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water,water, my everything needs water...
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01-30-2010, 01:25 PM
From some other threads - $120-$140 for 4000 gallons. Probably depends upon where you live and how hard it is to get the truck near the catchment tank. To me, that seems quite reasonable. You are paying for truck, employee, water...
01-31-2010, 03:50 AM
Ah, folks, just a note here. We all live on an island and everyone pretty much knows everyone else or we are all related to everyone else or at least their neighbor. So, when mentioning things about the water delivery folks or about the weather people, don't you think they will find out you have had less than pleasant words in your mouth about them? Even on a forum we are not anonymous and we should strive to always talk as if the person we are talking about is listening. Because, on an island, more than likely they will eventually hear.
Kurt Wilson Kurt Wilson
01-31-2010, 06:43 AM
Just a suggestion from experience. You might want to actively guide the water tank driver when on your property. I didn't & now have huge ruts. 4000 gals. water = 16 TONS + the weight of the truck.
01-31-2010, 07:45 AM
quote: Seems like the water haulers are moving pretty fast and quite a few of them too. Friday on Hwy 130 I saw 4-5 maybe 6 going different directions as I went to Keaau and back. Realistically, I would say it takes them at the minimum of 1 hr to get water, and get to location, unload, and start back to fill up. So maybe max of 10 loads a day dawn to dusk. Some places like Malamalama School need 2 loads to put water in both tanks. I think these guys are doing a great job considering most of us think about it just as we get to the last 200 gals... 
01-31-2010, 08:55 AM
Gotta say, we are fairly close to the Keaau filling stations & have heard the trucks running very late into the night for a few weeks, so I really doubt there are many lazy truckers at this time...
It is very important to remember that many of the water truckers do have regular (some weekly, some daily) deliveries that are their PRIMARY customers. Emergency water fills are added into their schedule as they can, and most are working very long hours to fill the tanks that are getting near empty(think about it, if they relied only on emergency fills, there would not be many water trucks here.... they can only pay for them if they work to KEEP their regular customers....) It amazes me that some one who admits to not being diligent on their own water monitoring would then place blame on the water truck drivers for being lazy (reminds me of the proverb of pointing a finger - four always point back at you!) I am sure each of the water truckers knows that the customers that call for an emergency fill will cancel at the first rain... and that they know that that customer running near empty will only want water when their tanks are near dry.... to think that they are lazy is odd. My question has always been, does anyone know if the water truckers PAY for the water (it seems they fill for free). If not, has anyone ever questions why the people that get water at their house actually pay for the county for the water system (I know no one actually pays for the actual water here), ie: do the trucks have to pay the county for the water delivery system that they have made their business on???
01-31-2010, 09:16 AM
quote: http://www.hawaiidws.org/4%20your%20wate...-02-09.pdf This may be the answer to one question. (I think under Section I.) |
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