[philmont] Micro Pur Contact Time

We used the tablets in 2006 exclusively with a 30 minute wait time, or
over night. We did not take a filter. Our whole crew made it through
healthy and happy. So I would endorse the tablet method. Are there any
crews that had gastro intestinal issues that they could attribute to
their purification method that would want to share this information? I
agree with the filters as a teaching tool for Scouts learning different
tools used in backpacking.

----- Original Message -----
From: Troop 6 Webmaster <troop6webmaster@comcast.net>
Date: Tuesday, January 30, 2007 9:39 am
Subject: [philmont] Micro Pur Contact Time
To: philmont List Member <philmont@troop47.com>

> I'll going to respectfully disagree Dan, water management, including
> purification is a required skill at the ranch. I'll agree that water
> purifiers or filters are a personal preference/luxury item, but
> suggest that
> one per crew is reasonable.
>
> Most trail camps and several staff camps do not have purified
> water. Your
> starting camp often lacks purified water as well as a learning
> opportunity.
> Philmont's water purification protocol, like most other protocols
> at the
> ranch are designed for Philmont, the instructions on the Micropur
> packageare designed to avoid litigation and apply to the world, or
> at least North
> America. Treatment times are a result of several factors, water
> temp being
> one, what needs to be treated another. As others have posted Katadyn
> indicates that all but cysts are treatable in less than 30
> minutes. Since
> philmont does extensive water quality testing, as does the state
> of New
> Mexico, they know what they are up against and there are, as of
> 2006, no
> cysts in the water at the ranch. When you get your supply of
> MicroPur at
> Camping Services, you will get a nice note from Mark Anderson
> explaining the
> Philmont protocol, last year 30 minutes was the rule, this year it
> may be
> different ... or not ... point is you will know, independent of
> what the
> package or wikapedia or the chemist next door says, what you need
> to do to
> make your water safe given the conditions at the ranch.
>
> In addition, the Scout Motto applies ... in 2004 a staff camp that was
> supposed to have purified water had instead a broken purifier,
> this after
> the climb over Phillips so we were near dry ... in this case a
> pump made
> about an hour';s difference as to when we had dinner since in 2004
> it was
> polar pure, not micro pur, which required a much greater prep &
> contacttime. In 2006 we had several camps, staffed and unstaffed,
> without pure
> water and several day long hikes with no opportunities for pure
> water other
> than the end points ... so I believe that dealing with micopur is
> a skill
> that each crew member must be comfortable with.
>
> As you make trek selections, and get confirmations begin to figure
> out where
> the water is ... use tools like PhilSearch, and get the detail
> maps from
> TOTT early. When you get to the ranch they will show you the
> water board in
> logistics to give you a sense of the water situation. Even then the
> situation will change after you have left base camp. 2007 is
> shaping up to
> be fairly wet a blessing for both the water supply and wildlife
> issues.
> YIS
> Jim
> HA ASM Troop 6
> HA Chair Chester County Council
> www.troop6bsa.org?cmd=philmont
> PSR '74(16) '04(4) '06(26)
> IWTGBTP
> www.troop6bsa.org?cmd=philsearch

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