Quote Originally Posted by CarlD
Use steam distilled water--every big drug chain and most supermarkets have it. Reverse Osmosis is a technique for making sea water drinkable, but cannot be used in polluted areas, like bays and harbors, only on the high seas. It's basically a portable de-salinator.
Reverse osmosis removes almost all dissovled solids from the water. If it is followed by carbon filtration it then removes soluable organics and chlorine from the water.