"Charlie Pridham" wrote in news:9rp2o3Fgu4U1
@mid.individual.net:

the OP wanted to know how to make
it safe to drink rain water from a butt, which in my view is either by
boiling or a UV filter but I think they may have lost interest with the
thread as it got sidetracked!

Still somewhat interested in the thread. Having read the helpful comments,
I think I have a much better grasp of the (fairly low) risks involved in
drinking rainwater-butt water. If the water becomes too cruddy-looking with
too many low-life squatters swimming around, I'll probably boil it. Then I
won't have nightmares about Alien IV bursting out of my gut at some
inconvenient moment. :-)

Al