Roberto
Guest
The hose bib I used is on city supply, not through the tank.
Water shortage
- Thread starter Dezracer
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playaperro
El Pirata
Good info Dez, Gets expensive with the pump turning on and off, what kind of pressure do you have and are you close to the pumps, I hang out in sec 1, Tks in advance.
playaperro
El Pirata
Goona have to give that a try if Roberto thats 3.8 miles away is not using a pump, he's been in training taking a shower in a bucket, Tks again Dez, Sorry about my previous posts with you.
Hillbeartoe
Guest
Any reports from the Mirador area?
jerry
Guest
http://www.airtowater.com/1osmo.htm. And hope you get the green light at the border....
Landshark
Guest
150,000 gal/day is a little more than we need! Hey Terry, you could buy this for the whole damn neighborhood! Or better yet RP could buy a couple for town and give the wells a break.
Estero
Guest
I had been toying with the idea of a marine water maker, something like this http://www.westmarine.com/buy/katadyn--powersurvivor-80e-watermaker--10676120
Makes about 80 gallons a day.
lagrimas85
AKA Carnac
I bought one from this company in Oregon in 2006, $2500.00 and it made 500 gallons a day, the water tested at 70 ppm after it was filtered....http://www.uswatermaker.com/ you might still find them on ebay . You can piece your own watermaker together fairly cheap, the biggest expense is a high pressure pump... If I remember to make that kind of volume it took about 700 to 800 psi pump..Also back in the mid 2000's a company by the name of Agua Dulce was installing 12 volt desalinators in Playa Encanto and charging approx 16,000 dollar for the system...without permits...
Estero
Guest
Very cool! Are you still using it? $2,500 is a hell of a deal.
lagrimas85
AKA Carnac
We put it on a boat, the boat is now in San Carlos, but I'm sure its still being used...Call the guy...He may or may not remember me, we put it then on a boat that was in San Diego...it was easy to install
lagrimas85
AKA Carnac
Here is one similar to what, U.S. Watermaker sold before http://www.qwwinc.com/id6.html $3800.00 for about 500 gallons a day, there is another that makes 40 gallons an hour, for a little more money....Youŕe not going to get the filters, pump and motor in a fancy box, but they work the same for a lot less money.......
lagrimas85
AKA Carnac
Thats why I mentioned without permits in the other post, on the hiway to El Golfo, there were 2 projects, Playa Mia and Sunset Village both were fined for illegal desalinator's... with a desal unit you have to pump 1500 gallons to get 500 purified. or 3 t0 1, the other 2 gallons now heavy with salts needs to go back to the sea....in Encanto Agua Dulce drilled 2 holes 1 to feed the pump and the other for the bypass to return to the sea...
lagrimas85
AKA Carnac
http://www.rockypointreview.com/utilities.html Agua Dulce, may still be in business, for desal units they are listed near the bottom of the page....Permits are almost impossible to get for beach properties (I tried 10 years ago) but if you are a little way off the beach, it could possibly be done...
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Even with city water, I would consider leaving the onsite water tank in the water supply circuit in order to ensure a back up supply when the city water is shut down. The pump would only have to be turned on when the city water is not working, but the reserve water would still have to be used and replenished to keep it fresh and usable when needed.