I have seen one made but never tried it myself. You use a 2- liter bottle cut off the bottom., stuff cotton batting in the bottom, then add charcoal, then sand getting larger to pebbles.
Distillation is the safest method of obtaining drinking water from contaminated sources; filtration is for when you are mobile - and filtration of boiled water is preferable to kill bacteria.Do filters get rid of nasty chemicals, pollution AND germs?
Or shall we boil the filtered water to make sure they're dead?
I'd go with a still and skip the filtration myself. One less thing to carry/maintain and the same end result.Do filters get rid of nasty chemicals, pollution AND germs?
Or shall we boil the filtered water to make sure they're dead?
Another point to be made is there is no maintenance on a still except a little wipe down.I'd go with a still and skip the filtration myself. One less thing to carry/maintain and the same end result.
Yeah, and how much fuel does it take to get a gallon of water.Another point to be made is there is no maintenance on a still except a little wipe down.