Bottled water or Campground water? - Page 2

FreeWilly · 09-12-2011, 01:44 PM

I will bring several jugs of filtered water if I'm going camping. If that runs out, it's usually okay, because there is always a store in the campground, or one nearby that I can pick up some bottled water.

ejdixon · 09-13-2011, 10:40 AM

I always drink bottled water whenever I go camping. I'd rather be on the safe side, even if it means that I have to spend a little bit more. It sure beats having to worry about getting sick while camping.

Mark Schumacher · 09-13-2011, 12:22 PM

Always bring my own.. but im lucky enough to have very good well water...

Grandpa · 09-13-2011, 01:42 PM

We take a cooler with bottled water when traveling but drink whats there when we arrive. But then we are near the top of the aquifer and with a filter, never had a problem.

ponderosa · 09-13-2011, 02:59 PM

I can't ever remember having a problem with the water from the campground spigot. If I were concerned for some reason, I'd just use the same filter I use backpacking (it's always in the gear box since our camping trips invariably include hiking). The only time we haul water for a drive-in campground is when the water is off or non-existant.

ChadTower · 09-13-2011, 04:00 PM

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Originally Posted by ponderosa

I can't ever remember having a problem with the water from the campground spigot.

Same here but we do nearly all of our camping in NH. Their state parks are among the best in the nation and tend to provide artesian wells for water source.

Eaglescout 49 · 09-13-2011, 08:05 PM

I bring a 5-gallon Rubbermaid water cooler filled with filtered tap water. Just in case, I also have my Katadyn filter from my much-missed backpacking days. We also have two quarts of tonic water for libations.

It's all probably unnecessary (except for the tonic water), since North Dakota state parks and Theodore Roosevelt National Park, our preferred campgrounds, all have good tap water.

dinosaur · 09-15-2011, 09:18 AM

Cappy's right. Boil it.

Gentle Ben 1957 · 09-15-2011, 11:21 PM

We always take water, 5 gallon bladders full. Use a filter on streams and lakes. If you don't have a filter or a way to boil the water, try to get your water from the top of a pooled area. This acts as a natural settling basin for some of the bad boys that ruin your day. People give me a hard time about the amount of water I bring. That's fine, I'll trade a quart for their LL Bean jacket when the time comes.

I don't take the 5 gallon bladder in the back pack.

I did a trip with a friend where we put the empty bladder in his back pack and filled it with water. We drank from this as we traveled to the base of Chisos Mountains. I wouldn't do it again. However, when we got on top of the mountiains, the creek we were depending on was dry. The extra water literally saved us. Lose something else, you can't have too much water.

Pathfinder1 · 10-16-2011, 05:34 PM

I usually don't trek very far,
when all around me black bears are.

If I was going to be in a campground I was unfamiliar with, I would bring some of my own tap water with me. Again. just in case.

I've drank water from two spigots (they call them hydrants in Castle Valley) that were about a hundred yards apart. Only one of them had water that was drinkable, taste-wise.