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ArvadaGeorge
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Reverse Osmosis Water System
Is anyone using a Reverse Osmosis Water system in their home or R/V with Mexican tap water?
Does the R/O system clean it enough to drink?
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monoloco
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Most of the tap water in Baja is relatively pure, it doesn't take much of a system to purify it.
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Marinero
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We have an R/O system in eastcape. The water is pure enough from the tap, but the R/O polishes it, removes funny tastes and is a safety valve in case
of muni. system breakdown.
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shari
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we have a UV water filter system at the Beach House that works well...you can drink the water but we still provide a garafon of drinking water for
paranoid visitors....the village water purification is the reverse osmosis system too.
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bkbend
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And if you're worried about the tap water for drinking you can buy RO/UV water for drinking just about anywhere. Probably anywhere that has tap water
you may be worried about. About a buck worth of pesos for five gallons.
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El Camote
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What's UV water, ultraviolet? 
Knowledge is good. - Emil Faber
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Bob and Susan
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purified water here is 8 pesos for 5 gallons (64 cents usa)
it's "on sale" thurdays 4 pesos for 5 gallons (32 cents usa)
that's 6.4 cents a gallon on thursdays WOW!!!
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bajaguy
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| Quote: | Originally posted by El Camote
What's UV water, ultraviolet? |
http://www.waterfixercompany.com/model1000.html
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Bob and Susan
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the tap water doesn't have "bugs" in it but
the minerals and dirt in the water
may make you sick
ONLY drink bottled or purified water when on vacation
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Bob and Susan
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my neighbors have those too...they seem to work
i don't trust them
my question is...
i've eaten off ceramic plates...
how do they get the water thur the ceramic?
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Bob and Susan
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i still dont trust it...
lets do the math
365 days * 3 years = 1095 days
if you use 1 gallon a day you use 1095 gallons in 3 years
if you boil-dry one gallon of water
look how much sediment you get on the bottom
of the pan
so if you boil-dry 1095 gallons of water
look how much "junk" you get
will it all fit in the little 12 inch filter?
i wonder....
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wessongroup
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RO with ozone generation .. adds something else ... you can make it taste like spring water... plus, clean it up a bit, also...
looking for a guys address that makes custom units.. he was located in north county San Diego.. a few years ago...
will see if I can find him ... he was up off El Camino Real and Palomar... been a few years .. since I visited the subject ...
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bajaguy
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Use the Waterfixer 1000 UV system with a whole house particulate filter in front of it
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1bobo
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RO for hard water?
Anyone have any experience trying to treat (wholehouse) with an RO system?
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bajaguy
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| Quote: | Originally posted by 1bobo
Anyone have any experience trying to treat (wholehouse) with an RO system? |
I really don't think a water filter (RO or UV) will do anything for "hard" water.......you will probably need a softener
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| Quote: | Do you use the system in Baja, Terry?
How much electricity does it use? (watts or amps?)
Perhaps I should direct the question to the filtration company?
| Quote: | | Originally posted by bajaguy |
http://www.waterfixercompany.com/model1000.html |
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bajaguy
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Udo....should have it operational at Christmas. unknown power use. I would call the toll free number. I know a couple of folks in Ensenada using the
Waterfixer
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RnR
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RO systems will work in Baja and anywhere else for that matter. They just need electricity to provide pressure via a pump to force the supply side
water through the membranes. The higher the dissolved solids content in the water, the higher the pressure needs to be. To process municipal
supplied water, 50 psi will probably do the trick. To process saltwater, as in desalination, takes 3,000 psi!
There is also a large percentage of the supply water that becomes waste water. At low pressures, the quantity of waste water is very high. At 50
psi, there is about 4 parts waste water to 1 part treated water. This info comes from GE's website as part of the info supplied with the GE units
available from Home Depot.
RO systems also require periodic maintenance. Again, the higher the solids content the more frequent is the maintenance. Maintenance usually
consists of cleaning and/or replacing filter cartridges and membrane cartridges. Chlorine is also instant death for the membranes! If there is any
chlorine in the supply water, there has to be an activated carbon filter upstream of the membrane cartridge.
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Marinero
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| Quote: | Originally posted by 1bobo
Anyone have any experience trying to treat (wholehouse) with an RO system? |
Capacity is an issue. My holding tank is only 6 gallons and the watermaking process is pretty slow. I have a direct line to the kitchen sink, the
casita kitchen sink and the icemaker in the fridge. Six gallons is plenty for that usage. However, getting enough R/O water to flush the johns and
wash the walkways would take quite a system.
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chippy
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| Quote: | | Quote: | Originally posted by Udo
Do you use the system in Baja, Terry?
How much electricity does it use? (watts or amps?)
Perhaps I should direct the question to the filtration company?
| Quote: | | Originally posted by bajaguy |
In called them. The 1000 uses 25 watts and a 1/2 amp. Sounds good to me. My only problem is I will see even less pressure (gravity feed) at the
faucet.
http://www.waterfixercompany.com/model1000.html |
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