Larry wrote:
Keith Hughes wrote in news:46e8db3d$0$3579
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Safer than tap water, by a long shot.

I also don't believe this to be true. From the time it was injected with
Chlorine and other chemicals until it reaches your tap is longer than you
think....

No, it isn't. In my case, it's long enough for the chlorine level to be
undetectable at my tap. And long enough for plenty of growth to occur.
I've been looking at potable water micro results (total microbial and
coliforms) for 25 years - I know the quality of tap water.

plenty of time for the chemicals injected into the water to, at
least, KILL the bugs in the water. This is not true in a boat RO system.
If any kind of live organism makes it through the membrane, it's STILL
live when you drink it. It STILL can multiply in the storage tanks,
probably already contaminated by dock water from Smiley's Marina and
Tire's swamp water well out back of the old outhouse.

OK, where'd the storage tank slip into the discussion? You think
putting distilled water in a vented storage tank remains sterile?

You could be sure by simply boiling it for a few minutes. That will kill
whatever crap you ingest from RO and that filthy tank you've never seen
the inside of. Of course, for the hermits, that takes power.

I've said it before, and I'll say it again...you were bitten by an RO
unit as a small child weren't you? :-)

Keith Hughes