This is the method I have in my plan.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o6e0_tZWTuc
I bought two 5 gallon buckets, a spigot, a ceramic candle and the pool shock.
Bought candle here:
http://www.amazon.com/Doulton-Stera...qid=1357167961&sr=8-1&keywords=ceramic+candle
Buckets and spigot at Homedepot
Can't remember where I got the pool shock. The video shows you one you can buy though.
prefilter your H2O with a homemade sand a charcoal filter, they are easy to make. It will help eliminate some of the chunks at least but not anything that will make you sick. I have a ceramic filter that is attached to a 5 gallon bucket and it drains through to another bucket. I used two colors of buckets. Two red ones for the prefiltering and a white one for the filtered H2O. That way there is less of a chance of cross nastification. Once the H20 has been filtered completly I will add bleach to help preserve the water and kill any nasties that might have made it through. If the water is from a really questionable source then I suggest boiling after filtering and then add bleach.
I use this process for gathering large ammounts of H2O for camp but I carry a Katidyn portable filter when I am out hiking. I have pumped some terraible looking water through that thing and have never gotten sick.
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