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Yep, even standard distillation processes do not guarantee pure water. There are chemicals that evaporate and condense at exactly the same temp/pressure as water does.
Fascinating and timely since I have been deliberating a proper filtration system for my home water tap. Looking forward to the next installment. Thank you very much for sharing your knowledge on this crucial topic.
When we moved into our mountain place in 2008, we had the well tested and it was fine. When we sold the place in 2013 the water was again tested. It had dangerously high levels of uranium. Required an expensive filter. I guess that’s quite common when there’s lots of granite on the mountain.
Sounds like collecting rainwater is the preferable method, then.
Seems to be pointing that way, though in many municipalities you can no longer legally collect what falls on your own property. A few years ago, a relative of mine built a nice multi-barrel collection system to harness the runoff from his roof, but had to do so clandestinely. His system held enough water at maximum capacity provide several gallons per person per day for a month.
A word of advice to anyone who chooses to pursue such a project, though…make sure to test and/or actually use it on a reasonable basis. My relative’s system was a real beauty upon completion and was built well, but fell to neglect over the next few years and eventually became tainted with crud from disuse. He had to disassemble and dispose of the entire contraption when he later sold the house. Build what you’ll use, and use what you build (same principle we apply to our beans and bullets). No sense in preparing for something and finding it’s not working properly when the emergency finally arises.
A carbon filter will remove bacteria.
Collecting rain water is good for flushing toliets/ taking showers/ washing clothes but not drinking without treating.
We have a clorine treatment right before our pump and it works well with our well water input.
I have a number of rain barrels and have found algae in them. I believe problems with bat poo have compounded this. Guano is nitrogen rich.