On a day trip you bring enough water and some crackers / snacks and you are fine. On long hikes you can do filtration on the way, but a day hike not too bad to put the 2L camleback bladder in the daypack, I usually do a hard nalgene on the side if I'm hiking with others (always seems to get used).
Seriously, if you don't like drinking stream water, bring water. They even sell a 3L camelback.
If you don't like the weight (longer overnight trips) amazing options these days in terms of water purification (vs what we used to do with the filter pump / boiling).
At least for me for a day trip 3L (2 in pack, 1 in bottle) has worked fine.
Now toxins from water would be very interesting - so be interesting to see what comes back from that testing.
Do they know how hot it was? A big brimmed hat on everyone does wonders in the heat. I see folks out with no hat, almost no water fairly often - Ok if you can stop and call for help, not so great if you don't have cell service.
On a day trip you bring enough water and some crackers / snacks and you are fine. On long hikes you can do filtration on the way, but a day hike not too bad to put the 2L camleback bladder in the daypack, I usually do a hard nalgene on the side if I'm hiking with others (always seems to get used).
Seriously, if you don't like drinking stream water, bring water. They even sell a 3L camelback.
https://www.rei.com/product/108365/camelbak-crux-3l-reservoi...
If you don't like the weight (longer overnight trips) amazing options these days in terms of water purification (vs what we used to do with the filter pump / boiling).
At least for me for a day trip 3L (2 in pack, 1 in bottle) has worked fine.
Now toxins from water would be very interesting - so be interesting to see what comes back from that testing.
Do they know how hot it was? A big brimmed hat on everyone does wonders in the heat. I see folks out with no hat, almost no water fairly often - Ok if you can stop and call for help, not so great if you don't have cell service.