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  • From: "John Schinnerer" <john@eco-living.net>
  • To: "permaculture" <permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [permaculture] Rain water safe to drink in urban areas?
  • Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2003 13:12:43 -0800 (PST)

Aloha,

> Groundwater can also have quality problems -
> e.g. agricultural runoff of pesticides and excess fertiliser (there is
> almost always an excess)...causes blue-baby syndrome (lack of oxygen in
> blood) in southern Alberta.

In large areas of the USA Midwest, I have heard that there *is* no more clean
groundwater. The whole water table has been pretty heavily contaminated by
agricultural poisons (there's two words that ought not to go together...)




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  • Re: [permaculture] Rain water safe to drink in urban areas?, John Schinnerer, 12/01/2003

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