Thread: Keeping water butt water safe for drinking?
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Old 02-03-2012, 10:11 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening
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Default Keeping water butt water safe for drinking?
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Because they aren't continuous, so that water can get through between
the particles. Effectively, that means that they reduce the bacteria
(exponentially with thickness).

Sorry; I'm not following. What do you mean when you say sand & charcoal
filters are not continuous? And thickness of what?

Al
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