On Fri, 15 Sep 2006 17:24:06 -0400, Larry wrote:

Dick Locke wrote in
:

Does anyone have recommendations on a brand of UV water purifier?
There seem to be one heckuva lot of manufacturers and I'd like to weed
it down before starting.

Dick Locke


While UV magic MIGHT kill some bacteria in pond water, calling it water
purification is criminal.....

Of course, I'm the guy with the STEAM DISTILLER that makes PURE WATER, so
pure it doesn't conduct electricity....and tastes supreme with simple
activated carbon polishing to get out the distillates like Benzene, which
attaches itself nicely to activated carbon atoms. (Gives distilled water
that metallic taste.)

UV purification....that's almost funny!

http://www.waterwise.com/productcart...p?idproduct=24
Here's my favorite, a simple kitchen appliance that's very efficient and
makes about 1.2 gallons per load in a couple of hours. The condensor is
stainless steel, the carafe is polycarbonate. Neither creates a taste
and the carafe goes right in the fridge with a tiny footprint.

About 25c/load electric bill...not counting the air conditioning loading
from the Btu pollution coming out the top...(c;

We tested it against the seawater in the Ashley River at home. I
distilled a load of water straight out of the river, downstream from two
sewage plants by the way...tidal water. The resultant output was 3.2ppm
total dissolved solids on the meter and tasted just the same as city
water from the tap. Of course, the difference was in cleaning out the
salt, dissolved mud (well, maybe that wasn't mud) and dead biology left
in the boiler....including one boiled tiny crab.

I bet the crab would have survived UV "purification"....(c;

If I'd said "disinfection" instead of "purification" would it have
been better?