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Created On: 12/27/2011 05:25:50 PM
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TonyB
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I have been doing some half-ass research in my spare time on water purification for inland lakes/waterways.

Here is what I came up with:

Reverse Osmosis will not work. It will remove bacteria but not chemical polution. As a matter of fact, the chemical polution especially oil and fuel, will destroy the seals and ruin your entire system.

Typical filter systems sold at the box stores from a few hundred to 500 bucks can filter out most if not all bacteria but also can not filter out chemical polution. These systems are usually all sorts of filters including charcoal, UV lights and Ozone lights.

Question: I was thinking of buying a water purification system and using it for bathing, showering and dishwashing while using bottled water for drinking and cooking. I will traveling the eastern US inland waterways, i.e Illinois, Ohio, Cumberland rivers etc. Has anyone here done this or know anyone that has done this and how practical is this.?

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12/27/2011 07:41:14 PM
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I am not on the East coast but this is exactly what we do. I have a 3 stage water filter system, filter, carbon filter and ceramic filter. We have a pump we draft out of the lake with and fill two 45 gallon RV holding tanks, we then pump out of those with our pressurized system to run all of the plumbing. We carry drinking water. I think it does a really good job and could probably drink it but choose not to.

Fred

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