MAV,

Actually, I've been looking at water distillers the last couple of days, but they are very expensive up front, and they are energy hogs as long as you use them. I'd like to get a small solar panel and a deep cycle marine battery so I can run it off the grid, but these are very high up front costs as well, and I'm on a limited income. A sauna is out of the question, financially, and I can't do the rainbarrel because I live in an apartment. (In a very small town surrounded by farmland.)

I haven't figured out exactly what I'm going to do about this yet. That one particular need is competing with a whole lot of other needs that aren't getting met either. I have to decide how I'm going to allocate resources, and I'm finding it very difficult to do that right now.

I appreciate your suggestions, though.

Carol