Hi, Tony,

Can you collect rainwater on a clean plastic surface
(e.g. nylon umbrella, inverted, or plastic tarpaulin)?

If I were in a remote location without a source of steam-
distilled water, I would use rainwater (filtered through a
coffee filter and boiled) before I would use springwater,
wellwater or other forms of groundwater. Dissolved
minerals are not harmful to ingest, but do interfere with
electrolysis.

Best regards,

Matthew