Water Poisoning in SVAY Rieng Province???????

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Arsenic CAN be removed
at a very substantial cost that precludes single family installations.

too costly for irrigation for sure.
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http://www.pure-earth.com/arsenic-water-filter.htm
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$90 a year seems ok for drinking water.......
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using plants to remove arsenic from top soil

http://fcit.usf.edu/florida/teacher/sci ... /fern.html
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1000 gallons for $90 plus shipping plus plumbing is not much of an option for a provincial family.
To put in perspective how much 1000 gallons is- that is around 20 oil drums.
After you get your 1000 gallons buy a new one?
Like i said, it is not cost effective at household level.
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I guess you might be right there but I still reckon 12 litres of clean water a day for less than 50c seems to be a good step in the right direction.
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i think the bottles are cheaper
it is a really vexed question.
ngo have been trying to fix this in many countries for decades.
distillation for potable water is probably the way to go, but unless much greater resources can be developed that land is virtually unviable.
arsenic contamination is a problem in rice worldwide, with very high levels in some provinces here.
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what the cost of the 12 lts bottles of water you can buy there. Never had a problem with them here.
here they are 10 baht/ or $.28/20 lt
If ur paying$.50 for 12.....i guess that is still good
I myself drink at least3 lts/day

Couldn't u run it thru a charcoal filter?
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we pay 75 cents for the 20 l bottles.
charcoal will not do it
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