Krishna Camp Videocast 06 - Water April 28, 2006
Posted by admin in : Video, Media , trackbackIn the early days of the rainbow gatherings we used to boil all our water so that we knew that it was free of Cryptosporidium, giardia and other microbiological organisms. This was a relatively effective means of providing safe water, but it required tremendous resources to accomplish. Much time was spent finding and chopping fire wood, boiling water (10 min or more at a rolling boil), cooling the water and masking the taste so that it was drinkable. While this provided safe water, it did not provide good tasting water. Iodine and chlorine were not used for two main reasons. These include peoples aversions to the use of chemicals as well as new scientific evidence that they are no longer effective in killing giardia and other organisms. Over the last few years these microbiological organisms have learned to build up a protective shell to ward off harsh chemicals. This has led to mass outbreaks of water born sickness in major cities that use chlorine for treatment recently in cities in Wisconsin and other states. City municipalities no longer use chlorine for water treatment any more for this reason. They now use a system of coagulation and filtration.
These issues lead the Rainbow Family of Living Light to desire a new method of providing safe drinking water for there gatherings. Initially we started by using Katadyn Expedition water filters. These are large, stainless steel pump style filters. While the quality of these filters was excellent the pumps were expensive and not designed to withstand the harsh environments of Rainbow. These pumps required constant maintenance and still required much work to pump enough water to feed the 20,000+ people who attend Gatherings.
-Hawker
Rainbow Plumbing Department
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