste in the water. It is light & easy to use & comes in either liquid or tablet forms. It's quite cheap & can't break down or run out of batteries. Only down side is that I have never found anywhere to buy it in Oz. I just stock up whenever I get over to the US.
Chris
ninjapuppet wrote:a few years ago, i got water from one of the water tanks on the freycinet walk. When i was just about to take a gulp of it, I found lots and lots of larvae swimming inside! probally from mozzies. ever since, ive used a steripen pre-filter which just screws onto the top of a standard nalgene and seems to work better than than a hanky. maybe i'll try a chux cloth next time.
i also have a steripen carried with me, but realised i didnt even use it on my recent trip to the south coast track.
I just boiled the water at night and chuck it in the nalgene to keep myself warm, and used that water the next day.
Liamy77 wrote:I went to buy a 24 tablet pack..... now i see why you get them over there!- the postage they try to charge you is almost more than your airfare!!!
About $12-$13 for the product and $60-$80 postage??!!! I sent them a polite message suggesting that they either got their postage fee wrong or that their heads are interchangeable with their butts!
I hope you have your filter on if you dont like the language here - i was more tactfull in the email to the company...
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