[MR] Pennsic Water

[Logan]

where are you buying the finer filters so cheap?  i ask because we run two
whole house filters and the best filter they carry at home depot for them
runs around $50 and goes down to 2ppm.  our old system used 3 whole house
filters and even with the best filters in it we could add one drop of bleach
and the water would turn brown immediately (rust or iron).  we use ge
filters and housings.

regards
logan

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From: atlantia-bounces at seahorse.atlantia.sca.org
[mailto:atlantia-bounces at seahorse.atlantia.sca.org] On Behalf Of Vels inn
Viggladi
Sent: Wednesday, July 20, 2011 12:15 PM
To: atlantia at atlantia.sca.org
Subject: Re: [MR] Pennsic Water




> .5 a micron?  thats pretty amazing at such low pressure.  what kind of 
> system is it that is better than an ro membrane?
> 
> regards
> logan




It's a stepped system to .5 micrometer equivalent. The four filters run in
series (10ppm, 5ppm, 1ppm, VOC), each element is intended to be a "whole
house"
 unit independently. With the redundancy in to the last two stages this
series delivers filtration equivalent to a single unit .5mic filter. 

This is the info from the designer of the system that I simply replicated. 

Long and short being, this is a solution to ensuring a long term solution to
the preference for water that is free from local mineral levels, to which
there has been concern expressed. Instead of needing to collect hundreds of
gallons of water each year, with all the commensurate waste and weight, this
would provide the same quality of drinking water in an effectively unlimited
volume. 

Filters do need to be changed periodically and I'm including "maintenance"
instructions with the set. I did notice one error in my initial information
that I sent to Her Excellency Kari. I listed the system rated for 20,000
liters. Actually, it's 15-20,000 gallons per stage (or three months). Given
the expected sediment volumes, it may be necessary to replace the first
stage during Pennsic so that the remainder of filters can correctly function
($10). Replacement of all filters at one time might cost around $75. That
certainly does make for a decrease all around.

It's also coming in a pretty box.



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