I've read up on a lot of different solutions for filtering silty water down here in Utah and northern AZ. I gotta say this is the best I've seen. I love the simplicity of the approach and being UL is just an added bonus. I cant wait to try this out in the Pariah river. Thanks so much!
This is just what I’ve been looking for! I use to do pool maintenance so I don’t know why this never entered my mind, but it is DEFINITELY a phenomenal solution (no pun intended). I’ve been using a milbank bag which does a fair job, but not nearly as good as the chemical flocculant solution. Good instructions. Thank you.
I love the idea of inverting the dirty water container so the majority of the sediment is near the opening. Otherwise one risks stirring up all that crud if you are pouring it out of a bottle or trying to scoop the water out. Great video. Thanks for posting.
Very ingenious and yet highly practical. Could even have applications in countries with poor quality water where particulates can harbour bacteria and other harmful organisms. Thanks for sharing.
The Flocculant will work well for removing colloidal material from water but will do nothing for Tannin's which most people mistake for sediment. Tannin's however should not cause a problem with clogging a filter though the water will still be discolored after filtering. I was thinking making a sieve out of a 10 micron piece of filter paper. Just to remove the big stuff. I might do both. Good find. I am interested in this because I want to use a Befree water filter which are sensitive to sediment. At least I have a good solution now. Thx
Thank you. Let us know if you do end up using the 10 micron filter paper and how it works please. I have replaced my Sawyer O-ring with a different O-ring that has a metal screen built in. The purpose of the screen is not to filter, but to provide a support for a circular piece cut from my towel that does the pre-filtering. You might need such a support with a piece of 10 micron filter paper.
Fantastic video- I’m going to look so smart to my group- oops- I’m going to send them all this link….🥴 Now I look like the dork I am…. Why did you dilute the Water Wizard drops? ❤️
Thanks! I diluted the Water Wizard solution in order to get the exact dosage described in the instructions in an easy way. The instructions state to use 0.5 to 1.0 mL per 5 gallon of water. Since every dropper bottle is different I showed how to calibrate one's own personal dropper bottle to get the size of a typical drop of water from the bottle and then how to do the math to get the equivalent of Water Wizard needed into 1.0 L of water by pre-diluting the Water Wizard ahead of time into the dropper bottle. If the Water Wizard solution is NOT diluted, then one will put too much Water Wizard in their drinking water which is NOT good. In other words, I did not wish to poison you.
Hi :) Thanks for sharing this. Will you please let me know the name of the blue ring that you use to connect the two bottles, the thing where you put the LigthLoad towel? I would love to get one but I don't know "what" to look for :) Thanks!
The Blue Coupler is available from many places. Litesmith has it as "Water filter coupling" as does Amazon (as Sawyer Products SP150. I hope this helps.
OK, but it is reported to remove Giarida cysts and Cryptosporidium spores. Probably helps remove large intact viruses, but not necessarily small viruses. One can add drops of bleach per WHO and CDC if one wants to try to disinfect water. There is no remedy that I know of for poisonous molecules like arsenic, uranium salts, etc.
I've read up on a lot of different solutions for filtering silty water down here in Utah and northern AZ. I gotta say this is the best I've seen. I love the simplicity of the approach and being UL is just an added bonus. I cant wait to try this out in the Pariah river. Thanks so much!
Thanks, but I have to thank Ed Talkington for the idea of using PAC and making the product available. :)
This is just what I’ve been looking for! I use to do pool maintenance so I don’t know why this never entered my mind, but it is DEFINITELY a phenomenal solution (no pun intended).
I’ve been using a milbank bag which does a fair job, but not nearly as good as the chemical flocculant solution.
Good instructions. Thank you.
Glad the water wizard worked for you!
I love the idea of inverting the dirty water container so the majority of the sediment is near the opening. Otherwise one risks stirring up all that crud if you are pouring it out of a bottle or trying to scoop the water out. Great video. Thanks for posting.
Thanks! It's just like a separatory funnel :)
Very ingenious and yet highly practical. Could even have applications in countries with poor quality water where particulates can harbour bacteria and other harmful organisms. Thanks for sharing.
Great video Jim.
Very thorough and helpful. Thanks.
The Flocculant will work well for removing colloidal material from water but will do nothing for Tannin's which most people mistake for sediment. Tannin's however should not cause a problem with clogging a filter though the water will still be discolored after filtering. I was thinking making a sieve out of a 10 micron piece of filter paper. Just to remove the big stuff. I might do both. Good find. I am interested in this because I want to use a Befree water filter which are sensitive to sediment. At least I have a good solution now. Thx
Thank you. Let us know if you do end up using the 10 micron filter paper and how it works please. I have replaced my Sawyer O-ring with a different O-ring that has a metal screen built in. The purpose of the screen is not to filter, but to provide a support for a circular piece cut from my towel that does the pre-filtering. You might need such a support with a piece of 10 micron filter paper.
Fantastic video- I’m going to look so smart to my group- oops- I’m going to send them all this link….🥴 Now I look like the dork I am….
Why did you dilute the Water Wizard drops? ❤️
Thanks! I diluted the Water Wizard solution in order to get the exact dosage described in the instructions in an easy way. The instructions state to use 0.5 to 1.0 mL per 5 gallon of water. Since every dropper bottle is different I showed how to calibrate one's own personal dropper bottle to get the size of a typical drop of water from the bottle and then how to do the math to get the equivalent of Water Wizard needed into 1.0 L of water by pre-diluting the Water Wizard ahead of time into the dropper bottle. If the Water Wizard solution is NOT diluted, then one will put too much Water Wizard in their drinking water which is NOT good. In other words, I did not wish to poison you.
@@jimpflugrath6220 ahhhh- ok- I’m going to follow your lead for our upcoming Utah trip - THANK YOU!!!
Hi :) Thanks for sharing this. Will you please let me know the name of the blue ring that you use to connect the two bottles, the thing where you put the LigthLoad towel? I would love to get one but I don't know "what" to look for :) Thanks!
The Blue Coupler is available from many places. Litesmith has it as "Water filter coupling" as does Amazon (as Sawyer Products SP150. I hope this helps.
Soyer squeeze doesn't disenfect water.
OK, but it is reported to remove Giarida cysts and Cryptosporidium spores. Probably helps remove large intact viruses, but not necessarily small viruses. One can add drops of bleach per WHO and CDC if one wants to try to disinfect water. There is no remedy that I know of for poisonous molecules like arsenic, uranium salts, etc.
jhc, you could have done all that shit with the original bottle you collected the water in