How to Purify Water While Camping & Backpacking

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Sadly, while camping and backpacking we can’t survive just on wine and beer. That’s why we need to figure out how to filter and purify water while backpacking.

We’ll go over the basics of water purification while in the wilderness. Then we’ll look at the most common methods you can use to always get filtered water while hiking.

Filters physically remove bad things from the water – nasty stuff like sediment, bacteria, protozoa, heavy metals, and some chemicals.

They’ll either filter out smaller things (like viruses) that might make it through a normal microfilter.

If the only water you have access to is a little murky or has a lot of debris, it’s best to pre-filter the water in some way.

Boiling water is one of the most reliable ways to purify water while hiking. Just bring it to a rolling boil for a minute and BAM!

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