WILDERNESS SURVIVAL GUIDE

   Do you ever get that feeling while your in the wilderness and you're so thirsty that you could drink the whole lake?Well,you're going to get a different feeling when I tell you how clean lake water is.LAKE WATER ISN'T CLEAN AT ALL!Lake water can make you sick and give you diseases,like Giardia.Giardia can give you different symptoms such as nausea or energy loss.The water may contain materials that can be harmful to you and is also full of bacteria and parasites,but you can't smell,taste or see them.The dirty materials in lake water may come from different sources,like boat toilets,sewers,gasoline oil from pipes or local animal waste.

   To drink lake water or contaminated water,you must boil it to 185 degrees Fahrenheit,use a water purifier,or use water purification tablets.All of these methods will help to get all of the nasty materials such as,bacteria and parasites out of the contaminated water.Also if the water isn't drinkable at all or if you dont want to take the risk,then you should know that an average human can go for about a week or less without water.Other than water and average human can go for about more than three weeks or a month without food.Lets just hope that you survive!