Eco-Living:

Why You Should Make Your Own Home

Water Distiller

When Bottled Water & Faucet Filters Don’t Work

John Melendez
Cibola International ™
Make Your Own Home Water Distiller (First Edition)

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Cover photo: Author’s home water purifier produces water bearing only 2 parts per
million (PPM) in total dissolved solids (TDS) pollutants. Author’s home tap water has
approximately 227 PPM without filtering or treatment. Your home tap water solids
content could vary significantly.
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Make Your Own Home Water Distiller

Table of Contents

Introduction .....................................................................................................................3
Coal Waste – Among Other Pollutants .............................................................................4
Faucet Filters: Poor Performers........................................................................................5
Buying Bottled Water Is Expensive .................................................................................5
Bottled Water Is Not “Pure” ............................................................................................6
Buying Bottled Water Creates Loads Of Pollution ...........................................................6
Self-Empowerment – Making My Own Pure Water .........................................................7

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Introduction

I moved a couple months ago to a new apartment. Great place, still in

the city but near some woods, quiet, peaceful, close to perfect. As they
say, “There always that one thing…” that keeps something from being
that much closer to perfect. To quote another well-used adage, quite
appropriately I say:

“Don’t drink the water.”Pleasant and as beautiful as my new home is,

the water stinks – literally.

NOTE: If you just want to see how to build your own water
distiller/purifier, then click through the pages to the end of this article for
a link to instructions.

Otherwise, read why some water filters and bottled water are not at all
what they’re cracked up to be…

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Coal Waste – Among Other Pollutants

With the Midwest ranking among the heaviest water-borne polluters1 in

the western hemisphere (primarily from coal waste2), this comes as no
surprise. The water coming from my faucet smells like rotten fish.

After several weeks the smell had infested most of my dishes, and it
completely ruined the expensive charcoal-based water filter I had
bought for my home – a ZeroWater system from Zero Technologies3.

Figure 1 – A pocket-sized tester for determining the total dissolved solids (TDS) content for drinking
water. Because the tester is not inserted into a water sample, the TDS meter indicates “000”.

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http://www.associatedcontent.com/image/120695/index.html
2
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/712149/coal_waste_death_for_you_your_children.html
3
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/463570/three_awesome_tips_to_living_a_healthier.html

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Faucet Filters: Poor Performers

As a temporary remedy, I bought a small faucet-style water filter. After

installing it

Taste? What about purity? I pulled out my electronic water tester (see
Figure 1) which indicates in the parts-per-million (PPM) the amount of
solid contents (crap, poison, bugs, etc.) residing in your drinking water.
I tested the water coming out of my kitchen tap. My tester indicated my
tap water almost qualified as “hard water” – really nasty stuff. Then I
tested the water coming out of my brand spankin’ new faucet filter.

Here are the results:

Before Filtering: 221

After Filtering: 227 !!!!!!!

The filtered water was even worse than the tap water!

I took another look at the packaging. I was shocked to see the filter’s
only claim:

“Guaranteed to make your drinking water taste better.”

After sipping some of it, admittedly the water did taste a little better.
But at what cost? What did they add to my water make it taste better?

Buying Bottled Water Is Expensive

Seeing how I went through about a gallon of water per day just from
drinking, buying “natural spring ” or distilled water could cost as much
as $2.00 per gallon. Even at $1.00 per gallon, that would be another
$30.00 I would not take back to the bank at the end of the month.

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Bottled Water Is Not “Pure”

Some folks may ask, “Why buy distilled?”

Good question. And I have a great answer for it.

Have you actually looked at the chemical content of bottled water4?

Lots of them have loads of sodium – salt – and other minerals to
“enhance” the flavor. Face it: the guys who sell you this stuff espouse
the same thinking that the makers of Red Bull5 and the like. They sell
only what sells. What they’ll sell you is what tastes good, period.

No matter whether it’s bad for you.

With names like “Natural Spring Water”, you’ll assume you’re getting
something “pure”. Wrong! The spring may be natural, but again I tell
you, most likely your beloved spring water has been tainted by unseen
chemical content6.

Buying Bottled Water Creates Loads Of Pollution

Go here to read about this:

http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/423992/stop_buying_bottled_water.html

4
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/264382/the_truth_about_bottled_water.html?page=2
5
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/242794/xs_energy_drink_vs_red_bull_which_one.html
6
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/239477/how_pure_is_your_bottled_water.html

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Self-Empowerment – Making My Own Pure Water

Primarily because my faucet water didn’t smell as badly when running

hot water out of the kitchen faucet, I had deduced that that there was
probably some kind of anaerobic organism growing in the pipes
coming in from the neighborhood water main.

Going the filter route was already ruled out. The bugs grew inside the
filters and made the water even worse. This bacteria issue caused me
some concern. Among some of the worst anaerobic nasties we have
seen in recent years, there are those like Giardia7, Hepatitis A8, and
the much-dreaded E. coli9. Given this, along with an expected
apathetic response from the water department, I got pissed off.

In turn I decided to make my own purified distilled water. Below are

photos of some of the components that make up my home water
purifier:

Figure 2 – A common kitchen pressure cooker with a hole drilled on top and fitted
with a brass coupling. This component is the boiler, which boils the water to produce
pure steam. The steam goes upward through the fitting into a tube leading to the
steam condenser (see the next photo).

7
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/118774/giardia_one_of_the_most_common_waterborne.html
8
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/8174/hepatitis_are_you_at_risk.html
9
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/213389/the_good_and_bad_of_e_coli.html

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Figure 3 – The condenser is a new automotive transmission cooler which has been
meticulously cleaned out. Steam from the boiler (see previous photo) travels through
a tube and goes into the condenser with a desk fan blowing over it. The fan is
needed to cool off and condense the steam. The condensed steam turns to liquid
water which drops into the glass collector jar.

Go here to see how I made my own water distiller:

http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/726039/ecoliving_make_you
r_own_home_water.html

See how amazingly well it worked:

http://www.associatedcontent.com/video/31591/homemade_water_dist
iller_makes_purified.html

ABOUT THE AUTHOR: John Melendez is a freelance writer reporting

on technology, alternative energies and “green” issues. John
Melendez is a writer for hire. To email him, go to:
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