• partial_accumen
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    3 hours ago

    I have zero knowledge in this area, but would a full distillation system make this water potable? I did a quick google search and found systems claiming 12 gallons of distilled water per day for around $3k. I imagine there are also larger capacity systems that exist at some pricepoint.

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      2 hours ago

      I don’t think there’s any volatile compounds of lead, which would be the risk. Obviously don’t go off of just my guess, though. You wouldn’t think osmium would produce a lot of volatiles, and yet it’s frigging oxide is.

      Of course, depending on where this is and how much water you use that might obviate the need for a well anyway. If you’re distilling it all surface water or just straight up wastewater might work fine.