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Is it safe to drink rain water?

Posted - March 23, 2020

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  • 14795
    Depending on where you live, I wouldn't think so....In Edmonton north east London there is  a huge government local council incinerator plant ...it's been there nearly fifty years and what comes out of its chimney gets taken by the winds across northen Europe and is killing all the forests  and polluting so many of the lakes....it kills fish in the waters and god knows what else to..
      March 23, 2020 5:24 AM MDT
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  • 7407

    Why? Is coronavirus affecting you turning on your tap?  

      March 23, 2020 5:26 AM MDT
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  • I don't wanna touch anything.
      March 23, 2020 8:37 AM MDT
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  • 7407
    Oh. 
      March 23, 2020 12:05 PM MDT
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  • 6988
    I would not drink it. All those birds flying around and dropping white-wash!  However, if it is well boiled it should be safe. 
      March 23, 2020 8:38 AM MDT
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  • 6023
    After using UV light to kill germs ... and filtering out particles ... sure.
      March 23, 2020 8:42 AM MDT
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  • I lived on it the first 2 years of my life.  We didn't have a water-line at that time so my folks caught rain water in an old cistern and would have to pour a little kerosene on top every now and then to keep wiggle tails out of it.  There's not a frig around that can keep water as cool as that cistern could.  
      March 23, 2020 10:07 AM MDT
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  • 22853
    Cool story! (no pun intended!)

    :)


      March 23, 2020 12:37 PM MDT
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  • 44175
    Not in this city. We have two oil refineries.

      March 23, 2020 10:35 AM MDT
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  • 22853
    That's a beautiful photo!
    (Regardless of the pollution, I guess- - woops- - my first thought was it's a great photo )

    :)

    weird -- for some reason, I'm drawn to, and like, the two pickup trucks with their brake lights on
      March 23, 2020 12:37 PM MDT
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  • 44175
    Good eye. This was during a fire at our Standard Oil refinery.
      March 23, 2020 2:40 PM MDT
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  • 22853
    Don't know why I noticed the brake lights. :)

    All of that is fired smoke? Wow.

    ( I've never been to an oil refinery for any length of time.)
      March 23, 2020 4:35 PM MDT
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  • 44175
    The glow in the background is the fire.
      March 23, 2020 5:19 PM MDT
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  • 22853
    Oh, OK. Thanks! :)
      March 23, 2020 5:49 PM MDT
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  • You need a small town to retire in.
      March 23, 2020 3:36 PM MDT
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  • 22853
    :)
    Why so?

    (And I don't see me ever being able to retire.)


    This post was edited by WelbyQuentin at March 23, 2020 5:19 PM MDT
      March 23, 2020 4:32 PM MDT
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  • It just seems the city is stressing you out.
      March 23, 2020 4:35 PM MDT
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  • 22853
    Yeah.
    I do, however, sometimes allow myself to get stressed pretty easily, wherever I find myself. I'm getting way better at dealing, though.
    Actually, I don't live in a very large city, though, either, ha!
    :)
      March 23, 2020 4:38 PM MDT
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  • 10451
    I had to start growing all of my tomatoe plants under plastic because of acid rain. So I would not drink it without treating it. Cheers!
      March 23, 2020 3:21 PM MDT
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  • That is a good point.  Rain is dirty near cities.  I guess I took country living for granted. 
      March 23, 2020 3:37 PM MDT
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    7271
    Not any longer.  I am old enough to remember what real fresh artesian water tasted like.  We used to water the yard with it and drink right out of the hose.  Pollution has ruined air and water.
      March 23, 2020 3:26 PM MDT
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  • 16202
    Safer than what comes out of the tap. Adelaide's municipal supply can etch glass.
    Filter it, it's fine.
      March 23, 2020 5:06 PM MDT
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  • 44175
    Where does your city get its water from? This post was edited by Element 99 at March 23, 2020 5:50 PM MDT
      March 23, 2020 5:21 PM MDT
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  • 16202
    Reservoirs (inadequate) and desalinated seawater (unreliable), supplemented by drawing from the Murray River (polluted af). Heavily treated, hard as nails and smells like a swimming pool. It's safe enough, just unpleasant.
      March 23, 2020 7:13 PM MDT
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