bajalera
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Yo, Developers!
By all means let's have a golf course on the Mogote and hi-rise hotels rimming the Bay of La Paz, so this place can rival Los Cabos as a tourist
destination.
Meanwhile, back here in the real world of La Paz, there's no water coming from our faucets--and it's only 11-something A.M. on May 6--not even summer
yet.
Dang! I'll have to start drinking beer before noon.
Lera
\"Very few things happen at the right time, and the rest never happen at all. The conscientious historian will correct these defects.\" -
Mark Twain
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Tucker
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Lee typical water delivery in El Centenario is about six hours in the mornings (that's why I have 5 tinacos). Also Larry is correct about negative
pressure, a friend of mine who lived about midway up the system had a barrel he used to dip water for his plants from. One day it was about 3/4 full
when he put the hose in to top it off, when he came back the barrel was empty, a webmaster from another site says the water is fine to drink, maybe
it is but I don't have a clue as to what was originally in that barrel.
\"I think it would be a good idea.\"
-- Mahatma Gandhi, when asked what he thought of Western civilization
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Me No
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Guys, that might make an interesting saturday night. I'll drink a pint of rum, and you or whoever drinks a pint of that tap brew. Then Sunday we
will see who has the worst crudos.
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vgabndo
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This may a bit nieve and "pie in the sky", but...
The most simple kind of third world solar still that you can build for just a few bucks will produce up to 2.5 gallons of pure water for every 15 sq.
ft. of surface area with solar exposure of 6 hours a day. This isn't high tech, and it will purify the water you took out of a hoof print. If you
have a supply but the quality is questionable, it seems like a good way to get cookin' and drinkin' water.
I've seen them in operation, and studied the designs for some time. If you got as high tech as using a battery operated sprinkler timer, the things
will run without attention except for periodic cleaning.
Undoubtedly, there are people who cannot afford to give the anchor of sanity even the slightest tug. Sam Harris
"The situation is far too dire for pessimism."
Bill Kauth
Carl Sagan said, "We are a way for the cosmos to know itself."
PEACE, LOVE AND FISH TACOS
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vgabndo
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Here's a link that fits....
These guys have been into the simple stuff for years. There are a number of more complicated designs that produce more water, but it is really cheap
to add square footage to this design. I have the materials in my shop readys to test one this summer here in the north.
http://www.epsea.org/stills.html
There is a "borderpact" link on this site to some nice calculations.
Undoubtedly, there are people who cannot afford to give the anchor of sanity even the slightest tug. Sam Harris
"The situation is far too dire for pessimism."
Bill Kauth
Carl Sagan said, "We are a way for the cosmos to know itself."
PEACE, LOVE AND FISH TACOS
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