If I were using pond water as household water and drinking water the treatment process should include either UV light assembly as Theo noted or one of these treatments as chlorine treatment, iodine treatment or hydrogen peroxide treatment, all designed to kill bacteria and other micro- organisms. These processes are a part of the entire treatment process described by Bing above. "The water is treated with alum to remove the sediment, and then chlorine to remove bacteria. Bing = Chlorine injection, then the water goes through two holding/settling tanks. After that it goes through a sand filter, an activated charcoal filter and a whole house filter system."
All of the items in the home water treatment for pond use are commonly available from private water treatment businesses. If you really want the safest water for drinking then run the water from the house use through a Reverse Osmosis system aka RO drinking water tap. I have one on my "city house water" for drinking plus it goes to the refrigerator. When all steps are operating properly this makes the drinking water safer than municipal tap water. Some newer municipal water treatment systems are using large RO filters to blend RO water into the final finish water to improve the final quality.
Last edited by Bill Cody; 08/02/26 04:53 PM.
