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Collecting and using rain water, any advice?

Submitted by doctor011 on Sun, 02/22/2009 - 14:52
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I am installing a gutter rainwater collection system. Any help after initial sand filtration to obtain a high purity would be helpfull Thanks in advance. Dan

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Put a bucket out

Submitted by Flame on Sun, 02/22/2009 - 22:55.

in your driveway.

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Berkey purifiers... not so fast...

Submitted by BugMan on Sun, 02/22/2009 - 22:28.

After reading the praise of Berkey water purifiers, I shelled out $200+ for one. While I suppose it filters the water as advertised, the setup is really not worth the money.

If you're convinced that Berkey makes the best filters, then just buy the replacement filters for under $100 and build the actual system yourself out of 2 regular plastic water jugs and a drill. Paying the extra $100 for their rig is a rip off. I really feel kinda taken here.

If I understand correctly, the normal black filters don't filter fluoride, one of the demons criticized heavily on this site.

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Berky is for filtering swamp water

Submitted by WinstonSmith on Sun, 02/22/2009 - 22:38.

A regular filter and UV sterilization works fine. You might go for an under the sink water filter as a final purification for drinking. My water tastes great. Minerals and pollutants aren't an issue with rainwater unless you live somewhere like China.

Well our local

Submitted by MississippiGRITS on Sun, 02/22/2009 - 23:13.

water supply must be pretty close. I have to scrub my filters on my Berkey every 10 weeks or they will stop completely.

I love my Berkey :D

www.urbannaturals.net

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I wouldn't be surprised

Submitted by WinstonSmith on Sun, 02/22/2009 - 23:17.

Does anybody drink unfiltered municipal tap water anymore? Does Berky filter out the estradiol?

Silver one of the early

Submitted by juliusbragg on Sun, 02/22/2009 - 22:25.

Silver
one of the early reasons silver became valuable. google silver water purification

filters, etc

Submitted by Pdubya on Sun, 02/22/2009 - 22:11.

collect in a system preferably off of a metal roof or stone roof. have the gutter system screened, trapped, rescreened, and put into a trapped nalgene or tin cistern. from there, the possibilities are endless with gravity fed and solar pumped/heated systems that can be built.

I will be using bamboo for the gutter system off of the current metal roof barn.

for filtering, silver systems, u.v., pump-filters, salt, gravity, ionic, .....etc, all have cost analyses associated with the level of purity (don't mistake purity with goodness...some waters are great with the minerals included) and payback.

carefully done, you could install a bio-filter system, often found in fancy fresh water fish tanks and large systems. these could be easily run on a solar panel and battery system. if you live near running water, consider your own hydropower www.silverbearcafe.org/energy/...search.

Make sure it's

Submitted by adam1mc on Sun, 02/22/2009 - 22:02.

Make sure it's legal.
Certain western states have laws that prohibit collection of water.

Colorado
California
Arizona

I know they all prohibit rain water collection.

No

Submitted by Acala on Sun, 02/22/2009 - 22:08.

Arizona does not prohibit rainwater collection. In fact, the State of Arizona publishes a booklet with information on how to do it.

I live in Arizona and just today I poured the concrete and sank my first rainwater cistern into it.

And even if it IS illegal in your state, you should do it anyway.

I just looked it up. You

Submitted by adam1mc on Sun, 02/22/2009 - 22:17.

I just looked it up. You are correct. I think I confused Arizona and Utah who DOES have water collection laws.

I apologize.

Here are some links I know

Submitted by joelcusa on Sun, 02/22/2009 - 21:35.

Here are some links I know of:

http://www.drum-runners.com/last_gallon.htm

http://www.drum-runners.com/Water%20-%20Rainwater%20Harvesti...

http://www.drum-runners.com/Water%20-%20Water%20Treatment.pdf

I bought barrels from the guy at Drum-Runners.com -- he has the cheapest food-grade drums I know of. I recommend paying the extra $10 for cleaning (to clean out the food that was there before, for example: vinegar. Yuk!).

filter info

Submitted by MeetTheTruth on Sun, 02/22/2009 - 15:40.

distillation and reverse osmosis are the best ways to get everything out of your water... however you dont want everything out.
think about it, "pure" water does not exist in nature, it always has minerals, calcium, magnesium, potassium, and sodium are the most common.
you can use a half micron ceramic filter like the berkey(dalton)

the technical term for pure/distilled water is de-mineralized water,
it is absent of the life supporting minerals, and always has an acidic pH level. aquafina is about 5.6 on the pH scale, whereas you want 7.4+ for healthy water.

so have colloidal minerals to add back into your water, and fyi dasani adds potassium chloride to their water, the same thing we use to stop the heart in a lethal injection execution.

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Others will post links

Submitted by brainon4u2 on Sun, 02/22/2009 - 15:07.

to units to clean up this water.

Because of chemtrails and all the other crap in our "air", you must purify this water - somehow.

That sounds good

Submitted by quiltingsando on Sun, 02/22/2009 - 15:01.

like to know more myself. I this slides off post again tomorrow night a lot of people show up then. Good luck.

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