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I live in a pretty rural area and every once in a while we get notices in the mail from the municipal utilities district saying not to drink the tap because a mains line broke up the hill, etc.. Generally, it's a 24-hour period before everything is back to normal. Since the pandemic, it seems like it has been occurring more frequently. And between this AND the pandemic, I figure it might make sense to get a water filter, so I began doing some research.

Sure I could go with the name-brand ones, but I feel as if economies of scale have downgraded their quality, or is it the opposite? Perhaps a better constituent material for the filter, and my goodness there are so many: carbon, sand, ceramic, diatomaceous earth, etc.. And once I decide on a type of filter, how can I guarantee that the method is the most effective. I mean, there's deionization, chlorination, filtration, ion exchange, reverse osmosis, mechanical... And then there's the question of where to put the filter relative to the sink which all have their various benefits and disadvantages. I ultimately decided that a high quality ceramic run in series with a deionization resin-based filter would be the best solution, but a little too large to fit under the sink, so I would have it rigged to the shed where the stuff comes in.

Then I figured that I should probably re-evaluate the types of glasses we drink out of. My partner and I are economical folks who are just getting started in our administrative careers, so Ikea seemed like the most reasonable option at the time when we were stocking up on glasses, but then I read about the negative health effects of low-grade glass. So I decided we should shell out to have all of our glassware replaced with French Duralex glasses, which have been extremely well reviewed for their ergonomics, and temperature durability which will help when we throw everything into the dishwasher. Then I realized that the dishwasher isn't going to use our filtration system so I hired a plumber to route a line from the dual-filter setup to run into our dishwasher.

As it turns out, I read online that the Duralex glasses can actually reverse some of the positive deionization effects of the filter. So I now have a lease on a warehouse where I have started blowing our own glassware. And the detergent we use in our dishwasher isn't environmentally sustainable, so I rent the warehouse out at nights to an eco-friendly soap manufacturer. But the water leading into the warehouse tap tastes a little bit off, so I have moved our filtration system from the house into the warehouse (couple miles away) and I plan to take 10 gallons back home with me every day after work to make sure my partner and I have access to the filtered water.

I just got word from the utilities district that they are gonna need to do some repairs on mains lines in town where the warehouse is, so I'm cold-calling political strategists to start a campaign for city council. If you know of any lobbies in the area, I could really use some cash because the soap people backed out on me and now I can hardly afford rent on the warehouse, which my partner and I now live in because we couldn't also afford to pay the mortgage and continue making these glasses. I still don't have any vendors who are interested in these wobbly DIY cups, so if you know of any PACs who also need several hundred artisanal vases, please reply via gemlog and I will continually check spacewalk for interest.