Get drinkable water from rain

[Lionel]

Interesting.
How about boiling the water after collection and the silver part in order to be extra sure? Or you think this is not necessary and the water will be very safe to drink?
I have read about killing germs with copper, don't know about silver. I wonder how effective both will be in keeping water free from germs.

Boiling the water can help to eliminate any parasites,germs and bacteria but the water may contain polluted particles like heavy metals and chemical substances which needs certain purification before making it completely safe to drink.

Heavy metals and chemicals, can be filtered by soil.

Germs, parasites etc. can be eliminated with copper and i think silver as well. Ancients used that.
Boiling the water works, but ruins the pH.
Must be around 7 to be ideal for drinking, and boiling it will drop it below 6.5

[CryptoMargo]

I think that plastic vases will decompose under the influence of light, temperature and time, releasing harmful substances into the water, I think you would be better off using glass containers !

[peter0425]

I think that plastic vases will decompose under the influence of light, temperature and time, releasing harmful substances into the water, I think you would be better off using glass containers !

There's a lot of research about this even re using the plastic bottles at some point are being prohibit , specially those who are using to restore water in refrigerators .

so better use Glass bottle every time for your own health.

[jrrsparkles]

Interesting.
How about boiling the water after collection and the silver part in order to be extra sure? Or you think this is not necessary and the water will be very safe to drink?
I have read about killing germs with copper, don't know about silver. I wonder how effective both will be in keeping water free from germs.

Boiling the water can help to eliminate any parasites,germs and bacteria but the water may contain polluted particles like heavy metals and chemical substances which needs certain purification before making it completely safe to drink.

Heavy metals and chemicals, can be filtered by soil.

Germs, parasites etc. can be eliminated with copper and i think silver as well. Ancients used that.
Boiling the water works, but ruins the pH.
Must be around 7 to be ideal for drinking, and boiling it will drop it below 6.5

Yup, that is why boiling the water is not enough. Well, what is the best filtration system we have? Reverse Osmosis or anything better?

[bitterguy28]

since you are using soil that needed to be replaced for a certain period of time , i think it's better to use glass or Wood as base container than plastic because that has reaction in the sun and may contaminate the drinking water you wanted to push here.

we are talking about health here so best to have it in the rightway or manner.