Portable water filtration methods are many, but the most useful for tastelessly improving the quality of your water will come through ultraviolet light purification. Such models, now relatively inexpensive, can make your next camping or hiking trip much less stressing when trying to find water.

Ultraviolet light is something you have become familiar with, no doubt, when you have been at the pool or the beach. You will have likely received a sun burn. While ultraviolet light may give the human body a bit of a burn, it will give bacteria and other nasty organisms a much harder time. While it doesn’t kill them, it disrupts them to the point where they may no longer reproduce.

Since only light is doing the purifying, the taste of the water will be the same as it was before you applied the sterilization. This could work for you, since it won’t add the taste of poor tasting chemicals such as chlorine. At the same time it may not help you, since a water with slight sediment could still taste a little less appealing than what you are accustomed to.

Different water filtration methods exist because they all bring something different to the table. UV purification would seem a lot better than other methods, but it does have one major downfall: cleaning murky water will be a problem. Sediment in the water will block the light from reaching through the water sample, and make the efficiency take a turn for the worst. Two filtration methods will be required at this point.

Water is incredibly abundant in nature- odds are you won’t have problems finding it. If not from local water sources, the rain can be trapped and captured to drink. Because the purifiers are built for water purification, and little other liquids exist in nature, you shouldn’t use the purification process for other liquids found in your home. The ultraviolet light and its efficiency may leave something to be desired due to the composition of the liquid.

Moving water is always the best to treat. First, it is almost always clear in nature. It also has a uniform distribution of sediments and bacteria. If you only have access to a source of still water, you should shake the sample gently to get the contents moving around. That way the ultraviolet light will be applied to the entire sample evenly. The 99% efficiency rate would otherwise be cut down quite a bit as a result.

Closing Comments

Events occur that make even the most sheltered of individuals require the need of a portable ultraviolet light sterilization device. Keep one in your car, and consider buying another one for your home so that you can always have access to clean water in the event of an emergency.

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