BeanAnimal, I'm not going to get "sucked" into discussions on things like Coca-Cola, Beer & Kool-Aid. We are talking potable water here not anything else.
You seem to want to twist my words so that it works for you. It doesn't. You have yet to prove your point. I have given several reasons why it's not safe to drink long term and why it's not suitable. In every definition of potable water you can find it would not be considered potable.
Again, please site a medical or scientific journal or other credible source to show it's potable. You keep trying to put me on the defence and I'm not going to do it. The medical fields, scientific fields and EPA have clearly said it's not safe and not potable so I'm not the one saying it. I'm only the messenger. If you want to make a case that it is potable then by all means do so but quote an expert.
I very strongly feel I'm not the one "twisting" the definition of potable water. I'm not the one going against the community at large here, you are. I'm not the one bringing up nonsense stuff like coke and beer that has nothing to do with potable water you are.
Is Pellagrino sparkling water potable?
Bottled water is regulated at the federal and state level. At the federal level, bottled water is regulated as a food and, therefore, comes under the jurisdiction of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Bottled water is subject to the requirements of the federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, and, if it is sold as a consumer commodity, is subject to the Fair Packaging and Labeling Act. In the code of Federal Regulations, FDA has established standard of identity and standard of quality regulations for bottled water (21 CFR 103.35 and 165.l10), and current good manufacturing practice (CGMP) regulations for processing and bottling of bottled drinking water (21 CFR part 129). Go check out some of the requirements and then come back and correct your post.
I know well water in the area I live in HAS TO BE POTABLE (and actually even better then that) to sell or buy a house in these parts. It's an expensive set of tests and I know I failed it when selling my house back in March. I know all to well about this IN MY AREA. I even had to remove the DI canister under the sink. This I will not debate with you because I lived through the mess and you did not. But the only reason I brought it up is that it probably depends on where you live. But to say well water is or can not be potable is well a lack of understanding on your part.
Honestly, I don't understand your logic on the matter. At this point I'm not even sure you know what potable water is. How can say well water and Pellagrino sparkling water aren't or can't be potable but drinking from a stream is??? Seems backwards to me. How can you talk about beer and soda as being potable?
You say: "You simply DO NOT understand the definition of POTABLE. You are twisting the definition with water standards. You are interpreting the definition into something that it is NOT."
Kind of seems the opposite.
"With all due respect... I think logic left your arguement before it ever started.
You have posted numerous times that RO/DI water is NOT POTABLE and tried to support that claim, going as far as saying it is not safe to drink."
It's not suitable for long term drinking. I never said you couldn't drink it in limited quantities. Please don't put words in my mouth. All I've said is that it's not potable and not safe suitable LONG TERM to drink.
Well I've stuck to it pretty well. Over and over again I've explained why it's not safe or suitable for long term use and why it's not potable.
I think my logic is pretty sound. I'm not jumping all over the place with examples that have nothing to do with potable water. I've stuck to facts, nothing more, nothing less.
You claim in the previous message that I'm the one who doesn't understand what potable water is. Yet you bring up beer and coke to support potable water? Didn't know they were water.
Over and over again I've said the common definition is "Water that is safe and suitable to drink". Wiki has a pretty good definition "Drinking water is water that is intended to be ingested by humans. Water of sufficient quality to serve as drinking water is termed potable water whether it is used as such or not."
Either way it doesn't matter because the medical field has shown it's not safe AND NOT of sufficient quality AND NOT suitable for long term use. LOGIC then says if it's not safe and not suitable and not of sufficient quality it's not potable. Seems pretty simple to me without any "twisting".
"Absurd and back". You must be reading your responses.
DI water IS NOT POTABLE. Please stop trying to go against everything that is published on the matter unless you are going to step up and prove it. Find a reference somewhere that shows it's potable. Until such time as it's disputed and proven to be safe and suitable for long term use I'll go with what the experts in multiple fields say about it. "Not suitable for long term drinking".
If anyone in particular want to find out if there tap, RO or RO/DI water is potable (safe/suitable to drink) get it tested by a state/EPA certified drinking water laboratory. You'll get a detailed report showing many things and if anything in the water is not in sufficient quantities or to much in quantity you'll know. You will clearly know if the water is safe and suitable to drink or not.
But again, drink it if you want. I don't personally care. If you want to consider it safe to drink long term that's your prerogative but please don't influence others on the matter when the medical field has said it's not good to drink long term.
However, the containers we commonly use to hold the RO/DI aren't designed or especially suitable to hold DI water because it's ION HUNGRY. It will leach from the air and container until such time as it's not ION HUNGRY. Alternately you can add some minerals like Calcium to the DI water so it's not ION hungry and so it won't leach from the container. <-- The only point I really care about in this thread!
For anyone reading this with an RO/DI unit you can install a simple/cheap bypass between the RO membrane and DI cartridge so you can fill water containers. The water is sufficiently purified for drinking and it still has some minerals in it and it's not ion depleted which is the cause of much of the medical issues. RO water is generally considered a good thing to drink while DI is not.
If you ever look at the combination house/reef RO/DI units you'll see they are designed this way on purpose. Call and ask a vendor why and they'll probably tell you the DI water isn't safe to drink while the RO water is perfect.
Enough said,
Carlo
