permaculture

[Jody Troupe <jodyt2@mac.com>]

Hello all-

Just throwing out a question that has come up on another discussion  
board. I'm following an ongoing disagreement about the use of  
distilled water as a sole source of drinking water (does it leach  
minerals, etc.)

Of the people that choose to use water catchment systems, its stands  
to reason that there might be some that have to use that rain water  
exclusively as their water source (no well potential, no piped water,  
no bottled). Would relying on rain water as your only source of water  
actually be a problem? Its naturally distilled.

Or, I've seen some designs for sun water distillers for countries that  
have no access to clean water sources. They can distill their own  
water with this sort of Teepee-looking thing, but again, it would be  
distilled water.

Does anyone have a comment, or have any actual experience with this?  
Doesn't it seem weird that naturally distilled water would be bad for  
a person? For some, it might their only source of drinking water.

Thanks,
JodyT