I Learned About Water the Hard Way The first time I really thought about water filtration was on a mutual aid jobs in Florida after a hurricane. I was there doing emergency preparedness electrical work — restoring power to neighborhoods that had been dark for days. The water treatment plant was running on backup generators, barely. Boil water advisory was in effect for the whole county, and half the people I talked to were filling bottles from their garden hose like nothing happened. Top Pick Af