When I discover a clean looking stream while hiking in the Baltics I always empty my bottled water supplies and fill them with stream water, it tastes a lot better! I use my own bottles and flasks.
I get water out of the tap and use the same glass over and over. I don't care what bottled water tastes like, I'm not paying for it!
There could be a problem with stream water. Animals relieve themselves in that stream, upstream from where you are. Pollutants from the air are in that water also. Even bacteria and other types of microscopic parasites are living in that water. I do hope that you put disinfectant in that water before you drink it? Take this with you. http://www.safetycentral.com/wattreattab.html
No, I don't put those tablets in my water, it spoils the taste. A little bit of dirt hasn't hurt and keeps the immune system active. I boil river and lake water before use though.
Well, I think we're in the process of finding out. Atlanta is one of the leading candidates on loss of water, so perhaps they'll show us the way. There's a major shortage of clean, fresh drinking water in many, many areas of the world. Yep, I think man is about to see where we'll be without it. Baron Max
I had 6 brands tested. Most failed miserably. My favorites did not. Tap was horrendous--full of cr@p. Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image! I'll keep on drinking my favorites. Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image!
Do you have that? Do you like it? How do you clean it? Bleach? With my travelling all over the country and not staying in any of my places more than a few days, would the filters get moldy from lack of use? Am I better off just buying the bottled water wherever I go?
Reverse Osmosis type of filtering is by far the best and does a superior job compaired to any other types of filtration systems available today. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Reverse osmosis is a separation process that uses pressure to force a solvent through a membrane that retains the solute on one side and allows the pure solvent to pass to the other side. More formally, it is the process of forcing a solvent from a region of high solute concentration through a membrane to a region of low solute concentration by applying a pressure in excess of the osmotic pressure. This is the reverse of the normal osmosis process, which is the natural movement of solvent from an area of low solute concentration, through a membrane, to an area of high solute concentration when no external pressure is applied. The membrane here is semipermeable, meaning it allows the passage of solvent but not of solute. The membranes used for reverse osmosis have a dense barrier layer in the polymer matrix where most separation occurs. In most cases the membrane is designed to allow only water to pass through this dense layer while preventing the passage of solutes (such as salt ions). This process requires that a high pressure be exerted on the high concentration side of the membrane, usually 2–17 bar (30–250 psi) for fresh and brackish water, and 40–70 bar (600–1000 psi) for seawater, which has around 24 bar (350 psi) natural osmotic pressure which must be overcome. This process is best known for its use in desalination (removing the salt from sea water to get fresh water), but has also purified naturally occurring freshwater for medical, industrial process and rinsing applications since the early 1970s.
I believe that could be true but my question is about the lack of use. With the system sitting there unused for up to two weeks, could you get mold? Could the filters get moldy? There isn't much worse than moldy water.
No, you just reverse flush it if you are worried but with active charcoal in it I wouldn't worry about it.
Ok, thanks. I will take this into serious consideration. My water in DC, CA, and IL is horrendous. Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image!
Have you seen the new water filters you can put on your tap? They have a flavour cartridge so you can have lemon water.
I saw those O, but I don't know well they filter. I don't know how pure the water is from a tap filter. I'm guessing not too pure. I have tested some water from tap filters. It didn't do very well.
Reverse Osmosis type of filtering is by far the best and does a superior job compaired to any other types of filtration systems available today.
