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So Dumb it hurts...but...

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in PP, Do you have to use bottled water to wash your beggies? How about for cooking?
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No. No. Municipal area water is cleaner than many US cities.
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Not sure what beggies are but I use tap water for cooking, except for tea as the water tastes a bit strange.
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water might be cleaner, but what about those pipes?
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vladimir wrote: Fri Mar 31, 2017 5:36 am No. No. Municipal area water is cleaner than many US cities.

I will agree with that.Even Australian cities.

I have a water distiller, both here in PP and in Australia. When the water in the boiler container has been distilled, all that is left behind is about 3 or 4 teaspoons of water and
dirt, chlorine, alu sulfate, etc.
The residue left behind in the boiler , in Australia is ten times more than the one here in PP.
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I haven't been sick the next day from ice in drinks or frosty glass for 3 years. While in SHV have to swill everything, the water smells of chlorine, often discoloured.
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Fourkinnel wrote: Fri Mar 31, 2017 8:35 am I haven't been sick the next day from ice in drinks or frosty glass for 3 years. While in SHV have to swill everything,


the water smells of chlorine,

often discoloured.

Do you know what chlorine is used for and what it does ?
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My SHV water looks and smells fine. I have bypassed the storage tank, though. The amount of residue in your still will be down to how much Calcium Carbonate is in the water. London water is clean as a whistle but it'll fur stuff up in minutes as it's hard
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Shv water is shit.

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Duncan wrote: Fri Mar 31, 2017 7:55 am
vladimir wrote: Fri Mar 31, 2017 5:36 am No. No. Municipal area water is cleaner than many US cities.

I will agree with that.Even Australian cities.

I have a water distiller, both here in PP and in Australia. When the water in the boiler container has been distilled, all that is left behind is about 3 or 4 teaspoons of water and
dirt, chlorine, alu sulfate, etc.
The residue left behind in the boiler , in Australia is ten times more than the one here in PP.
Where or what is the purpose of aluminum sulfate in the water. How did you determine that is the chem?
I only know Al. Sulf. as a flocculating agent. Is it used as a decontaminate?
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