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Paul HMember

Hi, I live off grid in Spain & harvest rainwater that comes off the roof & first floor terraces into an underground tank. It's then pumped to a header tank thru a particle filter & then into the house thru another particle filter. I recently bought a locally made water filter that slowly drips thru sand, carbon, granite & anfora mineral. I have a TDS (total dissolved solids) meter that reads 70 before filtration & 85 after (500 being a safe guideline).

I believe that it lacks essential minerals for re hydration you'd get from bottled water, indeed a TDS test on this shows 260. Furthermore the taste is flat & takes time to get used to. I've read about adding unrefined sea salt to water to boost the mineral content but ??

What do you think?

Thanks in advance

Paul

5/10/152:49 AM

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Jan DollarModerator, RN, retired

Gee, you could just eat a varied diet and not limit your salt, or even just take a multivitamin with trace minerals added. If you think adding the sea salt to your water tastes good, then I'd say go ahead. Otherwise, I would not bother. Easier (and tastier) to just use that salt on your food.

Your efforts really make me appreciate my city tap water!

Jan

5/10/1511:28 AM

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skn69Member

Unrefined seawater? Not sure what that means exactly...it would need to be sterilized more than just filtered. There are a lot of different chemicals and other toxins in seawater...so I would be very careful. Our guts a very fragile and need babying so just make sure that you are not adding unknown bacteria or other nasties to your guts.

I would also have my drinking water tested regulary (there are very cheap strip tests that you can buy in the pharmacy or order online...Worth the investment)

Sharon

5/10/151:21 PM

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Jan DollarModerator, RN, retired

Sea salt, not sea water.

Jan