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Pescador
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The biggest problem with Reverse Osmosis systems is that they waste a lot of water. You may use up to 15 gallons just to make one gallon of water.
I am using an Amway filter which is a pressed Charcoal block filter with UV treatment and it filters everything out of the water. I tested and it is
every bit as good as any of the water from any of the treatment plants in Santa Rosalia and Mulege. Mine goes under the sink and when I want water I
open the valve. It has an alarm when the filter gets slightly plugged or when a certain amount of filtrate has been processed.
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Marinero
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With a Pila, the water is not wasted. It can be returned to the Pila and while it is the cruddy part of the water, it soon mixes with the remaining
couple of thousand gallons
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schwlind
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| Quote: | Originally posted by fishabductor
My water expense per yr at 2.5 gallons day at 365day/yr equals 912 gallons. A gallon of water is 20 cents in los cabos..My water expense for 2 people
and a baby in $182.50/yr. I am sure when you look at the cost of filters, UV bulbs/fuses, electricity, initial equipement purchase, water softeners
..ect. it would be much more expensive per gallon for what we use. Plus my experience in baja would tell me there would be various failures of
equipement. Which is hard to find in baja.
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Here in San Antonio Del Mar (Colonet), we must have general purpose water trucked in... The cost per load started out at around $20 US per load in the
90's... now it is $60 per load. It costs us $120 to fill our pilar... (costs more than in the states). We too only use bottled water for cooking and
drinking.... Tank water for everything else... Currently the only source of our trucked in water is from a well a few miles outside of Colonet and is
a mixture of fresh and salt water, which as I understand is the most difficult water to treat).
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| Quote: | Originally posted by schwlind
| Quote: | Originally posted by fishabductor
My water expense per yr at 2.5 gallons day at 365day/yr equals 912 gallons. A gallon of water is 20 cents in los cabos..My water expense for 2 people
and a baby in $182.50/yr. I am sure when you look at the cost of filters, UV bulbs/fuses, electricity, initial equipement purchase, water softeners
..ect. it would be much more expensive per gallon for what we use. Plus my experience in baja would tell me there would be various failures of
equipement. Which is hard to find in baja.
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Here in San Antonio Del Mar (Colonet), we must have general purpose water trucked in... The cost per load started out at around $20 US per load in the
90's... now it is $60 per load. It costs us $120 to fill our pilar... (costs more than in the states). We too only use bottled water for cooking and
drinking.... Tank water for everything else... Currently the only source of our trucked in water is from a well a few miles outside of Colonet and is
a mixture of fresh and salt water, which as I understand is the most difficult water to treat). |
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Since and R/O system is essentially the same as a watermaker for a cruising boat, they should be able to handle salt water. Of course you probably
can't use the rejected water as it will be way salty.
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