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RE: Off-Grid: Berkey Water Filter and a Full 1000 Gallon Cistern of Drinking Water
Wow very cool. You have clearly done your home work. I'm surprised by the bleach in drinking water. Berkey take out the bleach? or is concentration low enough to be ok? Since you are building on high ground no way to use gravity for water pressure? or just want more reliable water pressure?
Bleach as in chlorine - most cities and towns put chlorine in the water to keep it from going bad - it's a small ammount - not like swimming pool water, you cant even smell the chlorine in the cistern. Iodine is an alternative some use for maintaining bulk stored water.
Plenty of gravity water pressure, but running the 150 feet of water hose for it is lower on my list of things to do, and it would only be for while we are staying in the cabin, so most likely the house will be done before I bother to run the hose. Most of the hose running this summer will be for garden bed irrigation.
Truly onboard the Ecotrain haha. Gotta water the plants first ;)
Lol .. the great thing about eco is that if it's done right it also equals extra dollars. The gardens will cut back on food costs and bring in extra money at the market - we also thought the water might taste funny from sitting in 150 feet of warm garden hose.
amazing man...
Thanks @heaterville - A lot of fun topics when it comes to self sustaining :)
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