Water treatment while hiking, camping, and traveling

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• Corporate Authors:
  National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (U.S.)
• Description:
  When visiting places with unknown water quality, you may need to treat water to make sure it’s safe to drink. Boiling water is the most reliable way to kill germs. If you cannot boil your water, the next best option is to use a filter (especially if water is cloudy) and then use another treatment method. Follow instructions on the treatment product’s label, including the contact time for disinfectants. This guide can help you decide which treatment method or combination of methods to use to make your water safe to drink.
  
  CS326248-A
  
  Backcountry_Water_Treatment-508.pdf
  
  
• Subjects:
  Camping Disinfection/methods Drinking Water Sanitation Walking Water Purification/methods
• Document Type:
  Pamphlet (or booklet)
• Genre:
  Fact Sheet
• Pages in Document:
  1 unnumbered page
• Collection(s):
  Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:4852942328adf71bcb258f4ab0b768552de119cbbdd8bc8c1c79c01d44b1a540
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/115891/cdc_115891_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 905.02 KB ]