Mounted search and rescue

["Chuck Daniel" <iwhound@voyager.net>]

> Do you need to haul in water? If yes, what does your horse drink? Assuming
> water is available in the field, consider investing in one of the various
> water filtration devices used by backpackers.

Hear in the East water for horse is not a real problem, but for humans, that 
could be a different story.  While the water filtration units can take care 
of bacteria and protozoon's, the chemical make up could be a problem. 
Saying that, it could also be a problem for the horse but since they only 
live 1/3 our life expectancy it may not be a problem for them.  We must be 
careful for the pollutants like PCBs we find in a number of our Ohio 
streams.  Over in the coal areas of Ohio, we have acid running streams. 
Some of these actually run orange.  Of  course neither man nor beast would 
fill up on this water.  I guess that mankind is like bacteria in a Petri 
dish.  After time the bacteria uses up the food and the waste ends up be 
toxic to the bacteria.

Chuck
> -Jorene
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Chuck Daniel" <iwhound@voyager.net>
> >  Just the human water for three days adds a lot a
> > weight.
>
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