permaculture

[Claude Genest <genest@together.net>]

I'm reall curious about this subject as well, having just put on a new meatl 
roof
this summer !

Other question: Thinking of using a ferrocement tank in the basement to store
drinking water over the winter ( Vermont). Someone told me that the iron bars 
in the
cement rust and leach into the water ...Is that so ?

Claude in Vermont

Toby Hemenway wrote:

> I'm curious to know how many people using rainwater actually drink it, and
> what kind of treatment they use.
>
> We have a metal roof (colorbond) and a 5000-gallon concrete tank that we use
> for everything but drinking. Our well water sucks, so I'd like to begin
> drinking the cistern water, but haven't sorted out all the many possible
> treatment options.
>
> The other issue with the cistern is our wood stove. We haven't graduated to
> a masonry or other clean-burning stove yet, so the smoke wafts across the
> roof, and imparts a faint smoky flavor (creosote?) to the water, which is
> the main reason I'm not drinking it.
>
> Toby
>
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