Is Rainwater Safe To Drink? We Put Ours To The Test
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- Опубліковано 28 вер 2024
- A lot of people have concerns about harvesting rainwater. We answer those concerns here with a very comprehensive test.
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We are Jim and Jessica, a husband and wife team who made the leap from city life to an off-grid homestead in Southern Arizona. We've started this lifestyle equipped only with two Permaculture Design Certificates and a whole lot of determination.
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Been drinking rain water straight from our tanks with no filters, for 13 years! None of us has ever had any problems.
We have been drinking from our well for most of our lives. We have had many guests to our mountain home in Colorado that have consumed water from our well. No filters. No Berkey. Maybe, just maybe there is unjustified fear about our water. Fear away!
@Familia Maffia LOL, just stop taking all shots like tetanus and refuse if you got rabbis, go and check how painfull tetanus dead is or that after some days with raibbies your death os certain , love people like you
Rain water is dangerous , manly because of the lack o electrolytes since is close to distilled water , that can cause kidney problems over time
Same here... I just throw ours through a Nm filter to take care of dust particles, (it's very windy and sandy here)
And then one day, everyone died. Black Hawks and Seal Team Six were seen in the area, but CNN said it was all Russian disinformation, according to Hunter Biden, who was paid by the Chinese to disavow Taiwan as a sovereign state. And they say I’m a conspiracy theorist. Just a coincidence.
Thanks for the video, I am 58 years living in Australia, I have been drinking unfiltered frog pee all my life. Still alive :)
Lmfao that's because you guys are built different, not all of us have dingo sand skimmers and fight kangaroos
I think she's definitely being sarcastic
It would be interesting to see how it compares to city water. I would bet the rainwater you capture and filter is of higher quality than what most people get out of the tap.
My tap water is nasty. It barely meets federal standards. Rain water as got to be better.
Agreed
@@qua7771 Water standards haven't been updated in 20 years. The government is OK with putting sickening chemicals in our foods and 'vaccines,' why not our water too?
@@qua7771 My tap water is so bad I haven't drank it in years.
My city water is 380ppm. My rain water is 7ppm.
This is FANTASTIC information. As a rainwater harvester this is very important to me. Thank u folks
As someone who works in water and wastewater treatment, what she said at the end about the forever chemicals being in other water sources is true.
The reason they're so dangerous is because municipal water treatment plants can't filter out the chemicals. So it really doesn't matter if you have a home filtration system with water catchment or get water from a public utility, the chemicals will be there in some amount.
So these forever chemicals have the same density and boiling point as water? As a chemist, I doubt these are "forever" chemicals that are bound to water.
@@thebeesknees745 like Armament Armed Arm said, we don't boil the water in the treatment plant process but maybe we should test that out.
The plants just use a series of filters, clarifiers, biological treatment, and then some chemical treatment at the end of the process.
There may be some treatment plants that distill the water, which might be a good idea but I haven't heard of any.
@@fcdraw what I was referring to was evaporation and condensation. The rain is a prime example of a natural still. Its not in the rain water. Its in the air we breathe. These forever chemicals boil at higher temps than water. Meaning areas like the great salt lake would have very high concentrations. The only way these chemicals can be in the rain is if its in the air.
@@thebeesknees745and if it’s in the air you’re breathing more than you drink obviously lol
Your channel I really enjoy. You don’t promote fear, stress, and panic like most off grid channels.
Thanks for sharing, agree 100% :) We've just completed 3 years of rain harvest (54,000gal) from roof in Southern Oregon into 3 x 2500gal poly tanks. We run it thru rain harvest 'leaf/debris' screen -> 400micron sock -> Tank. Tank -> 20micron -> 5micron -> Class A UV -> home plumbing (no Berkey needed due to Class A UV). City permit/approved. We drink it, make coffee, cook, make ice cubes, shower, laundry, give it the dog and cat, use it on starter plants, .... all house activities. No issues and it actually tastes better than the city water - has just a slight 'rain' flavor compared to bland city water :)
you can be arrested in usa for stealing rainwater
Oregon law explicitly supports roof run-off but not other forms (ground run-off, building a pond, getting water from streams/rivers). System was city permitted/inspected :)
@@esecallum ...yep, depending on the state, it IS illegal to harvest rain water....and if that doenst make you at least a little perturbed.....0_o
Glad to hear about this I always thought it was OK because it rains it rains it waters the plants that you grow for food I don't see any problem with it
if rain is unsafe to drink, were doomed.💀🍻
Carry on with your water harvesting, you on the right track. All the blah about rain water is frustrating, it makes me angry, as a teenager that was the only water we had for drinking on the farm. 😂 I'm now aged 76. And in great health.
I hated the town/city water full of chemicals!!!
Keep going you on the right track guys 😘😘
very dangerous to drink rain water. your lucky your still alive but most people die due to infections and cancer and gastro and cholera
The problem with collecting rainwater is that a lot of people don't know how to properly maintain their cisterns and get E. Coli or Botulism.
You still have to purify water collected in an open cistern.
I can remember testing rainwater in the 70's for PH and it was around 4, very acidy. That was back in the days of acid rain from all the coal fired power plants. I lived in Pa. at the time.
More so from your car not having a catylitic converter. Nitric acid was the main compound in acid rain. Funny enough it was liquid plant food. The things that benefit the world the most are always outlawed. Plants eat nitrogen compounds and use carbon dioxide in photosynthesis. The environmentalist quacks just don't even know 2nd grade science
I lived in Dayton and at the time, it was heavily industrial. The cloudy of pollution would prompt regular cough, and the smell of sulfur was frequent. Strong chemical smells occasionally occurred. I am so thankful we have some much better air these days in the US. This can change, and a handful of cities have some pretty bad air. Still, industry has regulation and the cities that do have pollution would have been far worse without reasonable government oversight.
Rain is nature's distilled water.
I don't think you have to worry about "forever chemicals."
No, it is NOT. Not even close.
@@wntu4 Then what is it, genius?
It bloody well is ! @@wntu4
Sorry but see, "Pollution: 'Forever chemicals' in rainwater exceed safe levels
2 August 2022
By Matt McGrath"
At the BBC.
That first test showed .2 % lead.
It’s also helpful that down here we have some of the best air quality in the lower 48. Also very little almost no air flight over us down here near se Cochise county.
Great video! I would not go to the extra expense of the other testing. I trust the Berkey filter for drinking. Since your only using rain water and is not coming in contact with ground water your fine. It's the ground water and city processing water that I would worry about in a city home. I would continue to test it maybe once a year.
I would be completely satisfied with these results. Like Jessica said, if it's in rain water, it's probably in all water.
Jess is absolutely correct: "if it is in the rain it is in the entire aquifer."
Nope. It gets filtered by the soil and rocks.
@@noeraldinkabam Articles I've read say that Forever Chemicals do not filter out.
@@ciaragarrity6425 Can you explain what forever chemicals won't filter?
@@qua7771 I meant, that forever chemicals are difficult, if not impossible to remove from water it contaminated.
Meaning unless the water treatment plant near you is really well made, it probably won't do anything to remove the chemicals.
@@ciaragarrity6425 I'm looking to research this. I use a zerowater water filter. I'm concerned about the trash they are putting in the clouds (aluminum, barium strontium etc...).
Glad it came out so well, I would worry a little about the water getting stagnate with such large tanks. Thx for the videos.
That would be my focus as well
I'm curious to see if there are any forever chemicals in the water since the government does the chemtrails with the silver iodine to seed the clouds. Although I have heard that aluminium (sulfate 🤔 maybe) in the ground water has increased dramatically in the past 10 to 15 years.
Ya they need a cbr test for pfas
Where they doing this? Commercial jets ?
I don’t think you need another test, like Jess says if you do find that chems then likely they are in all water sources
Agree- this rainwater stuff is worldwide. They have not only found nano plastic particles in rainwater but they have been found in human blood as well
Problem with "follow the science", are people are in charge of the outcome. Making science flawed. Saying rainfall is bad for you is following a political narrative. This is to make dependency to our governments more palatable for the common people. I really want to thank you for this information. Hopefully more people need to look what is going on in our world, instead of listening to government institutions who are flawed and corrupt.
science should be included in every decision... it's THE best way to eliminate bullshit and bias. Anti- intellectualism , now THAT is political crap.
My grandma used a method of pour off to help reduce anything in the water but she didn't have the high filters like you'll have. I can still taste her lemonade made with her water.
I started paying more attention around 7:30. Jessica helped me really dial in and focus!
Thanks guys!
Nitrates are a product of lightning through the nitrogen in the atmosphere. Great for your plants.
Interesting.
They also test for nitrates in your well water when buying a house, its my understanding that nitrates if tested positive in your well then your well water has contamination from leaves or something of that nature .
@@michaelpelletier4515 no..from commercial fertilizers.
Thanks! We collect and drink rainwater without any filtration in Nigeria. We don't get sick or have any issues. In fact I feel the rainwater is safer than treated with chemicals water We get out of our taps here in the USA. Thank you for the proof.
I agree with Jess, if forever chemicals are in rain then they are everywhere. I have a Berkey and, according to their literature, it filters out that stuff. Thanks for the video. I would feel great to be drinking that water. Mine comes from a well in NH. I have the Berkey with add-on filters for arsenic in the ground water.
Mmm, interesting, but I like to warn you to get (if possible) a test that tests also for aluminum, barium and strontium, but I think it will be hard to obtain those. Some scientific criteria is omitted to make things look different that those really are. I'm glad though the results are good, anyway the acidic portion might be because of aluminum. Try to see if there is also some tests possible for particulates, since metals don't dissolve in any case. It's worth to try it. Cheers.
Thanks Guys I LOVE this !! Maybe it should be tested every couple of weeks? Maybe the air grabs different stuff at different times? Either way I'm so glad to hear your news. I bet people in Detroit wished their water was tested more often... Or I guess maybe it was but no one cares about it's dangers 😪
I love watching your channel. I have not read all the comments, so forgive me if I am repeating a comment. PLEASE test for chemicals. Stuff is sprayed in the sky and also comes from manufacturing exhaust....What are you potentially down wind from?.....I will be collecting rainwater for irrigation in my greenhouse, so I appreciate this video.
Thanx for the rundown. We are considering a rain catchment system on our off-grid property because our well has such a low PH and high Iron. We will have to go back and watch your install video to make sure we get it right. Thanx again, Be Safe!!
Glad to hear your system is working.
Condense evaporated water, no surprise seeing it comes through clean. Good to see the confirmation.
I say spend the money on something other then the test you have been fine all this time I feel your good to go on your water. Love the videos keep smiling and happy days!!
Where did you buy those bacteria test bottles? Plus would love a more analyzed test of your tank water.
We got the kit on Amazon
Wow, thank you so much for this video. I also live off grid in AZ. And use a Berkey as my only filter. I've always wondered about my own water and this video puts my mind at ease. I was wondering if you could put links to the test kits you used. Thank for sharing all that you do.
Thanks for the useful information
Enjoy watching your video
I’d be real interested to see the more advanced test. There may be other things you can do to get rid of those forever chemicals if you know what they are.
In rainwater there isn't any. But you can always buy water in a plastic bottle. That is so much safer for you.
@@2010invent hate to say it, but the chemicals that leach out of the plastic are terrible. And you're not safe just because it says bpa free. Bps or bpt is, if anything, worse than bpa. Exposure to those synthetic estrogens causes cancer, high blood pressure, insulin resistance and all kinds of serious problems. Especially breast and colon cancer.
YES! By all means do the next H2O test. Wouldn’t want you to work on the cob that’s falling off the dome.
Shared with people I know who currently gave well full of water, but just in case they run out of it, and they get those huge tanks for rain water.
Great video. We're looking at property in Missouri and there wells are the norm. We want to test the water there before making any commitments. I like the test kit you're using and I think I'll order it. Thanks for the video. I'm subbing and will be looking at a few more of your videos..stay safe!
Be interesting to test your towns water and compare it. And a local well/bore. And a local water source like a lake creek river where you can fish or where animals drink.
That way you can see what your local contaminents or risk factors are and be able to monitor that maybe put in some things (air purifers or whatever that can help prevent them ending up on your roof inside your house in your dirt whatever) for example bushfires and floods are common af in australia so making sure smoke or ash dont contaminate your water tanks or floods end up contaminating your water storage and then losing an entire tank or so of water.
In my region due to condensed livestock ( overpacked dairy farms Other agribusiness, and willy-nilly septic systems Our local department of health can test for bacterial illnesses for free. But of course that’s for people On a well. Still, it never hurts to ask
You can just add some bicarb(food grade) to your tanks. Add and test pH until you get to 7 pH.
I would be interested in a more detailed test
I'm surprised your water is not more acid. Here in Canada rain is very acid, and water, or snow tastes like exhaust in Calgary. It would make you sick if you drank too much of it. I did a test in the middle of winter, -30c, and melted some fresh fallen snow, and the exhaust taste was terrible. We were on the east side of the city, and westerly winds bring all that exhaust our way, and I don't think I'd use that water to wash my truck, let alone drink it.
We are building our rain water collection system atm. Thanks.
I've drank creek water with no ill effects and I've drank lake water in Alaska that had been boiled and got very sick. I wish I could have had a Berkey back then. You should be fine 👍
I think your test is good enough. The statement you made about if anybody wants us to do the test will probably cost you money. I believe the person that wants the high dollar test should send the money to pay for it.
Please show us the finish of the dome stones lime and all. Thank you
How do you do grey water recovery and filtration?
Good result. some people just look for problems. if you re happy then rock on.
Jim/Jess one of your best videos yet. I would LOVE to see this test for tap water from Tucson and Phoenix. Wouldnt that be interesting?? hmmmm. Got a real chuckle out of your lab location. Something I would do as well.
I'd think if forever chemicals are in the rain, then they're in most water sources which normally come from reservoirs that came from rivers which mostly came from rain/snow/ice upstream. Perhaps some well-water systems on small properties might have less, though.
My main concern with rain water is bird poop on the roof the water is collected from. lol. You seem to have a good setup, and I don't know how often birds are an issue in the desert areas, anyway.
I talked to one guy from main, his solution to bacteria was rather novel. He up a filter before his storage tank, and used pool filter chlorination tablets to shock the water, and chlorinate it for storage, then use a charcoal filter to scrub the chlorine out of the water. He said he has been using this system for a couple years without issue.
Here in Vancouver our tap water is of very high standard. It's like champagne compared to most other places in the world.
Also running our house on rain water. Just a sand/carbon filter and a uv light to kill the germs. Works fine!
I've been drinking straight from the tank for most of my life and I'm still alive! I'm in Australia. The only thing that rainwater might get is Giardia which is a bird parasite I think.
It can cause issues in your gut that you will need to take some meds for, for a week. Then all gone. The pH of mine is lower than that shown in this video. Mine is down around 4.5 which is a bit low but not like that all year and mostly in dry conditions. Lots of rain usually causes the pH of the rain to rise again to a more acceptable 5.5 which is a significant increase.
I have diverters on the guttering so no crap in the tanks and then it is straight into my glass at the tap. All good. 😁😄
Honestly, the results didn't surprise me. I grew up on a farm that had its own water supply, and the local water company asked to do a test. Because of this, we found no issues, even though the water company would automatically suggest an expensive filter system, yep, available from them. The guy who tested the water said most of the time water from wells tested better in our area of the UK than from mains water, but that was something they wouldn't advertise, so he was breaking the rules telling us; but I think that was because our Mother was a teacher, with geography and geology as one of her favourite subjects, and they got talking geology. 🤣
Bear in mind, this was close to forty years ago, so things have probably changed with the water company and mains water quality since then. I do know they've replaced most of the pipes locally during the last thirty years or so, meaning mains water quality has improved as a result of that work.
I live in the Caribbean and have always drank my filtered cistern water , you just have to be able to drain the tank and get inside and clean out the tank once in awhile or it can become undrinkable and full of E.coli .
Really enjoying your channel and the insight into your off grid life style.
Yes, I would be interested in seeing the test results for Forever Chemicals. Like what you said if it’s in the rain, it’s everywhere.
Keep on, keepin on.
So I am new to the concept of harvesting water. However, I bought 2 250 μm 60 mesh ultra precision stainless steel mesh and place them over 5 gallon buckets. I additionally run the collected water through these filters again to filter out any specs of contaminants.
After being stored in my garage a couple of days in my garage with a lid 6:58 , I see many more black specs have aggregated at the bottom of my buckets. What is that?
Send a sample to Nile Red. He's a genius chemist and he might be looking for a new project for his channel. I recomend experimenting with wet clay bed filtering. Clays bind radioactive particles and it might do also with PFAS. The most reccommended fliter is activated charcoal, bit I'm not finding anything on the internet where anyone has tried using clay mud. If it works I would use the clay bed filter in the early stages of flitering but after any filters that remove larger particles.
I would be interested in the dissolved solids level or parts per million(PPM) and the exact PH. Personally I think distilled water is the safest to drink.
I run my distilled water through a RO filter also, some chemicals have lower evaporation temperatures than h2o.
Distilling water is the best method. As for chemicals that have lower boiling points, this is where moonshiners "cut" the distillate. In chemistry terms, its fractionation. Throw out everything up to 212F. Then collect until the temp rises above 212F.
@@terrafirma9328 I use a carbon filter for anything that can get through distilling but I also use RO in the distiller to prevent buildup on the boiler.
@The bees knees You are right if you test the first cup of distilled water it will not be zero ppm but the next cup will be zero.
Hi Thanks for amazing video
Question is if there is no bacteria in your tank why you pay fir filter? I do drink rain water . All safe
And i never drink bottle water in my life as i don’t trust them at all ❤😂
clean water, and a lot, that's a good thing. thank you ALL stay safe
Spend your money on a SpectraPure RO pressurized system for all drinking water.
I love your mobile lab... I can hear the haters saying your sqewing the results with introduced contaminates... LOL if still safe to drink who cares, and I am only @ the 1min 30 sec point and already love the real world vibe and more truthfull and believe able than something thats new and or polished and looks clean/new
Very interesting! Thanks for the info!
I'm glad that you don't have any heavy metals in your water, but you should have minerals in any liquid that you consume. Just like it's not advisable to drink distilled water, the issue with drinking overly filtrated water is that it doesn't have mineral content that is safe for drinking. The reason why that is an issue is because when we consume water without minerals in it, it disrupts the balance of minerals in the blood stream. When the mineral levels are too low in the blood stream, it will pull minerals from cells, such as calcium from bones, to balance the mineral levels (or electrolytes) in the blood. So, I would recommend, if you don't have it already, to add a mineral filter in any water that you're consuming.
I would like to know what chemicals might be in rain water as I'm using it regularly. I buy drinking water for my shepherd, and i filter the rain for in home use. I recycle grey water for wash cycle in laundry and straight rain water for the rinse cycle. Roughly 1000 gallon storage but will double that soon and would like to acquire a 10k gal. tank to mostly bury on the low end of the property.
This is exciting to hear about.
Shouldn’t you send samples to a lab to check for everything else not included in a standard test? Like Chemicals and Aluminum as examples
Thank you for this review. Glad your water catchment system is safe to drink. I will send a sample of my water to the lab once a year just in case I had other contaminates that were not detected. ☮️🙏☯️
I think if there was any risk, it would be because of the lack of minerals in the water. I know there are a few studies on the topic. Mineralizing water is pretty easy though.
To be certain... Add some silver bits and a few copper coins... depending on how large your water tank(s) are. I used micro-screens to keep out dust and other things...
Wow, this video was so well done. The presentation was direct and to the point. Your presentation style is excellent. I love the dynamic that you and you wife have. But, I'm curious, was this off the cuff or scripted? Either way job well done!
I live on a 400 acre grazing property 8 kilometres from a small municipality in south-east Queensland, Australia. Like most rural residents in Australia, we have no access to a treated town water network and rely almost solely on captured rainwater. Mine is stored in a 5000 litre (1320 us g) poly tank, which is adequate for me as a single occupant. We also have access to creek water which is pumped to a concrete tank and gravity fed to cattle water troughs and the two residences for garden water and toilet cisterns. I also use it for clothes washing. In the twelve years that I have lived here, I have used the rainwater for cooking, drinking and showering and never had it tested. I strongly suspect that, if I had, it would fail the test miserably because throughout much of that time, I've been sick as a dog, mate, sick as a bloody dog!!😉
Good content. Just subscribed. Question: I have 2 55gallon rain barrels that collect water from my down spouts that I regularly use for my garden, but in case of a prolonged power outage I want to use as my main water supply. Are there any filters that can hookup to a barrel tap to do filtering? Thank you
One thing you might want to consider is Radiation in the water. Our local weatherman was a big advocate in making icecream out of newly fallen snow. Now he claims that snow has a certain amount of radiation in it and warns not to not make snow ice cream.I was wondering how water can be tested for possible radiation..?
Geiger counter
@@terrafirma9328 The radiation might be in a smaller scale,The water might dilute it,but it stil could be harmful drinking it every day.
@@fannybuster Unless they live near a currently melting down nuclear power plant or had a nuke go off upwind of them I don't think they need to worry much about this..
@@SuprSi Radiation is every where,Just sitting in front of a computer screen you are getting radiated
@@fannybuster LCD screens do not emit ionizing radiation (you might be thinking of old CRT screens that could sometimes emit x-rays) Your smoke alarm might emit some gamma (americium). Yes there is background radiation from cosmic rays or radioactive decay of things in the ground, but not all things are radioactive.
There shouldn't be much if any radioactive particles in the air for rain to collect, unless you live near a coal power plant or chernobyl circa 1986.
In the holding tanks I'd put a recirculating water pump with a inline uv filter. The UV light will kill any germs/fungus that may develop
It would be interesting to know how the Cistern water tests out?
If there are forever chemicals in the water, then there are forever chemicals in regular tap water from a city water system + way more corrosive chemicals and minerals.
Nice setup 👍. Way to take control of a very important resource ☝️
Soil removes a lot of stuff as it moves down to aquifers (what it removes depends on where you live). You may have leaching from your tanks with the acidicness of the water and sun (not sure), but your Berkey should remove some or all of it. It all depends, PFOAs are everywhere, I think Berkey "claims" to remove them (I hope it does because that is my final filter on the road and home). We used to use reverse osmosis, but then I wondered what the media was made of and the immense pressure and well I don't know. Great job taking it upon yourself to check.
It doesn't matter if there are forever chemicals in your rainwater. What matters is that your drinking water filtration is sufficient.
From the Berkey website "Do Berkey Water Filters Remove PFAS?
The short answer is Yes! PFAS's fall under the category of PFC's - Perfluorinated Chemicals. PFOA, PFOS, etc. The Black Berkey elements that come standard with our Berkey water do remove these contaminants by over 99.9%. "
If you add a limestone block to your tanks it will add good minerals and keep the water alkaline.🙂
I know in Alaska that people will drink the runoff of the winter snow in a minute and say it is pure as spring water...When we all know snow is only frozen rain.
Another Test would be cool
I shouldn't worry about 'forever chemicals' in rainwater when most well & city water contains significantly worse things, like arsenic in Albuquerque's water supply.
Unsurprisingly, the water suppliers say the maximum recorded is 9ppb when the unsafe level is 10ppb or more....
Some people believe what people say on media and videos like chicken little if someone says the sky is falling they would think it's really falling you two did the test that's good enough for me you got water from the hevens and like your wife said if is not safe it would be in all of the ground water then no water would be safe for real somone probably said that because they sell water to the public to get people to buy more bottle water I'm glad your test came out clean water is life and yall have a butiful day and God bless ❤.
Saw a test of Walmart distilled water that showed chlorine content.
Can you give a link to the inline water filter please?
Naw, save your money. What I like about you guys is that you show how to get the absolute most using the absolute least. Simple is hard and you do it well.
You both are good to go.
I have city water. I run my drinking water through my Doulton urn with the ceramic filters just in case!
So long as one's rain source is jot close to major factory output that's best.
I drank water from a spring till i was 16 yrs old. i am 66 yrs old now. i also drank straight rain water and creek water.
You should test for strontium, barium and aluminum
What about electrolytes. Without them the water is not healthy. Are you adding them?
I'd drink it. No problem. In fact, your water is slightly acidic which will prevent build up of scale deposits on your fixtures and appliances.
Remember that pH is a logarithmic scale. A pH of 5.0 is 10 times more acidic than a pH of 6.0. Orange juice has a pH of about 3.8 Lemon juice (fresh squeezed) is 2.0-2.2. Vinegar is about the same as lemon juice. I put squeezed lemon juice in every glass of water I drink.
We use vinegar to clean our dishwasher and washing machine of scale build up.
Great results. I would like to find out the amount of minerals in my well water. I know there's too much calcium, but what filter would take it out? Too much calcium is bad for your heart. At least from that source.
I think you should paint the tanks white instead of black. The reason bacteria grows in hot water and the cooler you can keep the water the less bacteria you will have.
The tests show no bacteria. It's more important light and debris don't get inside. The color doesn't matter so much.
@@ourselfreliantlife Yes the bacteria when tested was negative with in the limits of the testing media usually 1 part per million but that does not mean bacteria is not present and cannot accumulate over time. Only photosynthetic bacteria need light but there are many types that don't need light to grow. Bacteria only needs a food source which could range from a leaf to a bug. colder water keeps bacteria cell division to a minimum. White color tank would reflect to sun and make the water cooler. black color tank absorbs the sun and can make it a lot hotter than the ambient air temps.
Good that the metals and bad bacteria are ok. Sulfides would only make the water smelly.