&gt; This is the end result of an education system that has not prepared people for the modern world<p>Not quite.<p>&gt; if we engineer a solution that produces water of a purity greater than water from a reservoir<p>This statement hinges on our ability to accurately measure the purity. This is far from settled and I can understand the hesitation.<p>Personally, I would take a look at the methods of purification. If they&#x27;re using tons of chemicals, and most purification processes do, then I would pass.<p>I would prefer they use osmosis and then dump the contents out where they can filter down to natural aquifers, allowing natural filtration to take place. Then you pump it back up using the infrastructure we already have in place and put it through the regular process.