• @shalafi@lemmy.world
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          2 months ago

          I have one of the larger barrels pictured. It’s a 68G that I pump water up from the creek into for bathing, washing up, etc. Throw a couple of the small chlorine tabs in there, good to go. Just don’t drink it.

          Mine came from imported Kalamata olives. Kinda greasy to clean out, excellent water storage. Money says that was the intention for those. 300+ gallons of water lasts forever if you have a creek to tap. I fill my 68 every month in the summer, and that’s only because it has a slow leak.

          • @lars
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            22 months ago

            Background: I know nothing

            Am I really bathing if I’m using water I cannot drink?

            Am I really bathing if I’m using still-undrinkable—but chlorinated—water?

            • @Slatlun@lemmy.ml
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              72 months ago

              Am I really bathing if I’m using water I cannot drink?

              Yes, drinking water is cleaned to the point that it will not make you sick to drink assuming a normal immune system. That is extreme over kill for bathing (and toilets, laundry, etc). The only reason we use drinking water for everything is because infrastructure is expensive and laying non-potable water pipes would cost tons.

              • @lars
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                12 months ago

                Thank you!

      • Yeah this was definitely not somebody’s primary living space. It is extremely barebones and industrial looking. Something illicit was happening here.

    • PhobosAnomaly
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      112 months ago

      I can see the value in that, basically nature’s insulation - though I’m not an architect nor an engineer, but that looks like a flat roof - so would overgrown grass or sodden soil put some crazy weight and pressure on the structure?

      • @acockworkorange@mander.xyz
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        172 months ago

        It has to be designed for it, yes. A friend of mine built a house with a living roof. They even host parties in the second floor yard.