If I save rain water to water the garden, can I use rain water to cook with and to drink?

-- Bob Farrell "Farmer Bob" (farmerbob48@hotmail.com), August 12, 2000

Answers

idonthinkso im living in europe- so all i can say is concernes to here- but as faras i know- no. rain water is not clean because our world is not clean- it must be filtered- and the best filter is (gaia) earth- even not for cooking- theystill find rests of nuclear poison from tchernobyl catastrphy..

-- max (maxboehme@i-one.at), August 17, 2000.

Hi,

I expect it would be okay if you did a bit of filtering. The following link is a neat solution to *expensive* water purification.

http://www.pwgazette.com/gravity.htm

I've done a bit of business with these folks and they are very willing to help.

Hope this helps.

-- j (jw_hsv@yahoo.com), August 17, 2000.

Why not collect some (as clean as possible) and send it through your county extension office to be tested just like they do for well water?

-- Peg (NW WI) (wildwoodfarms@hushmail.com), August 17, 2000.