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#99370 - 07/10/08 12:23 PM New Water treatment
ral Offline
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Registered: 11/30/02
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Loc: San Francisco
Anyone know about this and if so any comments????

http://www.minimus.biz/detail.aspx?ID=8395

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#99371 - 07/10/08 12:34 PM Re: New Water treatment [Re: ral]
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http://www.psi.org/our_programs/products/pur.html

Not sure what it is, but it doesn't look the same as Micropur or iodine.
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#99372 - 07/10/08 03:17 PM Re: New Water treatment [Re: lori]
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Registered: 10/26/04
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Loc: So Cal
According to PUR's website and video -- the treatment involves:

1. collecting dirty water in a container
2. adding PUR powder treatment
3. waiting 3 minutes for coagulant to solidify both particulates and dissolved matter into a solid that sinks to the bottom of the dirty water container

4. carefully pouring water through a cloth filter to a second receiving container and discarding the solid matter left in the first water container.

5. wait another 20 minutes for PUR chlorine to treat viruses and bacteria inside the now pretty darn clear water in the receiving container.

6. pour and drink

I can see this for camp use and also when you have 30+ minutes lunch break.

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#99373 - 07/10/08 06:23 PM Re: New Water treatment [Re: Ben2World]
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Loc: Grand Canyon State
This seems like a costly alternative to ALUM, which is available in your local grocery for about $2.49 for a spice bottle full.
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#99374 - 07/11/08 01:03 AM Re: New Water treatment [Re: hikeaz]
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Not sure if the shipping makes it worth while but this is about the least expensive source for this produt i've seen.

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#99375 - 07/14/08 08:39 PM Re: New Water treatment [Re: ral]
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Posts: 6
Loc: N of Detroit
First time I've seen it, make sure it doesn't use iodine because iodine cannot reliably kill the eggs of cryptosporidium, and you should not use it as a single step water treatment, use only with a machanical filter, please do the research before using.
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#99376 - 07/15/08 07:15 AM Re: New Water treatment [Re: ral]
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Loc: WA
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Anyone know about this and if so any comments????

http://www.minimus.biz/detail.aspx?ID=8395


Walmart has packets of it for sale back in the outdoors section btw. The packets are a refill for a system that PUR sells. But...it treats 2 1/2 gallons of water - which is a LOT.
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