It depends. If you have ready access to a heat source (like a wood stove in the woods), then delegating distillation to a family member once a day lets them contribute to the whole and provides pristine drinking water for the home.

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The question you aren't asking is: what does distillation remove in a reproducible way that other methods don't?

I reserve my distilling equipment for making moonshine and well, fuel if need be! If you have the power to spare, an AC unit evaporator coil in a water bath with a closed circuit coolant loop makes a dandy condenser. 😊

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It's funny you say that, because in older times it was considered safer to drink booz than water.