Backpack-Sized Portable Water Cleansing Systems

5th March, 2010 - Posted by health news - No Comments

One of the hassles of backpacking, hiking, canoeing, and other activities done in out-of-the-way places has always been a scarcity of safe drinking water. It used to be that it was relatively safe to drink from unfamiliar lakes and streams, but this is now not the case. You never can tell where the water is coming from and what contaminants might be polluting it. Obviously you aren’t going to be ready to carry five gallons of bottled drinking water with you so that you have enough to last for the days you’re out there, and since you can’t be confident about local water sources, you need some type of portable water purification system. Continue reading Read More