Posted on 08/25/2002 7:09:13 AM PDT by independentmind
Rain water does not need purifying, only settling of sediments, and re-aeration for flavor.
The sodium hypochlorite in bleach does not purify water, it poisons it. - Chlorine, and fluorine in drinking water are the cause of most diabetes, cancer, asthma, and arterial disease. It's illegal to put the stuff in water in most of Europe.
As a generality, the population is shifting from areas where water availability is not a problem to where it is. As the Northeast and upper midwest has low growth, the west has high growth. IMHO the policies of govt in the NE and upper midwest are causing prople to relocate.This is true to some degree, but it's also the root cause of Las Vegas's growth. It would still be a sleepy desert town were it not for puritanical busybody laws in other places.
As I said before, the solution is nuclear powered desalinization plants. If Vegas had a supply of seawater, I don't doubt that's what they would be doing. They don't, California does, but California is in the grip of envirowackos who want the benefits of an advanced civilization without generating any of the neccesary power (or don't want the advanced civilization at all). They are more to blame for the problems than anyone else.
-Eric
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