how to make rainwater drinkable

[blacktimberwolf]

I was lucky enough to be out for a night in the woods on Sunday when we had some much needed rain. It tasted good, a little smoky, but better than the tap water I had with me. Made a very nice cuppa too.

And the "smokey" taste didn't get any alarm bells ringing then ?..

 

[Retired Member southey]

And the "smokey" taste didn't get any alarm bells ringing then ?..

Why would it matey? a little smoke never hurt any one!

 

[Harley]

I find a decent 10 year old Talisker makes rainwater very drinkable, yes one does brings out the smokiness of the other?

 

[treadlightly]

And the "smokey" taste didn't get any alarm bells ringing then ?..

Not enough to stop me trying it. The air in my street is a little smoky sometimes - doesn't stop me walking along it.

 

[blacktimberwolf]

Not enough to stop me trying it. The air in my street is a little smoky sometimes - doesn't stop me walking along it.

Wait until you learn about; Particulates, Carcinogens & Dioxins.......it will give you a completely different way of seeing things.

 

[Retired Member southey]

Wait until you learn about; Particulates, Carcinogens & Dioxins.......it will give you a completely different way of seeing things.

Then you'll really start living!

 

[beenn]

Wait until you learn about; Particulates, Carcinogens & Dioxins.......it will give you a completely different way of seeing things.

Learnt about them already and the same person said that coke can give you cancer- i don't doubt theres a chance but if your that careful your going to live a slightly boring life.

 

[treadlightly]

I googled what blacktimberwolf mentioned and these came up.


http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/risk/cancer/cancer-substances2.html

http://www.ehhi.org/woodsmoke/health_effects.shtml

http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Is_rain_water_safe_to_drink


Looks like woodland fires are a no-no as well. I also see that these chemicals are given off by diesel fumes which means they are just about everywhere.

Question is: what is safe to do and what isn't?

 

[beenn]

Question is: what is safe to do and what isn't?

Nothing is safe anymore

 

[blacktimberwolf]

I'm not for total risk avoidance, but it just seems daft to me to do something you know is risky, when you don't have to........the Bear Grylls approach to life is not mine.
I have no desire to reach a ripe old age, but I do want to get to my final destination in reasonable nick.

 

[Paganwolf]

Have a look at what tap water contains, i think all will die of dehydration if you do, risk is better than death in some occasions, by the way dont leave your house there are murderers out there!!!!!!!!

 

[John Fenna]

I was lucky enough to be out for a night in the woods on Sunday when we had some much needed rain. It tasted good, a little smoky, but better than the tap water I had with me. Made a very nice cuppa too.

OMG! TAP WATER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Don't get me started on the chemicals in TAP WATER!
Or the damage soaps can do to your skin - and once absorbed through your skin - your internal organs!
Or the way food wrapping plastics are killing us, the very things that are used in building our homes are killing us or the damage that exercise can do to your body, addatives to our food are killing us and air polution is killing us as we breathe...
Seems that the only way to stay healthy is to eat nowt, drink nowt and stop breathing - then we can live forever in our small patch of desert (trees are dangerous - they shed limbs and atract lightning, mountains are dangerous as rocks, snow and ice fall off them, seashores are dangerous, tides storms etc) but make sure the substrate does not give off Radon and all the minerals in the sand are non toxic....

 

[Paganwolf]

OMG NOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!! thats it im staying in from now on doing safe things like errrrr ummmmm errrrrrrr like errrrr awww even that makes you go blind .... apparently...

 

[blacktimberwolf]

Why it it when someone points out that doing something, without needing to, may have a small health risk, people start going silly & exaggerate. Drink rain water if you wish, I was just informing you that it is not as pure as you would like to imagine.....it aint me that says so, it's them scientific chappies.

 

[John Fenna]

Silly and exagerated?
Nope - just what the scientific bods tell me!

 

[Paganwolf]

Silly and exagerated?
Nope - just what the scientific bods tell me!

And also what my mate from the local water board tells me, coo theres nowt queerer than folk...

 

[Paganwolf]

I like the "ignore" feature its great!

 

[treadlightly]

Calm down John. Ranting is bad for your blood pressure....which can lead to heart disease, strokes and lots of other nasties

 

[Paganwolf]

Calm down John. Ranting is bad for your blood pressure....which can lead to heart disease, strokes and lots of other nasties

Thats if the tap water doesnt get ya thirst John oops i mean First.... or did i

 

[treadlightly]

I think we've all been ingesting too many toxins