A method of recovering palatable potable storable water from a process for concentrating an extracted juice the method including the steps of: providing the extracted juice concentrating the extracted juice to form a concentrated juice stream and a concentrator waste stream wherein the concentrator waste stream is not palatable potable or storable and purifying the concentrator waste stream to provide palatable potable storable water including the step of passing the concentrator waste stream through activated carbon. [FIG: 3]
