Now the question is, if these pipes didn’t always have treated water flowing through them (but say sea water), can they ever be considered clean afterwards? Is there a way to clean the existing pipe system?
masterspace@lemmy.ca 2 months ago
Like, so much insanely cleaner than your food.
Sewers are the giant pipes with all that air at the top.
Your water pipes are filled almost the entire time, and the trunks are literally constantly flowing. There’s little to no air for anything to grow with, and at the very beginning there’s almost no bacteria since it’s treated water being pumped in.
LeapSecond@lemmy.zip 2 months ago
BillyClark@piefed.social 2 months ago
Also, whatever few microorganisms there are won’t generally do very well because there’s not much for them to consume.
But there are some, which is why you should always use distilled water instead of tap water when it’s important to avoid microorganisms such as with nasal irrigation.
phonics@lemmy.world 2 months ago
But don’t be drinking distilled water or it will pull all the nutrients out of your body. Like iron etc.
glasratz@feddit.org 2 months ago
You have to drink quite a lot of destilled water or drink it regularly for this to matter. Also, Iron can’t be pulled out of your body, that’s why it can be quite dangerous to overdose on iron supplements long term.
glasratz@feddit.org 2 months ago
It’s a bit safer to use freshly boiled water. You can contaminate distilled water if you keep it around long enough.