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Originally Posted by CDSmith
Another way to purify water both quickly and efficiently is to fold leaves into two layers and put charcoal found in the remains of any fire between the layers, shape it all conically and then pour water through it into a container and voila. Charcoal-filtered water.
This was demonstrated on an episode of Doomsday Preppers. Of course... you have to know how to start a fire and fold leaves. :D
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I saw that done on the show, not exactly like you said. They used sand, and found some burnt drift wood, stuck it in bamboo, somehow plugged the bottom so sand didn't fall out but water did, then ran water through it.
To be honest though, I see show after show where they cannot get the fire started for days. Boiling water is just the easiest to do. So if you suck at rubbing sticks together, bring a fire starter. Find something that will catch easy, a birds next, tree scrapings, anything that will ignite with a spark.
Get the fire started, boil the water. You can even put water in bamboo and stick the bamboo in the fire and boil it.
To be dehydrated, when you already have a fire and close water source, is ridiculous.
See below. Keep in mind they have some fallen coconuts which are rotten (can't eat), they have a fire, and they have a water source very close to camp. No, they decide to lick water off the rocks instead.. lol
Edit: The guy chopped an entire coconut tree and they were not ripe so couldn't eat them either. But they sure could have used them as water container.