02-07-2019, 06:42 AM
My dogs too refuse to drink county water. And I don't blame them, I don't drink it either.
FWIW - one of the reasons I live in a rainforest in Puna is to have catchment water. I wanted a reliable water supply that did not depend on anyone else for all my water needs.
Now, a not maintained, or poorly maintained system is certainly dangerous. However, with a little care, proper design, good maintenance, we have completely potable (drinkable) catchment water. Its not that hard! I really don't understand all the fear of drinking catchment water. My system is cleaned, I do NOT have those cotton string filters (bacteria breeding-grounds without chlorine or similar in the water), and yes its tested. We do have clean roofs, covered tank, first flow diverters, potable liner, and UV Sterilizer just in case something can grow in the tank - I've had it tested - and monitor it often. BUT I have far more faith in our catchment water's safety than ANY county / city water / tap or even bottled at the store. I personally do all I can to avoid county/city water (unless it's been R/O'd to remove the chlorine etc), and never never drink bottled water. The standards on those are so low.
The rain water is far cleaner - all you have to do is keep it clean.
Personally I think we've all been mislead about the safety of chlorine and other treatments in public water supplies, but I don't think there's any other way to keep large distribution clean enough to be biologically safe. But they certainly don't want us worrying that the chlorine or such is actually harming us, but I have my suspicions and I'm not taking that risk. - Just my humble opinion.
Living the good life - off the grid in Puna
FWIW - one of the reasons I live in a rainforest in Puna is to have catchment water. I wanted a reliable water supply that did not depend on anyone else for all my water needs.
Now, a not maintained, or poorly maintained system is certainly dangerous. However, with a little care, proper design, good maintenance, we have completely potable (drinkable) catchment water. Its not that hard! I really don't understand all the fear of drinking catchment water. My system is cleaned, I do NOT have those cotton string filters (bacteria breeding-grounds without chlorine or similar in the water), and yes its tested. We do have clean roofs, covered tank, first flow diverters, potable liner, and UV Sterilizer just in case something can grow in the tank - I've had it tested - and monitor it often. BUT I have far more faith in our catchment water's safety than ANY county / city water / tap or even bottled at the store. I personally do all I can to avoid county/city water (unless it's been R/O'd to remove the chlorine etc), and never never drink bottled water. The standards on those are so low.
The rain water is far cleaner - all you have to do is keep it clean.
Personally I think we've all been mislead about the safety of chlorine and other treatments in public water supplies, but I don't think there's any other way to keep large distribution clean enough to be biologically safe. But they certainly don't want us worrying that the chlorine or such is actually harming us, but I have my suspicions and I'm not taking that risk. - Just my humble opinion.
Living the good life - off the grid in Puna
Living the good life - off the grid in Puna