Water purification

We have an active carbon water filter for our main tank that we fill with town water.

You should never use creek water for drinking, only for washing and with some caution.

Bore water is OK except for salinity and taste at some.

For drinking we carry spring water bought from a supermarket in 10Lt containers, the advantage of this is if one gets contaminated the others wont plus you don't have any more then 10Lts opened at a time.

Most people will only drink 1.5 to 2Lts of water a day max (5 to 10 glasses) ....even in hot weather.

And don't forget beer, coffee, tea and softdrink accounts for you daily intake whilst away (health boffins what you to think otherwise).

Daily water intakes are usually exaggerated and you should only drink when thirsty.....that way your not expelling good water when you should be saving it.

James,

Products such as this involve (hydrogen) peroxide sterilisation and silver ions as a residual agent from what little information i can see. The silver ions will normally protect the water from bacteria/algae etc reforming to a large quantity to be nasty.

It should be helpful in some bore water depending on composition as the oxidisation assists with iron and hydrogen sulphide removal.

As to the effectiveness of this product, it mainly comes down to a manual dosing process. For large amounts of water usage from suspect sources, i would personally back up any process with a second, possibly automatic, stage eg, microfiltration, chlorination, UV, etc

Hope that helps,
Andrew

Hi James

We have so far always been able to carry enough water for fresh drinking water. Meanwhile we use available water sources direct from a bucket and according to suitability for bathing and washing up, cooking, and/or cups of tea to preserve our drinking supplies. This saves carrying filtration systems or getting caught with bad water in the tanks. I would prefer to drink boiled water rather than water with chemical sterilisers added. Touring Europe in a camper with my family in the 1960s, we boiled all water before drinking, and none of the family got ill.

Motherhen

Thanks guys, you have confirmed my thoughts. Boiling water for personal consumption still seems to be the go.