‘Forever Chemicals’ Reach Tap Water via Treated Sewage, Study Finds
‘Forever Chemicals’ Reach Tap Water via Treated Sewage, Study Finds
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‘Forever Chemicals’ Reach Tap Water via Treated Sewage, Study Finds
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Can these chemicals be separated by evaporation?
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Not sure, but one thing I do know: sewage treatment plants aren’t distilling the water before it it gets back into service. Guessing that would be very energy intensive at scale.
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Considering rain water is also filled with them? Maybe not.
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I could see these chemicals being airborne and binding with rain as it condenses, rather than evaporating with it, but I simply do not know. I'm trying to build my first home and pondering somewhat radical water processing features; extreme filtration and solar distillation of rainwater being key. I'm even looking into plastic eating mushroom beds.
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Yup. Same as Viagra, cocaine, birth control, diabetes meds, penicillin, thyroid meds, high blood pressure meds, high cholesterol meds, etc etc etc.
AFAIK there are zero treatment plants in the world that are capable of removing forever chemicals and the drugs we take to get high or stay healthy.
Welcome to the 21st century. Ain't it grand!
Could these be removed via evaporative distillation?
I'm aware the treatment plants don't distill water, but it could be useful on the personal level. I could probably distill 20 gallons a day without much draw on the solar production.
That's about the only way to do it. Then you'd have to add the minerals, etc that would be missing from it.
I wonder how much unwanted material would be left to deal with after you evaporate off the clean water? And what would you do with it?
I'm not saying this as a deterent or to suggest you are wrong to consider trying(its an interesting idea!) I'm just genuinely curious how much there'd be and what it would look like.
If you ever do this and find out please post it here!
Reverse osmosis makes water pure.