What's the status of your City/County/personal water system?
Jul 5, 2022 10:14:14 GMT -6
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Post by papaof2 on Jul 5, 2022 10:14:14 GMT -6
Last week I noticed that faucet water has a faint yellow-brown tint when I was filling the white hopper of the Brita pitcher. That's usually the result of lots of rain stirring up the water sources that feed the lake that supplies water to the County Water System, so not unexpected when there are thunderstorms with heavy rain. I didn't realize how bad that "faint" tint had been until I started to wash the Brita pitcher - the "fill" hopper had yellow-brown stains in it :-(
Good that we use water from that pitcher for almost everything in the kitchen and that the fridge has an inline filter for the water dispenser and the icemaker. The water's turbidity level is within Federal standards but it does look bad when you're accustomed to some of the most highly rated water in the state (by the on-going testing that gets reported yearly).
Could I produce equivalent water? If the water had been much browner, I might have been trying. Not in the millions of gallons, but with multiple filters and activated carbon by the pound, I could probably produce water that was at least close. I'd just need to have things set up to run 24/7 to have enough water each day - large containers, DC pumps powered by solar-charged batteries and controlled by float switches to manage water levels so there was always good flow through the filters.
Good that we use water from that pitcher for almost everything in the kitchen and that the fridge has an inline filter for the water dispenser and the icemaker. The water's turbidity level is within Federal standards but it does look bad when you're accustomed to some of the most highly rated water in the state (by the on-going testing that gets reported yearly).
Could I produce equivalent water? If the water had been much browner, I might have been trying. Not in the millions of gallons, but with multiple filters and activated carbon by the pound, I could probably produce water that was at least close. I'd just need to have things set up to run 24/7 to have enough water each day - large containers, DC pumps powered by solar-charged batteries and controlled by float switches to manage water levels so there was always good flow through the filters.
