03-06-2012, 05:46 PM
Alright, so I have found quite a few slugs at the place. I have put slug bait out for them, but that seems to only attract them. Some zombie slugs will die, I guess, but more of these creatures will live to slime again. I thought that my catchment was completely enclosed (concrete). During the recent deluges though, I crawled under the house to trace the sound of running water. There was a small hole where the cable to the water pump (which some will recall is hidden IN the catchment) goes into the catchment. Water was shooting out of the catchment. I wasn't as concerned as I could have been to see water streaming out of a quarter-sized hole in the catchment, shooting over an electrical cable and at me. My failure to panic may be due to the fact that the zombies have already reached me and I just don't know it.
So I am looking into whether this hole, which I never noticed before, is a feature or a bug. That is, it is possible it is a designed-in overflow. I think this unlikely as it was not near the top of the catchment, but closer to the middle. In any case, it would be possible for a slug to get in my catchment, I think, whereas I thought it impossible before.
My water is pretty well filtered: it goes through a sand filter, then through a 20, a 10, a 5 micron filter and than under a UV. For drinking, I put the water in a pitcher with a PUR filter (kind of like a Brita). I change these filters regularly.
Does anyone have any information about whether this slime-protected nematode can survive such a passage? I do not presently add bleach to my catchment water because the hatch is concrete and weighs about 80 lbs and I don't like to get crumbly concrete bits from the hatch into the catchment. I wonder if a cup of bleach in 11,000 gallons of water would be effective anyway.
So I am looking into whether this hole, which I never noticed before, is a feature or a bug. That is, it is possible it is a designed-in overflow. I think this unlikely as it was not near the top of the catchment, but closer to the middle. In any case, it would be possible for a slug to get in my catchment, I think, whereas I thought it impossible before.
My water is pretty well filtered: it goes through a sand filter, then through a 20, a 10, a 5 micron filter and than under a UV. For drinking, I put the water in a pitcher with a PUR filter (kind of like a Brita). I change these filters regularly.
Does anyone have any information about whether this slime-protected nematode can survive such a passage? I do not presently add bleach to my catchment water because the hatch is concrete and weighs about 80 lbs and I don't like to get crumbly concrete bits from the hatch into the catchment. I wonder if a cup of bleach in 11,000 gallons of water would be effective anyway.