Find the true statements:

*All backcountry water is contaminated.
*No backcountry water is contaminated.
*Every exposure to contaminated water results in illness.
*Repeated exposure to contaminated water is not a health threat.
*It is possible to eliminate the health threats from all types of contamination.
*It is impossible to address water contamination.

Selecting, collecting and consuming backcountry water is an exercise in risk management, repeated each time we gather water. Minimize the risk and your chances of becoming sick will likewise be low. To acknowledge that you can never achieve zero risk seems like a good place to start.

Prost,
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--Rick