How To Purify The Water Of The Eleven Point River For Drinking?

[2sheds]

Hey Max, I know its getting close to your float date. Are you up to speed with the cool things that your Scouts should stop and see during their trek ?

[MaxDrown]

Hey Max, I know its getting close to your float date. Are you up to speed with the cool things that your Scouts should stop and see during their trek ?

I would not turn my nose up at any suggestions you can offer.

[Tom Tricamo]

This is the most epic thread hijack ever.

I agree. I couldn't stop reading it. I was generally interested in how you were going to purify water for fifty Boy Scouts and wham-o the beaver fever convo wouldn't stop!

[jdmidwest]

I agree. I couldn't stop reading it. I was generally interested in how you were going to purify water for fifty Boy Scouts and wham-o the beaver fever convo wouldn't stop!

I thought beaver fever was a good reason to purify the water!

[fishinwrench]

My memory might be a little off, but I wanna say that I already had beaver fever by the time I was a mere tenderfoot.

[gotmuddy]

My memory might be a little off, but I wanna say that I already had beaver fever by the time I was a mere tenderfoot.

I believe beaver fever can be caught as easily as cat scratch fever.

[jdmidwest]

Beaver Fever is another word for the disease you get when you ingest the Girardia bug. It got that name from settlers that drank water around stagnant beaver ponds.

Now days, it could be from too many women that have forgot how to walk out into the bushes and relieve themselves, they just squat in the rivers. Just another reason to purify water you drink and think about the source of where it comes from.

[2sheds]

Things to Not Miss on an Eleven Point River Canoe Trek

1. Day before, drive to Falling Spring Mill to see an old mill (allow 1 hour RT)
   
2. Day before, hike down to see Greer Spring (allow 2 hours RT, for the advisors)
   
3. Hike up the spring branch at Turner Mill (Surprise) to see the old water wheel, then up to the spring exit from the cave (allow 30 minutes RT)
   
4. Jump into Boze Mill Spring
   
5. Hike to top of the Narrows @ Morgan Spring Float Camp (allow 1.5 hours RT)
   

[Wayne SW/MO]

Jump into Boze Mill Spring

Be sure and have camera handy for preserving facial expressions.

[tjulianc]

I usually bring Katadyn micropur tablets, just in case. They cost more than the old regular iodine tablets, but taste better. You can get 30 tabs for about 12 bucks or so.

After doing some research I decided to buy a Platypus GravityWorks Water Filter. I've used mine since last Dec. and have been very happy with it.

It can filter 4L, which is a tad more than a gallon, of water pretty fast, and doesn't require any pumping. It does require the need to be back-flushed every so often, depending on how clean the water is you're filtering, but its very convenient for canoeing. Its downside is that it is heavier and bulkier than pump filters, but thats not really an issue with canoeing like it would be for backpackers. You also need a place to hang it, and again, not an issue here in the Ozarks. Its a little more expensive than some other water filters, but only by a little and I think its worth it, because it will filter a lot of water with very little work.

http://www.rei.com/product/813799/platypus-gravityworks-water-filter