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I do not think it is advisable to further chlorinate your water given that BWSSB already treats the water with chlorine. I also think that it is not quite logical to dismiss BWSSB's treatment of water. After all entire Bangalore drinks that water. It should suffice to filter BWSSB's water at the point of consumption, which is what your father seem to be doing currently. This is what I'd do anyway.

Also note that boiling water kills some bacteria, but not all. Also, it does not get rid of the sediments in the water. I imagine that BWSSB treats water with much more sophistication than that.
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I did not realize the discussion was around water supplied by BWSSB (Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board). Remember...OP has not posed the question in the forum specific to Bangalore or made any reference to Bangalore in his/her post.

In any case, I've been witness to the deteriorating water quality in and around Bangalore (not very sure of other places). So, I too would be interested to know of any innovative way/means of water purification in the underground sump or overhead tank i.e before the water gets to the tap inside the house.
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Nobody is blaming the suppliers...but one cannot help double checking the quality of supplied product. -DJ :cool:

DoctorJ;56869I did not realize the discussion was around water supplied by BWSSB (Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board). Remember...OP has not posed the question in the forum specific to Bangalore or made any reference to Bangalore in his/her post.
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This is water supply in Mysore.

We dont actually use this water for drinking. cauvery water releeased by Mysore water supply board comes in directly to the tap in the kitchen in the ground floor. It is not part of the water piping system that gets water from the overhead tank. This tap in the kitchen is filtered to make it good for drinking.

The water I'm talking about is the one we store in the sump and then pump up to the overhead tank which then circulates through other pipes to different water taps. We use then mainly for cooking, cleaning, washing, bathing, brushing etc.

The concern is not about the purification method used by the municipality,
but more about impurities, dirt, dead insects, lizards etc. that can get into
the sump. Since this is used for activities I described in the previous para, I
'm looking to see if other people employ any further purification in the sump itself or in the overhead tank ?

Thanks
DHT