and then there's the poor folks in Adelaide - the clear stuff is muddy from the tap in summer .... (wonder if Southwark is that plus fizz? hmmmmm)
I have been drinking rainwater in Exmouth for the last 5 weeks, when I went back to Mandurah and gave some to a mate and his wife , they commented that it was the best water they had tasted , EVER!!
It also makes the home brew come out a hell of a lot better
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I will definitely have tanks at the new house when completed!!
and cass - it just adds yet more evidence that a big fat pipe should be laid and pump the stuff down from say .... argyle for instance???
Couple of fresh water springs up here where we get our water from.
Best water Ive ever drunk.
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, add the dust that is on the roof and the bird craping all over. Then collect it in the tank and start breeding strange life forms 
give me filtered tap water anytime! Bring fluorine in!
It is - but most of the dam water we end up swilling or washing with has all sorts of muck floating in it , and birds crap in it out there too , kangas as well!
Was out at Harvey Weir a few weeks ago and that was almost brown , now we've got Seawater for dinner too - it all needs treatment no matter where it comes from.
Theres 2.3 million folks over in the wild west now - and we running dry.
Dearie me I almost sound serious - howwwwwwl
our rainwater tastes great , but dont look in the tank. if weve had a dry summer and a storm is coming I will drain and flush out the tank and start again.
My daughter uses it in her fish tank and when cleaning it out she discovered that the water had dissolved a silver plated coin in the tank.
The only other solution to this problem is reverse osmosis systems. this will provide a clear water system for domestic supplied systems and bore water users. I have done the sums and at 16k with on going specialized maintained systems its impractical and extremely expensive.
Im sticking with my rain water harvesting.
No problems just solutions.
Its better to look at a problem and provide solution rather than look at a problem and add to it.
Solutions come at a price If you have the money.
Plenty of solutions if you find it a high priority and want to spend out resolving it.
absolutely true Buster , is there a 100% pure (no crud) H2O ? ... we puny humans need bacteria in our puny diets to exist ... aw shlite , I need another beer I'm rusting round the chops - this one's empty.
Truth is refined h2o is bad for you as it is a water that will chemically absorb elements.
Its hard to explain but if h20 is pure (as reverse osmosis) it will absorb minerals out of your body. This is where this process becomes expensive. refining to h20 Adding chemicals to provide a normal drinking water especially to refining bore water or other treated water is expensive.
The solution is reverse osmosis. This process is far out of expense range for most people and can be more detrimental if not maintained correctly .. regardless of if your treating suburban water rainwater or bore water.
I did the sums on treatment of bore water to supply as drinking in regards to providing a rainwater harvesting plant. I did the maths.
Farmers and people who live in remote area of Australia can vouch for this.Drinking water is a comedoty that should be reserved !
You people are worried about fluoride and im worried about if i have enough drinking water in my tank. This years has been good with rainfall.
Wank up your fluoride good to have water this year. Stop complaining you actually have a water supply
You are so right about H2O being not good for you. If you drink distilled water over a protracted period you run the risk of mineral deficiency.
There has been a huge amount of research done on water and health, mainly by Japanese and Korean medics, a lot of which does not get translated and publicised. Their research indicates that water that with a high pH and mineral content is highly beneficial. Coincidentally, the same chemical conditions that apply to many of the famous healing mountain spa's.
Inversley, low pH and oxygen are accumatively detrimental.
They recomend an intake of between three and four liters a day of quality water.
No wonder we have health problems when it is second nature for half the nation to quench their thirst with Coke at a pH of 2.1. That acidity is countered with calcium leached from bones, called osteoperosis when it starts to make itself felt.
Buster, there is a chemical, sodium chlorite NaClO2, that the Europeans use to treat water supplies. They use it because, unlike the chlorine we use, it's residues are reduced to salts.
It is highly alkaline and has been sold as water purification drops for over a hundred years. It is also exceedingly cheap and is used by many as a suplement. Ssomeone described it as the backpackers angel for it;s ability to keep you jelly belly free.
, add the dust that is on the roof and the bird craping all over. Then collect it in the tank and start breeding strange life forms give me filtered tap water anytime! Bring fluorine in!
, add the dust that is on the roof and the bird craping all over. Then collect it in the tank and start breeding strange life forms give me filtered tap water anytime! Bring fluorine in!
