Bacteria in our Water - Don't risk your family's safety - Rainwater Collection - Off Grid Living
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- čas přidán 7. 09. 2024
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Block and tackle! I put a 40 gal water heater in my attic with one!…easy peasy!
Wow. What an effort!!! Good job on fixing the bacteria and pressure issues.
It's all good until something else pops up. Home ownership you know. Thanks for watching, it was a longer video than usual. Wasn't sure how to split it up into two videos.
@@Off-Grid I enjoyed the longer video. I have had wells and uv lights on my water source so I can feel a bit of the pain. Good luck!
Have you considered a block and tackle to raise tank etc to upper floor?
I have thought about it but really want to build some drop down stairs. Anything would have been better than muscling it up there. Thanks for watching and commenting.
Is it possible to have submersible uv light in the main tanks. Maybe reduce the initial bacterial growth.
I thought of that too but you want bacteria in the tanks to form the biofilm that breaks down things that get into the tanks such as bird poop or bugs. It actually makes your water cleaner before it hits your main filters. If I remember correctly the instructions actually say that the UV Light must be the last filter in the line. Probably because the bacteria load would be less by the time it hits the light.
@Off-Grid huh, that's cool, so it's like a eco system all balanced out. Like a well designed aquarium.
@@deltapag5051 basically but we still keep it in check by adding bleach as needed. We do this if we notice the water becoming tinted. We've asked a biologist about this and did some research to find that the discoloration isn't an issue. Cup of bleach in each tank and it's gone within 24 hrs and we only have to do this maybe 3-5 times a year.. That small amount of bleach isn't enough to kill the biofilm, that would take a lot more bleach. Chlorine, which basically bleach, has a much higher concentration and would kill everything in the tank. We've had to add city water to the tanks during long periods of no rain and it typically takes a couple weeks before our water gets back to normal because of the bleach in the city water. All in all our water tastes good and the system works.
Ultra filtration, or and reverse osmosis, prefilter the rain water before it goes to the tank.
There is no way to run the water through anything but a debris filter before entering the tanks because the water isn't pressured at that point. We have two debris filter before the tanks.
PVC is really not recommended for drinking water
I don't think anything is free from potential contamination when it come to pipe material. They all have their pros and cons.