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Murray water
Posted:
Wed 21 Dec, 2016 12:53 pmby Rlgm12
It's farmland, its algae, its sediment.
And whatever else you can think of (maybe).
But if one wants to try and drink water from the Murray River, What would you use/do?
Re: Murray water
Posted:
Wed 21 Dec, 2016 12:59 pmby neilmny
Not drink it is the only thing I can think of.
Although look up life straw....they are supposed to be able to drink from seriously contaminated stagnant puddles lat time I looked.
Re: Murray water
Posted:
Wed 21 Dec, 2016 2:32 pmby Xplora
There are 3 things you need to contend with -
1- Bugs and chemicals
2 - Colour
3 - Taste
The only real important one is ONE. I have used an MSR miniworks to filter water out of a muddy puddle. The only trouble is you need to clean it more regularly but that is easy done and you can even do using the dirty water and a scouring pad. I have also taken water from a stagnant pond but it did not get the colour out (tea tree tannin). Taste of both were not exceptional but I (and all the others with me) did not get sick. Any pump type filter that takes you below 1 micron absolute will do the job and some have activated charcoal to help with the taste. I would make sure any unit is capable of removing chemicals.