Moving this Year-Hilo Vs. Kona

[Carey]

Lenny, We rented a house with catchment for 6 mos before buying our house here. We have had homes on private well, and catchment is much easier to maintain, and has a lot less headaches, as there is no well point, the pressure tanks and pumps are smaller and more convieniently located (they do not have to near the work to "lift" the water to the faucet). We did have the water tested, and it was OK, but we also installed the faucet end bio filters we had from our last place (99.99% filter, can get at any of the big chain stores here). You can also fill up water jugs for free at county water stations around the island, or even pay for filtered water at most stores. As a renter, our only maintenance was to check the water level if there was no rain for a week or so, make sure no fixtures were leaking (a toilet flowing or burst washer hose can empty your catchment tank & fill up your waste water in a couple of days, so if you leave for a while, just turn off the power to your water pump!), we also changed the inline filter once a month. If you were an owner, you might make sure that the cover remained in good repair, check the gutters & roof...fairly normal type stuff. Our rental had a huge 13,000 gal tank, and we never used more than 1/3 before the rains came & filled it to overflow, but even if you do run out, there are tanker companies that will fill your tank for about 3 cents per gallon, to get you through to the next rain. Oh, if you do live in a catchment house, the county has some excellent study materials on line.
OK, hopefully you are more at ease on this study subject, now put up your feet, sit back & smile, smell the plumeria blooms on the breeze.....
Aloha, Carey