• AnotherUsername@lemmy.ml
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    4 months ago

    Ok so it depends.

    1. what’s nearby (or in the weather pattern’s collection zone) and going into the sky? For example, right now I would NOT drink rainwater from, say, anywhere near a burning oil refinery.

    2. what’s the collection mechanism? Anything the rainwater touches, it picks up- debris from roofing and gutters, washout dog poop from local gardens, etc.

    3. how has it been stored? Big open tank with stuff blowing in, sitting in the heat?

    It can be drinkable but not necessarily.