01-17-2008, 12:14 PM
Oh, love you Punatics....Derrier water and Pottymouth...too good!
Just a point - we don't "make" new water on the planet, right, so we're essentially drinking dinosaur pee, obviously filtered thru lots of other critters/people first.
I, too, am reluctant to drink tap water, but I'm sure I'm just being foolish - and I'm still hesitant to drink my wonderful UV rat-piss-from-the-roof water, altho I'm sure it's just fine. Habits are hard to break. I think having my catchment water post-filtering tested will finally convince me that it's OK to drink. Anyone recommend a testing facility?
Also, would like to recommend a great (humorous but also very serious) book called "Humanure".... we all need to rethink our aversion to pee and poop and figure out how to re-use these resources sooner rather than later.... you think oil is limited, how about water? Granted, we in Puna-land are certainly lucky with the usual rainfall, but after living in Colorado and Arizona for 30+ years, I still can't get used to letting the water run out the faucet while I'm brushing my teeth. And I HATE to see that water come out the overflow pipe off the catchment tank! Just recycling....
Katie
Wherever you go, there you are.
Just a point - we don't "make" new water on the planet, right, so we're essentially drinking dinosaur pee, obviously filtered thru lots of other critters/people first.
I, too, am reluctant to drink tap water, but I'm sure I'm just being foolish - and I'm still hesitant to drink my wonderful UV rat-piss-from-the-roof water, altho I'm sure it's just fine. Habits are hard to break. I think having my catchment water post-filtering tested will finally convince me that it's OK to drink. Anyone recommend a testing facility?
Also, would like to recommend a great (humorous but also very serious) book called "Humanure".... we all need to rethink our aversion to pee and poop and figure out how to re-use these resources sooner rather than later.... you think oil is limited, how about water? Granted, we in Puna-land are certainly lucky with the usual rainfall, but after living in Colorado and Arizona for 30+ years, I still can't get used to letting the water run out the faucet while I'm brushing my teeth. And I HATE to see that water come out the overflow pipe off the catchment tank! Just recycling....
Katie
Wherever you go, there you are.
Wherever you go, there you are.