Measure before choosing a treatment#
Use a fresh strip for purity or AquaScan for component details. Record volume and purity; a printed label does not establish either.
Choose a tool for the actual problem#
- UV Lamp: use it directly on a nonempty container to address Microbes; it does not remove every other component.
- Pitcher and filter: water is filtered on entry. Check filter durability and measure the smaller received batch.
- Water Purifier: prepare the powered overnight machine; its target and removal limits are different from a pitcher.
- HydraTech Micro Water Purifier: the linked device analysis describes a 98% Basewater target, not a route all the way to Pure.
Work through one measured batch#
- Inspect the current batch and choose an available treatment from the tool descriptions above.
- For pitcher filtering, install the filter before pouring in. For the overnight machine, insert the container and check power first.
- Measure the output instead of assuming the starting volume or purity stayed unchanged.
- Compare the result with your target. If it falls short, inspect remaining components or machine limits before repeating.
Check High-Quality and Pure thresholds#
The referenced grade table starts High-Quality at 99.00% and Pure at 99.90%. Reaching 100% is not required for that Pure classification. Leave a margin when a displayed reading is close to a boundary.
Troubleshoot a batch that stops improving#
- Pitcher: was a filter installed before the pour, and does it still have durability? Water already inside is not continuously treated.
- Overnight purifier: check container, power and the machine’s Quality target as well as Performance.
- Portable purifier: the referenced 98% target explains why another use may not improve Basewater.
- Old measurement: take a new sample after treatment; reopening a used strip does not update it.
Plan a direct mixture after treatment#
Enter fresh volumes and purities in the Water calculator. Choose Mix two batches to inspect a proposed mixture, or Reach a target to calculate cleaner-water additions or a weaker-water limit. Fill free space to check container capacity.
A weighted mixture cannot be purer than its cleanest input. Filtering or active reactions during transfer need different rules. Measure the final batch when the grade matters.
Why some guides disagree#
The Steam guide mixes demo-era observations with later edits and suggests a different portable-purifier outcome from the linked 0.46D / Build 26337366 device analysis. Those claims are not combined into a guaranteed procedure here. Official 1.0.0.2 also reworked the overnight purifier. Check the version notes and your measured result; this page does not supply an exact-night forecast.