Re: [Philmont]: Water Treatment

From: Mike Bingley (mbingley@telusplanet.net)
Date: Tue Aug 06 2002 - 15:56:58 CDT


Hi everybody....

It's important to let the Polar Pure sit for an hour - apparently that
ensures that it gets equally distributed throughout the water.

Also, it will do _nothing_ if you add it to boiling water - it will simply
evaporate out of the water. Of course, if you want to add it to boiled
water once it has cooled - go for it. It can only help.

Mike

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On 8/6/02 12:27 PM, "Benjamin Pharr" <ben-lists@benpharr.com> wrote:
> Yes, at Philmont they tell you to let it sit for an hour. Those
> instructions differ slightly from the directions on the Polar Pure
> bottle. Philmont's instructions are due to water temperature,
> experience, and a few other things I'm sure.
> 
> However, if you're going to boil water, adding a little Polar Pure can
> do nothing but help.
> 
> Ben Pharr
> 
> 
> On Tue, Aug 06, 2002 at 06:56:47AM -0500, smith.13@nd.edu wrote:
>> I was only there once, in 1999.  We were told that you had to let the
>> treated water stand for one hour before it was ready to drink.  Did they
>> change that?  If that is still in effect, I do not see how adding Polar
>> Pure did anything.  I just received two bottles of Polar Pure in the mail
>> from Campmor yesterday to be used for a more local troop trip.  I will go
>> back and read the directions. I was hoping to avoid that step.  :)
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