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> After all, boiling water is a tried and true way of making water safe to drink. It's not.
by bmacho 10mo ago
> After all, boiling water is a tried and true way of making water safe to drink.
It's not.
- gruez 10mo agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boiling#For_making_water_potable https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boiling#For_making_water_potab... Yes, there are substances that slip through, but it works well enough for most cases that it's probably fine. Otherwise you get into weird edge cases like "what if there are prions in the water?!?" or whatever.
- fingerlocks 10mo agoHeavy metals are a big problem, especially from cheap brass fittings common in outdoor water hoses. Indoor plumbing, by contrast, uses copper and/or plex tubing and so there’s near zero risk of metal poisoning (caveat on cheap plex fittings- don’t do that.)