Date: Tue, 27 Jan 1998 13:44:52 -0000 From: "TheEdge" <TheEdge@amdyne.net> To: cp@opus.hpl.hp.com Message-Id: <aabcdefg366$foo@default> Subject: Best water for CP, where to get it at the best price
After buying distilled water in gallon jugs for $1.09 apiece for the past
few months, I noticed the large water dispenser at the end of the aisle (in
the supermarket) which I had never stopped to look at thinking it was spring
water.
I was greatly surprised at what I found. Not only was it not a spring
water dispenser, but it was a Reverse-Osmosis unit. But it gets even
better.
It was a machine that takes regular city tap water (from some unseen
pipe in the supermarket, I suppose), then passes it through two different
filters, one to remove particles, another to remove chlorine. After that
the water is Reverse-Osmosified (if there is such a verb). Finally, the
feature that most impressed me, the water is exposed to UV light to kill or
neutralize bacteria, etc.
The cost? Probably cheaper than it costs the hobby grower with a
Reverse-Osmosis unit or water distiller to operate their equipment. The
prices are around (I do not remember the exact prices) 2 gallon containers
for $3.50 and less than a dollar for each refill, 3 gallon containers for
$5.50 and about a dollar a refill, and (this is what I bought) 5 gallon
containers (with a faucet built in) for $7.50 and about $1.25 a refill.
These prices are probably the best possible for water this pure. Check
your local supermarket for these units. The one I have begun to use is in a
Metro (that is the name of the chain) supermarket. The company that makes
the unit is Harmony Brook.
Just thought I would pass this info along, it seems to me a good deal,
and it would probably be difficult to find water for CP that is any purer.
Matt - TheEdge@amdyne.net
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