02-10-2009, 06:51 PM
Hahahaha, my co workers tease me that my water is guaranteed to be cleaner than county water for sure. When I do the bacteria test (kit purchased from Ace Hardware), I get zero bacteria colonies after the 48 hours in my warm kitchen pantry). I believe the test calls for 7 or less bacteria colonies is considered safe. I don't know if that is a good test or not to use, as Tricia Macomber said it should be okay.
Oh, also, I do bacteria tests once a year, and I do a clorox-flush of my in-home water piping, once a year as well(including water heater).
I guess since I am striving to have a "near perfect" water system in my home, I stress myself out so much, that is probably the main reason why I am so pessimistic about catchment systems.
I purchased a Stenner chlorine injector pump that I was planning on using. My plan was going to be a bit different tho. I was planning on injecting a preset amount of clorox (or food grade chlorine) into my catchment tank, say once a day. You can adjust the flow rate of the pump, and I was going to install a digital appliance timer to turn this pump on and off for 1 or 2 minutes a day, say, to inject 4 oz of bleach a day directly into my catchment tank.
That project got sidetracked when I thought about using an adjustable floating swimming pool chlorinator utilizing food-grade chlorine tablets.
All that got side tracked when last year's Christmas lights came into the picture
Anyone on here use a water meter to track your water usage throughout the week/month/etc.?
Oh, also, I do bacteria tests once a year, and I do a clorox-flush of my in-home water piping, once a year as well(including water heater).
I guess since I am striving to have a "near perfect" water system in my home, I stress myself out so much, that is probably the main reason why I am so pessimistic about catchment systems.
I purchased a Stenner chlorine injector pump that I was planning on using. My plan was going to be a bit different tho. I was planning on injecting a preset amount of clorox (or food grade chlorine) into my catchment tank, say once a day. You can adjust the flow rate of the pump, and I was going to install a digital appliance timer to turn this pump on and off for 1 or 2 minutes a day, say, to inject 4 oz of bleach a day directly into my catchment tank.
That project got sidetracked when I thought about using an adjustable floating swimming pool chlorinator utilizing food-grade chlorine tablets.
All that got side tracked when last year's Christmas lights came into the picture
Anyone on here use a water meter to track your water usage throughout the week/month/etc.?