Are you treating water for Cryptosporidium?

I'd like to hear from programs about their water purification techniques and if/how you are dealing with Cryptosporidium. We've used iodine for years but it's not effective against crypto and chlorine-based products take 4 hours to kill the stuff. Is this an issue you are dealing with? Also, what part of the country are you operating in.

I'd like to second Rick & John's request for more information on this issue. We have an accredited program here in Colorado that is dealing with a difficult issue with their county dept of health. As a child care provider, they are required by the county to both filter and chemically treat the water their students drink. Obviously, this method is both expensive and time consuming. However, these county officials recognize it as the most complete treatment method. Is anyone else out there dealing with this issue?

Henry

We also have used iodine for decades, before that we did not treat the water in Killarney Provinial Park where we are either training staff or running our 18 day program for a month each year.  We have had a couple of Giardia problems but we always assumed they were from using some untreated or improperly treated water.

Tom Breznau

LandSea Director, Kalamazoo College