“distilling it”
My son was a chemist and warned me years ago about drinking distilled water. He said it is blank of anything and will leach minerals out of your bones and body. You would not want that happening in an emergency situation that lasted a while.
re distilling
I understand that as a concern. Pure distilled water as drinking water can mess up the fluids and electrolites.
However, I’m wondering that if you are able to have other minerals and salts from other areas of one’s preps, then perhaps in the interest of not dying from possible chemical contamination, distilling could be an option for some who may not have or afford a Big Berkey as you describe.
Just a possible option, especially in a short term situation. It seems that could also apply to folks who are in an area where the ground water is possibly contaminated with agricultural/oil-gas drilling chemicals.