On 10 Sep 2007, at 20:22, annharvey_tipton wrote:
> The problem isn't with the shower water
> either as it occurs before I've had a chance to shower sometimes. I
> think that this weekend I will boil water for all purposes or use
> bottled. We haven't a water filter on this boat, though we did on
> Amos. Time to get one maybe.
>
It's really hard to spot all the ways contam water could be responsible
- brushing teeth? Handwashing? IIRC you have to boil water for 10
minutes to get most of the nasties out, and even then cryptosporidium
cysts will survive, along with non-organic contamination like heavy
metals.
Wasn't there a piece in one of the mags recently about a decontam
routine for the water system? A big hassle, but this is your health and
well being we're talking about. You could send a sample to your local
Publ;ic Health lab and pay to have it analysed - they do it all the
time for food outlets, or your GP might even agree to send it as part
of his/her treatment plan.
––
All the best
Bruce
"Houses are but badly built boats so firmly aground you cannot think of
moving them" Arthur Ransome, 'Racundra's First Cruise'
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