Visiting a campground with no running water and I’m unsure of how much I should bring for a party of 8-10 people.
Here’s my checklist before departing, what am I missing?
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18d
Filter handles that. It's bacterial not viral.
In the US there’s nil viruses so you don’t need to chemical, UV, or boil afterwards... unless you want to.
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It's true, there are water filters like the aquamira frontier pro that do not filter bacteria. They went through a lot of effort to hide that fact on the packaging and in the product description, which is why I would never buy any product from them.
Other filters have proven to be unreliable, like the Katadyn Vario and should have been taken off the market years ago. Again, not reflecting well on that company.
But the sawyer models have proven to be both very effective and reliable, so I wouldn't worry too much. Still there's always a risk left, for example a fiber could be damaged which is hard to check for with these models.
Personally, if a water source seems sketchy to me, I always use more than one method (usually filter plus chlorine).