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Water Filters: still water and run off
I posted the following under Act4: Jeff and
Courtney Hogue, in Cambodia, have a great project that includes giving out 10
gal water jugs with filters and a spigot at the bottom. If you are interested
in their project, their email is jeff.hogue@worldteam.org
Courtney Hogue, in Cambodia, have a great project that includes giving out 10
gal water jugs with filters and a spigot at the bottom. If you are interested
in their project, their email is jeff.hogue@worldteam.org
We need to promote awareness and water consciousness. Communities with an abundance of water forget that long showers, leaving the water running when brushing teeth, etc. are a problem. Besides giving my students reusable water bottles, we focus on the need for water to have crops. It has become popular to not use plastic water bottles, which is great for another reason, but we need to focus on water waste and water shortage.
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Comment by Mladen Janković on March 30, 2010 at 7:16pm
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Then what kind of watter containers should be used?
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Comment by Megiddo Tell on March 30, 2010 at 7:29pm
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Mladen-- There is some evidence that the chemical bisphenol A (BPA) which is found in plastic can be harmful. The move has been to stainless steel. However SS is expensive
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Most of the watter I drink comes from plastic containers. Local watter is polluted by a heavy metal spill that got into the asbestos watter pipes.
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Comment by Carol Mendenall on March 30, 2010 at 11:51pm
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any plastic bottle labeled BPA free (and canned foods as well) is safe. They can be found online and in retail stores. http://www.rei.com/category/1/q/BPA+Free+Water+Bottles and http://walking.about.com/od/prpack/tp/bpafreebottles.htm. I like Nalgene bottles and I get them in retail stores for 5$ US. They are easy to clean and don't have free radicals leaching into your water. Some bottled waters have the same problem so I wouldn't leave them out in the sun, if you use them.
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Mladen, have you seen the hand held water purifiers? Here is a link. http://http://www.ted.com/talks/michael_pritchard_invents_a_water_filter.html
It may be useful. I can also contact my friends who give out 5 or 10 gallon sized water purifiers that have a spot at the bottom.
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I use Nalgene bottles, about 5$ US in a retail store. For larger amounts any non BPA plastic is fine, check labels. (Also, canned food is unhealthy unless labeled without BPA; like Eden brand) You can store water in those containers IF you have a filter to then purify it first, right?
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