Drinking water treatment methods for backcountry and travel use

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• Alternative Title:
  Guide to drinking water treatment and sanitation for backcountry & travel use ; Healthy water
• Corporate Authors:
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
• Description:
  This document should only serve as a guide for individuals intending to use untreated or poorly treated water as a drinking water source. This document may also aid travelers and backcountry water users in researching drinking water treatment methods. Except for boiling, few of the water treatment methods are 100% effective in removing all pathogens. REMEMBER: If boiling water is not a feasible option, the most effective pathogen reduction method in untreated or poorly treated drinking water is a combination treatment, using the appropriate filtration and disinfection methods.
  
  Last updated February 20, 2009.
  
  Healthy water.
  
  Called also: A Guide to drinking water treatment and sanitation for backcountry & travel use.
  
  Mode of access: World Wide Web as an Acrobat .pdf file (869.82 KB, 1 p.).
  
  Text document (PDF).
  
  
• Subjects:
  Camping Disinfection Drinking Water Methods Sanitation Water Purification
• Series:
  CDC Fact Sheet
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Fact Sheet
• Pages in Document:
  electronic resource; remote; 1 online resource ([1] p.)
• Collection(s):
  Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:62051d2553295799044b62368b2f38f4b62c0d41acb4c99b0255296348ae30ed1cc5d2cb312a4effeada1f3bd7381318cd6ffec5d8d2a76d0c67bfc8e6ba32b6
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/12378/cdc_12378_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 985.71 KB ]