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RE: Water Delivery - terracore - 02-15-2024
(02-14-2024, 11:29 PM)garymatt Wrote: getting back in the Punaweb habit after rebuilding my system.
Keaau Service Station 808-966-9373 delivers 4500plus gallons for $222 to my house regularly. (No gutters) About once a month now that 4 of us are here.
Anyway I'm in HPP off Kaloli on 13. That matters because the further away the higher the cost. I was told our rate was about their cheapest.
In May (I think), 2020 I got recommendations from Punaweb for getting old BURST and do I mean BURST tank hauled off and a new one built.
I searched but could not find my posts about how well that went.
Anyway without absolute certainty I say the Catchment Dude, did it all for about or less than $5600.
According to the water delivery guy, the water haulers are regulated by the county. Because they don't pay for the county water. They are allowed to charge a maximum of $250 for a water delivery. They can charge an additional $25 if the delivery requires more than one hose. I don't know if that's "per hose" or just if they need to use hoses in general. I suppose the $25 is for the labor in unrolling and re-rolling the hose, wear and tear etc. There might be additional fees we didn't discuss (distance?). Or discounts (smaller delivery?) So $222 is a "deal".
RE: Water Delivery - Durian Fiend - 02-16-2024
(02-15-2024, 10:24 AM)garymatt Wrote: Everything is cheaper in the long run.Or you could spend a couple hundred on gutters and use the catchment water for everything except drinking. Haul drinking water every so often in 5 gallon containers.
Simple realities; knowing that now and we actually knew that 19 years ago; still does not mean we had the money now or then to implement it.
The next absolutely spare $10K I have will be for that. The height, the piping, the internal filters and UV system... yes it really would be too close to 10 K.
That's what the real cheapskates do. Of course it's quite inferior to your plan of being entirely self sufficient.
RE: Water Delivery - terracore - 02-16-2024
Cheapskates? Gutters are over-rated! I've seen an HPM tarp carport setup to feed a catchment tank. And as bonus, it keeps the car out of the rain and sun. That and some 5 gallon buckets from the spigots for drinking water is enough for a small family.