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thanks for the link!
regarding rain water harvesting: as all rain water worldwide now contains forever chemicals, don't use it as drink water!
although I have no data at hand, what the stats in treated drinking water are. so maybe you can't flee that one anyway - just like microplastics
sorry for getting pessimistic so fast, but that topic always brings me down...
It’s in all water https://extension.psu.edu/microplastics-in-our-waters-an-unquestionable-concern
It's not all doom and gloom, my friend! Certain photocatalysis reactions can reduce most(~90%), if not all micro-plastics in wastewater with the obvious downsides being that it requires a constant power source and takes significantly longer than conventional treatment.
One could also leverage the use of microorganisms like Chlorella or crude plant extracts during pretreatment but that is probably beyond the scope of what you're thinking.
well, I'm not sure.
We're not only fighting heavy pollution of stuff that's hard to get rid of. all microorganism approaches need be really inspected for safety. look at the fungus that grows at and around the Jack Daniels plant. it isn't really a concern for health, but it's still everywhere.
now we have the nutrition for this microorganisms everywhere, so they could probably flourish everywhere - including inside of us.
and besides the population we are hit with heavy social problems because of capitalism and reduced birth rates. also it seems global tensions are starting to rise when before migration because of climate change - have 2 billion people in mind, but I'm not sure if it really was "by 2027"
I just think, that we have so many problems at once and nobody seems to care even for the obvious ones
Okay. I guess caring about finding practical solutions to our problems is a waste of brain cells. Have fun in your echo chamber of misery!
nah, I'm very open to suggestions and ideas. I'm just also trying to see the problematic side of it. this solution need to work on a very large scale. this just isn't as easy as releasing microorganisms - or even holding them locally in treat water can be risky.
edit: autocorrect...
Distillation and reverse osmosis can still work on an individual basis, but on a large scale we do need bigger waste water recycling and fresh water filtration systems, perhaps using electricity... But hey I'm just saying since I like using electricity for things lol
if we could just finally solve the supply/storage problem...