Water Purification Tablets For Tap Water?
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I assume you do that at home. So if there is a million gallon reservoir, and a network of 6" and 12" feeder pipes, you let your water run until the reservoir is drained and refilled, as well as all the pipes... Don't want anything but the freshest of water.
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Hotel water... How would it be any different? It is municipal water from the same sources as the rest of the town or city unless it is well water in which case it would likely be similar well water only if anything more monitored. In the pipes longer? Maybe, but I doubt even that, after all, people in every room are showering and aren't paying the water bill.
I live in a city that has really good drinking water from the tap. I know it is good because I moved here and it tasted good right off, so it isn't just that I am used to it. It has won awards. And yet people buy cases of bottled water and drink it daily. Most of the bottled water is someone else's tap water and probably not as good as what comes out of their tap.
I don't understand the whole "bottled water thing" in general. Yes I get it where there is terrible water, but I don't get it where the tap water is okay which IMO is most places. BTW, I also don't get that a bottle of water often can cost more that a bottle of some other beverage.
During the pandemic when the taps and fountains were unavailable the need to buy bottled water might have been a necessity at times (maybe often), and may still be some places. I haven't been on the road and experienced that since I have been home during the pandemic, but it would be an annoyance to have to buy bottled water.
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First World problem. Much of the world does not have access to safe water and we complain about a mineral taste.
I also don't get the bottled water phenomenon. What marketing genius figured out how to make a profit selling that?
I don't understand some people's fears. When I'm in town, I see people afraid of drinking town water so they buy bottled "mountain spring water." When I'm in the backcountry, at the actual mountain spring, I see people afraid of drinking that water so they buy chemicals to dump in it, or devices to treat it.
That said, I have plenty of irrational fears myself. Who doesn't? (Driving a car scares me.) That's the very definition of phobia and there are lots of those.
I also don't get the bottled water phenomenon. What marketing genius figured out how to make a profit selling that?
I don't understand some people's fears. When I'm in town, I see people afraid of drinking town water so they buy bottled "mountain spring water." When I'm in the backcountry, at the actual mountain spring, I see people afraid of drinking that water so they buy chemicals to dump in it, or devices to treat it.
That said, I have plenty of irrational fears myself. Who doesn't? (Driving a car scares me.) That's the very definition of phobia and there are lots of those.
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You more-serious touring cyclists will probably know this.
I am doing a three-day "credit card" tour, but I want to be able to refill my water bottles from a tap if I need to. Hotel water usually tastes horrible, so would it be worth it to buy some of those water purification tablets that campers use and use them to remove the taste and toxins from tap water?
I am doing a three-day "credit card" tour, but I want to be able to refill my water bottles from a tap if I need to. Hotel water usually tastes horrible, so would it be worth it to buy some of those water purification tablets that campers use and use them to remove the taste and toxins from tap water?
If you are talking about a developed country, or perhaps your own u s of a, like here in Canada, tap water is tap water, whether in my house or some motel in x, y or zed town.
Can't say that I've ever been concerned about water from first world nations given the robust water treatment and testing programs in place.
PS if you do go the route of adding in some juice stuff or gatoraid powder or whatever, to avoid gungy bottles, just be sure to rinse them out really well. This can be a problem over time, I've had it and learned to be more careful (but on multi week trips)
The adding of a small amount of stuff is a good suggestion from others, especially if you are a picky water person.
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Yup, and the odd plane and hotel fall out of the sky too, but if an extremely isolated incident makes you uncomfortable with drinking our privileged first world water, filter away. ( I imagine you're just bringing this up as an example, and not really are concerned about water quality)
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Yup, and the odd plane and hotel fall out of the sky too, but if an extremely isolated incident makes you uncomfortable with drinking our privileged first world water, filter away. ( I imagine you're just bringing this up as an example, and not really are concerned about water quality)
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thanks, ya I looked it up to see the details.
Like with all regulatory issues, robust and transparent checking of details and assuring that timely checks are followed up on, are always going to be important.
Like with the odd plane crash that gets traced back to, lets say, improperly done and improperly recorded maintenance or repairs/schedules/not using the correct part etc etc , it does always come down to robust structures that are properly followed.
In general, when mistakes happen, procedures are amended to try to avoid a loophole or whatever that brought about the situation.
Having a robust media system in a society is a big part also, to hopefully not have improper methods and behaviours to be purposely hidden.
Like with all regulatory issues, robust and transparent checking of details and assuring that timely checks are followed up on, are always going to be important.
Like with the odd plane crash that gets traced back to, lets say, improperly done and improperly recorded maintenance or repairs/schedules/not using the correct part etc etc , it does always come down to robust structures that are properly followed.
In general, when mistakes happen, procedures are amended to try to avoid a loophole or whatever that brought about the situation.
Having a robust media system in a society is a big part also, to hopefully not have improper methods and behaviours to be purposely hidden.
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And treating it will not necessarily take the taste away, which seems to be the OP's main concern. In fact, it could make it taste worse, unless he likes the taste of pool water.
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About 4 years ago, on the Cross Vermont trail, I stopped at the Onion River Campground. On the back of the bathroom door was a 'boil water' notice for the town! I survived.
Filters and iodine or chlorine tablets will take care of bacteria, and some viruses, I don't think they will do much for dissolved toxins like lead, pesticides, or what ever plastic acronym is currently in vogue.
Filters and iodine or chlorine tablets will take care of bacteria, and some viruses, I don't think they will do much for dissolved toxins like lead, pesticides, or what ever plastic acronym is currently in vogue.
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About 4 years ago, on the Cross Vermont trail, I stopped at the Onion River Campground. On the back of the bathroom door was a 'boil water' notice for the town! I survived.
Filters and iodine or chlorine tablets will take care of bacteria, and some viruses, I don't think they will do much for dissolved toxins like lead, pesticides, or what ever plastic acronym is currently in vogue.
Filters and iodine or chlorine tablets will take care of bacteria, and some viruses, I don't think they will do much for dissolved toxins like lead, pesticides, or what ever plastic acronym is currently in vogue.
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I think most campgrounds are far enough away from a municipal system that they have their own water system, usually their own water well(s). Those systems usually do not have chlorination, but usually have some form of required testing for water safety.
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OK, now that many of you have provided useful info and others have just been sarcastic as usual, I will say that just about every time I am outside of New York and drink hotel, restaurant, or any kind of tap water, I get some type of stomach ailment. I'm not asking for anybody's judgment or validation on that one. It's just my reality. "Hotel Water" was just a reference point for tap water, as opposed to the type of from-the-source water people might drink while camping.
On top of that, I am sick of opening my hotel-filled water bottle an hour into a ride to find that it's not only pissy hot, but often tastes like what I would imagine the flavor of licking a lamp post might be. I had no idea those camping purifiers add a taste of their own, but now I know and I will not use them. Simple...end of discussion.
On top of that, I am sick of opening my hotel-filled water bottle an hour into a ride to find that it's not only pissy hot, but often tastes like what I would imagine the flavor of licking a lamp post might be. I had no idea those camping purifiers add a taste of their own, but now I know and I will not use them. Simple...end of discussion.
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OK, now that many of you have provided useful info and others have just been sarcastic as usual, I will say that just about every time I am outside of New York and drink hotel, restaurant, or any kind of tap water, I get some type of stomach ailment. I'm not asking for anybody's judgment or validation on that one. It's just my reality. "Hotel Water" was just a reference point for tap water, as opposed to the type of from-the-source water people might drink while camping.
On top of that, I am sick of opening my hotel-filled water bottle an hour into a ride to find that it's not only pissy hot, but often tastes like what I would imagine the flavor of licking a lamp post might be. I had no idea those camping purifiers add a taste of their own, but now I know and I will not use them. Simple...end of discussion.
On top of that, I am sick of opening my hotel-filled water bottle an hour into a ride to find that it's not only pissy hot, but often tastes like what I would imagine the flavor of licking a lamp post might be. I had no idea those camping purifiers add a taste of their own, but now I know and I will not use them. Simple...end of discussion.
Always used various filters afterwards, pump through filters or a UV light one on some bike trips, but they don't really change basic taste, and I'm not that fussy unless it's really blah.
re pissy hot, on super hot riding days, this certainly does happen, and it's not pleasant but sometimes we have no choice and any water is still better
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Put a wet cloth item around a water bottle to help keep it cool. Try a sock or worn pair of underwear.
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would like to try it to see how much it helps on a stinking hot day.
I do think I'll pass on the underwear though
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I am like many here in that I don't do single use plastic bottles. I like using small convenience stores 'free' cold water and spend my money on their munchies. When water taste nasty (C&O canal pumps), I just use some flavored electrolytes. Now hot water after riding in this current weather sucks but if you're thirsty you'll drink it. I did on Sunday, ugh. Wet underwear, hmmmm, don't know if I can do that.
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I discovered the plastic bag for cooling by accident. I wrapped a plastic bag around a bottle to put in my under-downtube bottle cage when riding on a muddy day to keep the bottle clean. And the bag appeared to help keep the bottle cooler.
I usually do not bother trying to keep my water bottles cold in hot weather if it is just water. Drinking warm water does not bother me on a hot day. But I insist on using a vacuum insulated stainless bottle for my iced coffee.
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