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 Water is critical for life, especially in hot/dry areas like deserts.   Water is critical for life, especially in hot/dry areas like deserts.  
  
-Vandwellers living minimally (no showers or slip-n-slides) will typically require 1 gallon of potable water every day for drinking, and 1 additional gallon for cleaning, hygiene, cooking, etc.+Vandwellers living minimally (no showers or slip-n-slides) will typically require 1 gallon of potable water every day for [[water:drinking|drinking]], and 1 additional gallon for cleaning, [[hygiene:bathing|hygiene]], [[food:cooking|cooking]], etc.
  
 Cleaning water to be suitable for use has two components; **filtration** and **purification**. //Filtration// means removing particulate matter such as mud, sand, large plant cells such as algae and phytoplankton.  //Purification// means removing or killing the germs and bacteria that can make you sick.  Many methods will do both, but not all. Cleaning water to be suitable for use has two components; **filtration** and **purification**. //Filtration// means removing particulate matter such as mud, sand, large plant cells such as algae and phytoplankton.  //Purification// means removing or killing the germs and bacteria that can make you sick.  Many methods will do both, but not all.
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 === Fabric filtration === === Fabric filtration ===
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 +Much sediment can clear itself if allowed to rest; Let the water sit still for 30-60 minutes, then pour or siphon off the top and leave the sediment behind. 
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 +Alternately you can strain from coarse to fine:  through a strainer then a coffee filter, for example. 
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 +  - sieve
 +  - bandana, cloth, or paper towel
 +  - coffee filter
 +  - actual water filter
  
 Note that filtration through layered fabric is much better than nothing.  In India, for example, researchers found: Note that filtration through layered fabric is much better than nothing.  In India, for example, researchers found:
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