water shortage
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AZRob
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Roberto refresh my compass, the guard shack would be north and the beach would be west?
Roberto
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Some considerable improvement. Not available all day but keeping the tanks up.
Workers at neighboring house tapped one tank dry twice. Pressure dropped so pressure switch shut off the pump saving the motor but lost prime twice. Was not sure what was happening till they left a hose bib on the beachside open after pumping the tank dry. Forgot to close the hose bib. After priming the second time, Pump was not picking up pressure properly till I saw water flooding off the deck. I'll speak to the owners when they come to town. Workers are doing some planting along the beach.
Workers at neighboring house tapped one tank dry twice. Pressure dropped so pressure switch shut off the pump saving the motor but lost prime twice. Was not sure what was happening till they left a hose bib on the beachside open after pumping the tank dry. Forgot to close the hose bib. After priming the second time, Pump was not picking up pressure properly till I saw water flooding off the deck. I'll speak to the owners when they come to town. Workers are doing some planting along the beach.
Landshark
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We have a floating disconnect switch in our tank. It is connected to an electric cable which is anchored to the foot-valve pipe. As the water level drops the float hangs down becoming inverted at one point which shuts off the power to the pump. It has saved our pump several times and the pump never loses prime. Once the water level in the tank rises the float comes up and the power is restored. Concerning your water theft issue, we replaced our hose bibs with the ones that require a key to turn on. No more problems.
Roberto
Guest
Unless you are using a good volume routinely I would be concerned about stagnation and algae growth in the tanks. An occasional flushing would prolly be a good idea.
Landshark
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We add a little liquid bleach to prevent that from happening.
Wood Spinner
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Something us Americans need to do is like camping. The toilet may be the biggest user unless you do the , yellow be mellow brown goes down , thing. Shower on to wet, off to wash and on to rinse and you do not have to bathe every day. A wipe down with a wet cloth can be done. No washing machines. Our old RV held about 35 gal of water and it could last for several days.
Beach Sand
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I don't go to a resort to conserve water more than I do in my normal life or to limit my flushes. Fix the problem.
mondone
Whitecaps
Then don't come a hole
Beach Sand
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That wasn't nice just because I want water. Should I lower my standards to a one star resort in a third world country?
mondone
Whitecaps
Absolutely idiot, just go away troll
Beach Sand
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What is wrong with you? You need a tuneup?
brokenwave
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Water to the Cholla fill station was sporadic at best yesterday and today. When I left today at 2:30, no water flow to the fill station.
Plenty of houses in Cholla needing water for those using their houses during the 4th weekend.
My neighbor finally got a water truck to deliver but was only given 1/3 of what was needed to fill his 2,000 gal tank.
Driver said plenty of others also need water.
Judging by the crowds in town tonight via a report from my wife and the non-stop traffic heading south I saw going home,
the water supply is going to be a problem this weekend. Hopefully it gets flowing enough to keep people with some water service.
Luckily I filled my tanks last time down.
Plenty of houses in Cholla needing water for those using their houses during the 4th weekend.
My neighbor finally got a water truck to deliver but was only given 1/3 of what was needed to fill his 2,000 gal tank.
Driver said plenty of others also need water.
Judging by the crowds in town tonight via a report from my wife and the non-stop traffic heading south I saw going home,
the water supply is going to be a problem this weekend. Hopefully it gets flowing enough to keep people with some water service.
Luckily I filled my tanks last time down.
playaperro
El Pirata
Senor por favor keep us current with water concerns, everyone that has a pump and city water needs to check tank when we have a leak.