Water is by far the most important nutrient for the human body (except oxygen) and especially during a survival situation found in drinking water to be easy, the question is - how long the human body can survive without adequate water? How long can you survive without water depends on temperature, physical activity and your physical condition. At 120 ° C. They can survive for 2 days without water, and 70 ° C. They can survive for 10 days withoutWater in the shade. A minimum of two liters of water per day is acceptable intake per person per day. Since a liter of water weighs a little over 2 lbs, it is useful to a process for the production of drinking water in the bag nose, so your survival kit for easy transport. The water is dirty, you need to be decanted prior to these procedures. This can be a container to fill with water and allow to sit to let the particles fall to earth are made. Then carefully pour offand clear water to keep us from above, make sure that the sediment from interfering in the bottom of the container.
Why can not you just drink water from a stream? There are two micro-organisms called Giardia and Cryptosporidium, which are the main concern. Both are the result of animal waste in water. Both are single-celled microorganisms that are larger than the bacteria, cysts and can be transformed to a form of protection that are resistant to disinfection. IfOr are they exposed to these microorganisms Symptoms may develop severe diarrhea, vomiting, abdominal pain and / or fever are. If you are already dehydrated, these symptoms would worsen your situation and the impact of the disease may be up to a week. People with AIDS, children and the elderly can die from the effects of these organisms, because it reduced or even developing immune systems.
So, how do you drink water? You can boil water.Be sure to bring water to a boil, but then it is safe no matter what the level of consumption. The only problem with this method is that it takes time to boil the water and the time for water to cool off. The positive side is that if you wear a backpack stove, you can usually cook for 1 liter of water in less than 3 or 4 minutes and if you stop for the night, the weather is not a problem. If you're not a backpacker stove, you can always build a smallFire.
Another method is to use water purification tablets. You would do well to two containers with you to wear one for drinking and other water for processing. Normally it takes about 30 minutes to treat the water with tablets, but can take longer, up to 2 hours if the water is cold or cloudy. Read the instructions provided with your pills. It 'important that if you treat the water you should take your bottle and wash the arguments with a little water isTreatment. You do not want to contaminate drinking water after doing all the right things. The only problem with this method is the taste. Some water purification tablets, tablets in multiple (typically vitamin C or ascorbic acid), which can be added at the end of the process of getting rid of bad taste. If you do not wait until the end of the process do not return this tablet can negate the effect of disinfection. Another water purification pill could tryKatadyn Micropur is made with chlorine dioxide, the same chemical used by wastewater treatment plants. These pills are not the bad taste associated with iodine tablets.
The other method you might want to try is to buy a Katadyn water filter. You could use a pump or a bottle of water, a filtering system used by alcohol. These filters contain a method for filtering, removing bodies and a charcoal filter, heavy metals, pesticides and otherImpurities. The disadvantages are the costs, but you can treat the water quickly and in the case of the bottled water you must carry a container and treat the water with you.
I hope this helps to understand what are the methods that are available to treat the water. As usual for any emergency, trying to figure out what you do in advance and buy the necessary materials are prepared.
