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DENNIS
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| Quote: | Originally posted by postholedigger
Partial quote: Jesus Christ....Latino. Carpenter. Accused of a crime He did not commit. Thought His mother was a virgin. LATINO!
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 That is hilarious
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arrowhead
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another one....
Why wasn't Jesus Chirst born in Mexico?
They couldn't find three wise men and a virgin.
No soy por ni contra apatía.
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Oso
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"Never drink water. Fish flock in it."
-W.C. Fields
All my childhood I wanted to be older. Now I\'m older and this chitn sucks.
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805gregg
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The waters ok, but I only drink Mex beer.
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BajaGringo
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Activated carbon followed by a .45 micron cartridge filter should do the trick...
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Udo
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I like ro's idea the best, so far.
Thanks Ron![b/]
Udo
Youth is wasted on the young!
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BajaNuts
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sorry- gotta throw in another funny~
Why won't architects get into heaven?
Because Jesus was a carpenter~~~
And back on the water topic-
We needed to have some water testing done for a food processing facility that utilized our domestic well. It passed the carcinogens/hard minerals
test with flying colors but failed the bacteriological test 3 times.
There is nothing remotely near our well that could be contaminating it and the pump is at 90' below surface. Still dunno what was/is the issue, but
we installed an inline UV unit and it took care of the problem.
Replacement bulbs once a year run about $60, but it keeps me legal.
We only have the UV unit on the processing supply line. The domestic line and the processing line both have a sediment filter. We still get a good
amount of mineral/hard water build up on the faucets, etc., but the water tastes GOOD and we know where it is coming from!
[Edited on 10-28-2009 by BajaNuts]
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bajaguy
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Nutz.....is your UV unit similar to the Waterfixer???
http://www.waterfixercompany.com/index.html
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BajaNuts
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Mine is a Sterilight by r-can
http://www.r-can.com/?id=2
Point of entry unit-
http://www.r-can.com/product.php?prod=34
We have a basic sediment filter (Omni I think) ahead of the Sterilight UV unit.
We went with this unit because it matched the gpm's that we figured the kitchen would use. It is in an outbuilding and the domestic water comes off
of the other side of a "T" somewhere out there at the well.
We don't actually know how all the plumbing works since there's a bag tank in the house but the frost-free's are on the other side of the well, and we
can't find a line-out down stream of the bag tank.....and the kitchen comes off of one of the frost-free's that's supposedly a "dead-end"...????
idunno- but we passed inspection, so that's all I care about!
Both sides have a sediment filter but we don't have a UV unit on the domestic side of the system.
We drink the water from both sides of the system (UV treated and non-UV treated).
[Edited on 10-28-2009 by BajaNuts]
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Iflyfish
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This discussion has me surfing the net regarding fresh water quality in Baja. As an old Mexico traveler I have always drunk only bottled water or
beer. From my reading and the reports of Nomads it appears that the water in Baja is in general better than on the mainland.
I am the sort that has a couple of MultiPure filters in my home in the US so water quality is important to me.
I believe I will continue to drink bottled water when in Baja, as many Mexicans also do, however I will not be as paranoid as I have been having
experienced some horrible water born illnesses in the Yucatan and other remote areas on the mainland.
Old habits die hard and the coming generations may have a much better water supply and delivery system than I have been exposed to in my travels.
I appreciate the posts and have learned from them. From my reading UV is good for bacterial contamination and if I were to set up a system down there
I would certainly invest in a UV system with some other filtration.
Iflyfish
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bajaguy
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IFlyFish.....you can also install the Waterfixer UV system in your motorhome....they have a 12V model....originally designed for marine (boat) use.
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Pescador
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Because I am a certified water treatment for our community back home I had some interest in the water treatment system in our area of Central Baja.
When I went to the well and treatment building I noticed that the chlorine gas injector was not functioning and asked when it broke down. Since we
can not run 1 minute at low chlorine levels in the state of Colorado I had to laugh when the guy said it had broken down last year and they were
waiting for a part.
There are two issues here. If you have high concentrations of dissolved solids in your water, which is very common because of the way the aquifers
operate, that is a taste issue but not necessarily a health issue (unless you worry about kidney stones and that kind of thing). These are the
deposits you notice on your faucets and on your car if you should wash it. The other issue is microbiological which means little bugs in the water
like giardia, cryptosporidium, or even worse e-coli or other nasty bugs. Since very little Mexican water is chlorinated, these bugs can be present in
your drinking water and have to be killed by chemicals or Ultra fine filtration like Reverse Omosis, Ultra Filters, or UV light. Amway makes a great
filter with pressed carbon block, UV and final filtration that does a great job on this water so it is safe and pleasant to taste. Reverse Osmosis
(which I installed for a friend) wastes a lot of water in the production of filtered water so is not real effecient for a home use.
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ElFaro
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I'm on a well in San Diego back country...
We use a whole house water filter from Aqua-Pure by Cuno...they are worldwide and I've seen them in Baja. Figure about $80-120 for filter housing,
fittings, filter, etc.
http://www.cuno.com/
The filter is a 5 micron size to filter out fine sediments...we had trouble with shower heads and valves clogging up with sediments and pebbles and
washed clothes turning slightly yellow B4 filter.
For drinking water we bought an RO system for under the kitchen sink. The RO system has a 5 micron and 1 micron carbon filters for sediments and
taste/minerals for primary filtration and then the membrane for final filtration. Bear in mind the membrane requires flushing as it forces pure water
through the membrane to the dispenser tank. For every gallon of RO water filtered it flushes out 2-3 gallons of "waste" water. Most plumbers route
the "waste" water to the drain line. We routed the waste water to a poly barrel outside the house wall and then use it to water various things (e.g.
plants, shrubs, trees, animals, etc.). Figure $400-800 for a system...more if you have someone install for you. Filters last about 3-4 years.
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