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Keeping water butt water safe for drinking?
On 2 Mar 2012 18:12:51 GMT, "AL_n" wrote:
What is the best way of keeping rainwater-butt-water clean and unpolluted so that it remains safely drinkable? The rainwater will be collected from the roof of my house via the guttering downpipe. Thanks... Al Keeping.....? What ends up in your water butt will include crud that has collected on your roof since the last rainfall. Dust and the like and probably some bird crap that washes down with the water. You will need to install a water purification system at the outlet point. This is why we occasionally empty out and clean our water butts, even though the water in them is only used to water plants and fill ponds. Cheers, Jake ======================================= Urgling happily from the dryer end of Swansea Bay. |
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Keeping water butt water safe for drinking?
Jake wrote in
: You will need to install a water purification system at the outlet point. Thanks for the good suggestion. I guess that would be the answer. Al |
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Keeping water butt water safe for drinking?
On 2 Mar 2012 19:28:06 GMT, "AL_n" wrote:
Jake wrote in : You will need to install a water purification system at the outlet point. Thanks for the good suggestion. I guess that would be the answer. Al Just remember that I said "water purification" not "water filtration". If you want to drink the stuff, you will need not only a filter but at least a UV system to make the water safe to drink. You need to take out the miniscule bacteria that will pass through a filter bed. And that filter bed will not just be a box of sand - the composition and size of the filtration materials/particals (plurals) will be a critical factor. Rainwater harvesting setups for in-home use will usually comprise something substantially larger than a water butt - incorporating underground storage tank(s) and pumping, filtration and purification systems. For that matter, how will you keep the tap sterile if it's in the open air (or even if it's not). If you check a bottled water label it will usually say consume within a period after opening even if kept in the fridge indoors. Once the air gets to it, it starts to deteriorate. Cheers, Jake ======================================= Urgling happily from the dryer end of Swansea Bay. |
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Keeping water butt water safe for drinking?
On Fri, 02 Mar 2012 20:01:54 +0000, Jake
wrote: On 2 Mar 2012 19:28:06 GMT, "AL_n" wrote: Jake wrote in m: You will need to install a water purification system at the outlet point. Thanks for the good suggestion. I guess that would be the answer. Al Just remember that I said "water purification" not "water filtration". If you want to drink the stuff, you will need not only a filter but at least a UV system to make the water safe to drink. You need to take out the miniscule bacteria that will pass through a filter bed. And that filter bed will not just be a box of sand - the composition and size of the filtration materials/particals (plurals) will be a critical factor. Rainwater harvesting setups for in-home use will usually comprise something substantially larger than a water butt - incorporating underground storage tank(s) and pumping, filtration and purification systems. For that matter, how will you keep the tap sterile if it's in the open air (or even if it's not). If you check a bottled water label it will usually say consume within a period after opening even if kept in the fridge indoors. Once the air gets to it, it starts to deteriorate. Cheers, Jake ======================================= Urgling happily from the dryer end of Swansea Bay. For example: http://www.clean-fresh-water.co.uk/r...er-rainpc.html I'll stick with 'Tap' plus a supplementary filter, thanks. Anyway, in West London, the supply of rainwater is pretty variable and best saved for the garden. Regards JonH |
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Keeping water butt water safe for drinking?
Jake wrote in
: Just remember that I said "water purification" not "water filtration". If you want to drink the stuff, you will need not only a filter but at least a UV system to make the water safe to drink Bio sand filters are effectively used for purifying dirty water for drinking. I guess there is also the option of adding a tiny amount of bleach! Al |
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Keeping water butt water safe for drinking?
"AL_n" wrote in news:XnsA00AD7F098B2Bzzzzzz@
130.133.4.11: Bio sand filters are effectively used for purifying dirty water for drinking. I guess there is also the option of adding a tiny amount of bleach! PS.. boiling is pretty reliable, I gather. |
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