Drinking Water from a Cistern

What kind of shingles do you folks have? Are you worried about toxic chemicals leaching out into the rain water and mixing with drinking water?

In this thread, I'm talking about how my grandparents did it. I've mentioned that they used a small smidgen of coal oil to kill the wigglers in the cistern.

Now, that was for the old above ground metal cisterns that you used to see down here.

As for the roofs, nobody had asphalt shingles back in those days. All I ever saw was white oak wood shingles or tin.

Ok, oak and tin are safe.

Thanks Kathie. I was gonna mention that.

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That's is just nuts! If you want some surface oil to kill larva, use some olive oil.

Kathie

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At that time and place, the people around here couldn't have told you what vegetable oil looked like, let alone olive oil.

That is true but you just told someone to do it yesterday!

Kathie

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