As our planet keeps adding people(7 billion and counting), the appreciation of “good” water keeps increasing.
Grasshopper No.2 has just installed a “reverse osmosis” water system in her house for drinking water. She did it herself. Madison has 400 ppm of impurities. Reverse osmosis filters city water before drinking. It drops impurities to 5 ppm. It certainly improves the taste. Home Depot sells RO kits.
It is amazing how many people drink bottled water. Bottles are convenient and healthier than sugar drenched soda. The truth is that most of us do not know the purity of the water. I am reminded of a water bottling plant that had to shut down because they were just bottling city water and selling it in convenient containers. Turns out that if the city water became contaminated, so did the bottled water. It got contaminated. They needed to recall product. The message is that bottles do not mean you get “good water”.
Growing up in the 1940’s and 1950’s, there was the ritural of Saturday night baths. My mother would fill the bath tub with hot soapy water. Then we would take quick baths using the same water. The good part was that the oldest child went first. I was the oldest. The point was that we did not have showers and even in those days we conserved water. Yukky for younger brothers and sister. I figured our family was different but your Mom said her family did the same thing. Her problem is that she was always second in line and bathed in “used” water. The trend to showers has assured “good water”.
The cost and value of good water will keep increasing. Help yourself where ever you can.
Love,
Dad