Five Quick Tips To Make Rain Water Drinkable

The presumption here is that you already have a mechanism to collect or harvest rain water.

1. If you do not already have a rain water harvesting mechanism, to start with you can start collecting rain water in tubs or large bowls. However you will only be able to collect only a meager amount of water this way.
2. Do not make use of the water from the first rain of the season as it will come down with all the pollutants in the atmosphere. Similarly flush off the rain water after the first rain from your rain water harvesting system as it will be coming down with dust and the toxic accumulation from your roofing.
3. After the rain let the water settle for a day so that all the suspended impurities will settle down and siphon the water from top and not from the bottom.
4. Filter the rainwater using fine filter something close to coffee filter.
5. Boil filtered rain water and leave it boiling for twenty minutes before you transfer them to sterilized bottles for use.