How to protect yourself from drinking contaminated water?
You’re probably wondering how to protect yourself from drinking contaminated water and where it may appear to be safe.
Imagine you’re hiking through the woods and you come across a lake with water so clear you could see through to the bottom. Your thinking, “No nasty microorganisms could possibly reside in a lake as beautiful as this, right?!” WRONG, WRONG, WRONG, WRONG!!! Tempting as it may be, surface water supply sources (lakes, rivers, and reservoirs) are untreated and there is a tremendous risk of contamination due to cysts, bacteria, and protozoa spread from animal feces and remains. (Disgusting!) So it is best to not drink water coming from these sources, but what if this is the only source you have for drinking water!? It is recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and the Environmental Protection Agency to either use a certified filter (one designed to filter specifically bacteria, cysts, or protozoa) or boil the water. Biological Filters are available in Portable Water Filter products and are designed specifically for this instance. A Biological Water Filter can treat water that otherwise would not be drinkable. How does it do this? By using a hollow fiber membrane filter media that simply does not allow the very very small particles through. It’s an advanced solution to an age-old problem. No longer do we need to keep wondering if the water we drink is safe.
