I am having a discussion about the safety of the Morning Glory Camp spring water. The tub has been replaced by a non-removable device, so you can't take water directly from the pipe any more. The tub was also not overflowing. People expressed concern that it is unsafe to drink it, even filtered. What do you guys think?
(I drank it; it tasted better than a lot of city water, but not as good as other Panamint water, as I already knew. No ill effects.)
In my book filtered water is safer to drink than dying of dehydration. That said, it looks pretty gnarly and I probably would only risk it if I had to.
Well if you filter it, your worry would be some sort of mineralization, right? Which might (or might not) taste. Unless I knew otherwise, I would drink that (filtered), though it looked a lot nicer in Taco's vid
Yep! I remember that video and that was how I found it that year The tub was pretty grungy--probably worse than this time.
The idea presented to me was that the water might contain viruses, which are too small for a filter to filter out. It tasted better this time than last time, with the same filter I have had for 9+ years.
Maybe someone wrote a log entry when the tub was replaced. I didn't think to look through the book for that.
I don't know what kind of filter you're using, and whether or not the technology has advanced, but my Platypus GravityWorks setup has cleaned much, much ... MUCH ... more suspect water for me over the years. With regular cleaning and annual replacing of inline filter, of course.
Whatever might be in the Morning Glory Camp spring outlet right there, I doubt it's worse than the South American streams tainted with horse pasture (and probably human) waste runoff I've had to drink from before. I was throwing Nuun in the filtered water to help with the taste – not sure if it was a real issue or psychological.
I know a lot about water. Out of the pipe should be fine. That tub NO. The new container---setting out in the sun....
Filtering does nothing for bacteria. Need chlorine, etc to solve the problem---just a trace would do (with a few minutes of time). Less than 1 ppm cl would work.
(2021-04-30, 09:11 AM)Meiko Wrote: I know a lot about water. Out of the pipe should be fine. That tub NO. The new container---setting out in the sun....
Filtering does nothing for bacteria. Need chlorine, etc to solve the problem---just a trace would do (with a few minutes of time). Less than 1 ppm cl would work.
Meiko,
The Platyus GravityWorks microfilter – and many others – claim the following:
Effective: Every microfilter is individually tested to ensure it meets all EPA & NSF guidelines for the removal of 99.9999% of bacteria and 99.9% of protozoa*.
*This includes Giardia, Cryptosporidium, E. coli, Salmonella and Cholera.
What it doesn't filter is chemicals & toxins, and I've always wondered about old metal pipes and residual mining seepage.
