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  1. Chikasha

    Chikasha DI Junior Member Restricted Account Infamous Showcase Reviewer

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    Have you ever heard of a Berkey water filter? I brought three to the Philippines my last trip. You can pour any water, from just about anywhere inside with a few drops of bleach and wala you have purified drinking water. The filters will last longer if you strain out heavy organic matter first. I have owned one for 8 years and stopped buying bottled water then. The ones I brought with me were for family members in Iloilo and Baguio.
     
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    Watching the mad daily dash of the water bottle delivery vehicles keeps us counting our savings via doing it ourselves.
    Treating water first with a sacrificial and cheap sediment filter followed by progressively finer cartridges also saves on the cost. After a half-micron carbon block we finish with a Doulton Sterasyl ceramic cartridge. After many years of use there's nothing to brush off and it may last forever.
     
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    The houses we've built have fully cemented septic tanks for toilet waste and separate soakaways for grey water.
     
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    My septic tank is a large 3 chamber tank for the toilets, the third chamber goes out to the drainage ditch. Grey water and most downspouts go directly to the ditch. The kitchen sink goes to a grease trap before hitting the other catch basins.

    Shawn
     
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  5. lbriggs2002@hotmail.com

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    THANKS, That is why I have six hand cleaners set around the house, but after 10 years of training, no one but me use them!! But I'm still trying.
     
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