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<blockquote data-quote="OkieGentleman" data-source="post: 2128851" data-attributes="member: 25693"><p><span style="font-size: 12px">jrguns Thanks for you input.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px">The filter might need cleaning every thirty gallons and it might not, cleaning of the filter is done with a scrubber, I think the life of the surface of the filter is about 100 scrubbings. I plan on putting a heavy cotton sock over the filter to keep the worst of the larger contaminants from the surface of the filter, mud, leaves, trash, etc. Remove the sock and wash to best of my ability, the clean filter and reinstall everything in tube. I figure that 6000 gallons of water for cooking with light personal hygiene will go a long way, I might not smell so good, but I will probably smell no worse than the next guy.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px">jdgabbard Thanks for your input</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px">My problem with a distiller is the size of a distiller needed to make several gallons per hour, keeping a distiller that size fed with fuel and cooling the condensing coils to get water and not steam out of the distiller. I think a distiller looks good till you start having to feed it. Each new batch of water has to brought up to boiling (it takes a lot of heat to get even 30 gallons of water to boiling and keep it there) and you would have to be careful not boil the unit dry. I think this solution is more of a problem than a person trying to survive a bad situation has time to deal with. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px">Here is a question that needs an answer by <strong>anyone</strong> who can supply a valid answer.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px">How what contaminants can be in a pond fed with runoff water from a large neighborhood?</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px">How many of those contaminants can be removed by boiling the water? </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px">I am not asking the question to be sarcastic, I really would like to know. If anyone out there can tell us if the chemical contaminants in pond water could be removed by boiling and re-condensing the vapor back to a potable water, I personally would like your input. If you can, please point us to your information source. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px">Discussion of possible solutions to problems that might arise if things get bad are always good. </span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="OkieGentleman, post: 2128851, member: 25693"] [SIZE=3]jrguns Thanks for you input. The filter might need cleaning every thirty gallons and it might not, cleaning of the filter is done with a scrubber, I think the life of the surface of the filter is about 100 scrubbings. I plan on putting a heavy cotton sock over the filter to keep the worst of the larger contaminants from the surface of the filter, mud, leaves, trash, etc. Remove the sock and wash to best of my ability, the clean filter and reinstall everything in tube. I figure that 6000 gallons of water for cooking with light personal hygiene will go a long way, I might not smell so good, but I will probably smell no worse than the next guy. jdgabbard Thanks for your input My problem with a distiller is the size of a distiller needed to make several gallons per hour, keeping a distiller that size fed with fuel and cooling the condensing coils to get water and not steam out of the distiller. I think a distiller looks good till you start having to feed it. Each new batch of water has to brought up to boiling (it takes a lot of heat to get even 30 gallons of water to boiling and keep it there) and you would have to be careful not boil the unit dry. I think this solution is more of a problem than a person trying to survive a bad situation has time to deal with. Here is a question that needs an answer by [B]anyone[/B] who can supply a valid answer. How what contaminants can be in a pond fed with runoff water from a large neighborhood? How many of those contaminants can be removed by boiling the water? I am not asking the question to be sarcastic, I really would like to know. If anyone out there can tell us if the chemical contaminants in pond water could be removed by boiling and re-condensing the vapor back to a potable water, I personally would like your input. If you can, please point us to your information source. Discussion of possible solutions to problems that might arise if things get bad are always good. [/SIZE] [/QUOTE]
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