Monthly Archives: August 2014

How safe is your water?

Posted on August 25, 2014 by filter_guy

To harvest rain water or use water from the public water supply – what to do? According to a recent article in the New York Times, which mentions the trouble with the Silver Lake reservoir near Los Angeles California, public … Continue reading →

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Microcystin removal by slow sand water filtration

Posted on August 5, 2014 by filter_guy

Will a slow sand filter take out microcystin toxins more effectively than conventional water filtration (rapid sand filtration) ? It appears as though the answer is yes: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12203961  (information is in the abstract; access to the entire document requires a … Continue reading →

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What if the public water system becomes unusable?

Posted on August 4, 2014 by filter_guy

What would you do if you found out that the public water system had been contaminated by powerful toxins that could not be removed by boiling? Setting up a rain barrel or two might be a good idea. Incidentally, according … Continue reading →

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