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Old 12-16-2008, 07:38   #26
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Originally Posted by lssah2025 View Post
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From what I understand good microbes start to grow in the sand and take about 3 weeks to fully multiply, then they eat the bad microbes in the dirty water and the 4 sediment filter system traps the other particulates.

A system like this is used in modern water purification in the US, but to a larger scale, and chlorine and fluorine is added to the end product before going out into the main lines..
You are right and the final holding barrel gets chlorine to finish of any hearty bugs that make it through.
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