Hi Terry, well the point is just to be able to get drinking water from a tree I guess. I havent researched on any health benifits on it actually and I shall before I do anothe rpost more about it as I learnt that Im actually early at the moment. The water is very clean to drink as its been filtered through the roots etc, and I didnt know that it came out still when it wasnt the right time to get the sweet one, i just thought no water came out.. So soon ill get to do another post when its the right time, more containers and hoses. Maybe ill make some wine from it!