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Old February 28th, 2006, 02:44 AM posted to rec.outdoors.fishing,misc.rural,misc.consumers
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On Mon, 27 Feb 2006 20:26:14 -0500, Sheldon Harper
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Jim Ledford wrote in news:44039637.A15C8C21
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I LOL
at how Chicago dumps their treated sewage in the same lake
they take their drinking water from.


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Well, laughingboy, water discharged from a properly designed
and operated waste treatment plant is cleaner than the water
drawn out of many open lakes in the United States. Chicago's
Metropolitan Sanitary District (MSD) is such a waste treatment
operation.

In fact, MSD could bottle it, sell it to you, and you'd never
know. If you want pure virgin water you need to get hydrogen
and oxygen and combine them by burning.


I would know, as I did the experiment.
I took tap water from lake Michigan and filled a tall clear bottle
with it. I then put it in a place where it wouldn't be disturbed for
72 hours. After that time, I took the bottle and looked at the
bottom, where a thick brown sediment had settled. My best guess is
that is human fecal material at the bottom of the bottle.

Invisible at first because it is in suspension, but given the
opportunity for gravity to work on it, the accumulation is quite
pronounced, and of the appropriate brown color.

As far as dissolved chemicals are concerned, they remained in
solution. I attack both problems with sediment and activated carbon
filters. I know someone who died from cancer...her doctor said it was
most likely from drinking the water ( Steger Illinois, which I think
is/was wellwater until we got a feed from Lake Michigan through a
Chicago Heights distribution station ).

In summary, I would not feed tap water to a stray DOG, without first
filtering it through sediment and activated carbon/charcoal filters to
remove _most_ of the impurities. There remains the *heavy metals*
problem, but those filters are way way expensive. Activated
carbon/charcoal with a pre-filter for sediment provides a Good Return
on Investment (ROI). I have two of them in series, for drinking water
purposes only.

Nobody at this house drinks water from any source that isn't first
filtered with my own equipment.

Lg
Chicago ( far South Side )