does the cistern have some kind of filtration system? i can see where good storage conditions and constant use makes it good (and ancient and modern city water supplies are proof of course).cool and dark does it a world of good... also, these are generally total water supplies, so usage keeps it fresh... i would venture to guess that if you had the water around for a long time some sort of aeration would be in order... or some sort of sealing it... bottled water doesnt expire.
the simplest types i have seen are just screens at the intake and the tap above the bottom of the barrel... above any possible sediment.does the cistern have some kind of filtration system? i can see where good storage conditions and constant use makes it good (and ancient and modern city water supplies are proof of course).
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When i was a kid i knew where the safe streams where and the locations of springs (still do know some - but getting fewer all the time).the simplest types i have seen are just screens at the intake and the tap above the bottom of the barrel... above any possible sediment.
personally, i would want some sort of modern micro filter on mine if i was gonna actually drink the stuff.
i knew an old farmer though that always drank out of what came from a series of rain barrels... open topped and all... he would pour a shot of kerosene into them to keep the mosquitoes from laying eggs
his rationale was the very bottom and the very top never ever get used.
let me point out that he was an OLD farmer... couldnt have been that bad
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the simplest types i have seen are just screens at the intake and the tap above the bottom of the barrel... above any possible sediment.
personally, i would want some sort of modern micro filter on mine if i was gonna actually drink the stuff.
i knew an old farmer though that always drank out of what came from a series of rain barrels... open topped and all... he would pour a shot of kerosene into them to keep the mosquitoes from laying eggs
his rationale was the very bottom and the very top never ever get used.
let me point out that he was an OLD farmer... couldnt have been that bad