Is there a way to filter it for drinking?
The good news is that a charcoal filter will get most chlorinated compounds out of the water. But I'd still use reverse osmosis and a deionizer bed to be sure.
And kill the Amish.
Just had a thought about the deionizer bed, if its resin bed isn't that introducing micro plastics? If you only drink RO water then fine, but any other water has microplastics = reduced Testosterone...So water softeners = microplastics...?
"micro plastics" are the least of your worries if you have vinyl chloride in your water.
I've never heard of a microplasric concern with DI filters. There's always a chance I guess that the actual DI resin beads could get in the water line. I can't imagine they'd break down before they'd be replaced anyhow. And DI water is used for fish tanks, microelectronics, and other applications where you need very pure water. If there was any kind of contamination, they would know.
Water softeners shouldn't introduce microplastics either, it's just replacing Ca/Mg with Na.
A charcoal filter should get those sort of volatile chemicals out, as long as the charcoal filter cartridge is replaced regularly. Would depend on the concentration too, and it won't get rid of 100%, but better than nothing.
Filter then boil?
If there is vinyl chloride in your water? Move.
Would depend on the boiling point of the contaminant. E.g. boiling wine will get rid of most of the alcohol in it, because the boiling point of ethanol is ~80C, so it will boil off before the water boils. Again, that would likely not get rid of all of the contaminants though.
Vinyl Chloride has a very low boiling point (-13.4C), due to this, one way of removing it from water is through "air stripping" using packed tower aeration. Basically spraying the water in small droplets so the Vinyl Chloride outgasses.
boiling only kills things, filter then possibly distilled if thats what you meant...
If you're close enough to ask, you should have left three days ago.
Between the train derailing and them lighting it off was the window to gtfo.
slightly better to burn it then let it all leach into the water supply. burning it changes the chemical to slightly less worse version.
still this is a Chernobyl level event
Oh no, that is not even CLOSE to where I live. Just curious, is all
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