there is another method of getting free water as long as you live in a humid environment.
use several 2 litre coke bottles and fill them with water.
put them in your freezer and let them freeze.
then you can use them to get fresh water by placing the
bottles in a pan and setting a fan beside them , this will also
cool down a room a little.
condensation will form on the bottles and by the time the ice has melted you will have apx 8 oz of water in the pan.
of course the amount of water will depend on the humidity in your area.
and there will also be some particulates in the water that are in the air.
I have never had the water tested.
I suppose that if you no longer can get water from your tap but
you still have electricity this could save your life.
and its most likely much cheaper than buying bottled water for drinking.
I would say that you could get apx 8 oz of condensated water per hour this way , so in a day you could get the 8 glasses of water you should drink.
I like the large chest type freezers because they dont allow all the cold air to escape when you open the door.
then theres the problem of refreezing the bottles of course.
I suppose it would take a full day to refreeze the bottles.
you could catch the water that comes off the airconditioning system , but I wouldnt drink it , theres alot of bacteria that grows in the pipes of a draining system.
but you could use that water for gardening.
