01-11-2015, 07:31 AM
"You have likely never seen mosquito larvae swimming in catchment tap water either, but go to either the catchment tank or the river and you will see them and more"
In two of the houses that I rented, there were no filters in the filter housing until I checked and put them in. Some mosquito larvae were surviving the pump and getting through when there was no filter. Probably most of the larvae do not survive the pump, but some of them do. And the mangled larvae also make it through. The standard filters that most people use do not remove the organic liquids from the catchment. It's up to the individual whether they want to drink catchment water that has not been properly filtered and treated just because it looks clean. I didn't want to take unnecessary chances when county water was readily available at the spigot stations.
In two of the houses that I rented, there were no filters in the filter housing until I checked and put them in. Some mosquito larvae were surviving the pump and getting through when there was no filter. Probably most of the larvae do not survive the pump, but some of them do. And the mangled larvae also make it through. The standard filters that most people use do not remove the organic liquids from the catchment. It's up to the individual whether they want to drink catchment water that has not been properly filtered and treated just because it looks clean. I didn't want to take unnecessary chances when county water was readily available at the spigot stations.