Clean Free Water. Well, Almost

[meandwi]

I have read many posts about where and how to get water that is safer to drink and cook with and here is my idea.

Because it is allways humid here, buy a new dehumidifier. Raise it on a stand or counter top. In the back is a place where the water comes out. Add a 1/2" clear tube from the machine to a large clean container with a cover. Buy a fish tank pump with filter and enough clear hose to go from the container to your sink. Make sure the container is sealed to keep the bugs out, and clean the dehumidifer on a regular basis.

It is just my idea to help people who cant afford expensive bottled water and filters. Give me your pros and cons and thoughts on this subject.

meandwi

[GuestHouse]

It would work, but how well would it work and would you want to drink the water?

Firstly you need to consider the quantity of water that would be extracted from the humid air and the cost (financial and environmental) of energy to produce that amount of water.

Secondly, what is this 'water' and where does it come from? A large proportion of 'water' in the air within buildings is exhaled 'water vapour', carrying with it all the bugs that are exhaled along with it.

I don't think the water so produced would be potable, certainly not if extracted from within inhabited buildings.

Why Expend Energy and Cost doing what Nature does already for free?

Drink Rainwater.

Your idea does however have some merits: Here is Saudi the water that is expelled by my a/c unit feeds to a planting trough in which I am growing Tomatoes and Chilis. Other guys are growing lettuce, garlic and one guy grows sunflowers using this 'free' water.

'Free' because the water is a product of the necessary use of a/c.

[meandwi]

We bought one for the babies room and we leave it on all night about 10 hours, and in the morning it has produced over a gallon of clean cool water. On the sides it has vents that take in the air, by placing a filter over them, this will stop the bugs and dust, By sealing the container, this will also keep the water free from bugs. The filter in the fish tank pump will stop alot of small particles and by adding an in-line filter will prevent the smallest of particles.

The water quality that is available now is full of fluorides, chlorine /bleach, heavy metals, and plastic residues. This water would have none of these.

Any other thoughts?

meandwi

[bggg]

I just responded on the other water thread about this.

Drinking Water We have an Atmospheric Water generator. It does just what you are saying but produces clean water from the air. 6 types of filters, it is the purest water you can drink. www.watermicron.com we imported it and could not be happier or have better, cleaner water to drink.

[Gary A]

The below taken from;

http://answers.google.com/answers/main?cmd...w&id=237065

"Dehumidifier water is *not* clean water. Dehumidifiers remove

moisture from the air by cooling it below the dew point and catching

the condensation. Along with the moisture that condenses it also

catches a good deal of what was floating in the air with it, namely

fungus spores of all kinds, dust mites, dust and who knows what else?

At best, you'd have to consider it as no better than ground water and

treat it accordingly."

[thaimiller]

I just responded on the other water thread about this.

Drinking Water We have an Atmospheric Water generator. It does just what you are saying but produces clean water from the air. 6 types of filters, it is the purest water you can drink. www.watermicron.com we imported it and could not be happier or have better, cleaner water to drink.

I have also imported one of the machines from watermicron, I have been using it now for almost 6 months. Perfect for me and my wife we always have cold and hot water available and I don't have to pay for all the bottled water and more to the point I know its clean unlike some of the so called drinking water that can be bought in Thailand.

[BEENTHEREDONETHAT]

I just responded on the other water thread about this.

Drinking Water We have an Atmospheric Water generator. It does just what you are saying but produces clean water from the air. 6 types of filters, it is the purest water you can drink. www.watermicron.com we imported it and could not be happier or have better, cleaner water to drink.

I have also imported one of the machines from watermicron, I have been using it now for almost 6 months. Perfect for me and my wife we always have cold and hot water available and I don't have to pay for all the bottled water and more to the point I know its clean unlike some of the so called drinking water that can be bought in Thailand.

Can I ask how much it cost for the unit, shipping and duty, if any?

Thanks

[PhilHarries]

Gary A's link seems to come up with a pretty uniform message that dehumidifier water is not safe to drink.

"Just bought a new dehumidifier and right in the owner's manual in big

letters.

DO NOT DRINK THE WATER!!"

But at the bottom it does mention that there is at least one dehumidifier that produces drinkable water. Therefore if there is one there must be others but the message seems to be unless it is designed specifically to produce potable water do not drink dehumidifier water.

[PattayaParent]

I have read many posts about where and how to get water that is safer to drink and cook with and here is my idea.

Because it is allways humid here, buy a new dehumidifier. Raise it on a stand or counter top. In the back is a place where the water comes out. Add a 1/2" clear tube from the machine to a large clean container with a cover. Buy a fish tank pump with filter and enough clear hose to go from the container to your sink. Make sure the container is sealed to keep the bugs out, and clean the dehumidifer on a regular basis.

It is just my idea to help people who cant afford expensive bottled water and filters. Give me your pros and cons and thoughts on this subject.

meandwi

I pay 40 Baht for a 5 gallon bottle of water.

Whoever can't afford that then there's also 5 gallon water bottles available for 10 Baht.

[bggg]

I just responded on the other water thread about this.

Drinking Water We have an Atmospheric Water generator. It does just what you are saying but produces clean water from the air. 6 types of filters, it is the purest water you can drink. www.watermicron.com we imported it and could not be happier or have better, cleaner water to drink.

I have also imported one of the machines from watermicron, I have been using it now for almost 6 months. Perfect for me and my wife we always have cold and hot water available and I don't have to pay for all the bottled water and more to the point I know its clean unlike some of the so called drinking water that can be bought in Thailand.

Can I ask how much it cost for the unit, shipping and duty, if any?

Thanks

We paid about 35,000 baht delivered to Chiang Mai.

[PattayaParent]

Wow,

at the rate of 1 X 5 gallon water bottle a week I'd have to use one of them things for 16.8 years (at 40 Baht a bottle) to make it cost effective, 67 years at 10 Baht a bottle.

Do you think one would last that long?

[bggg]

Wow,

at the rate of 1 X 5 gallon water bottle a week I'd have to use one of them things for 16.8 years (at 40 Baht a bottle) to make it cost effective, 67 years at 10 Baht a bottle.

Do you think one would last that long?

Its not really a price point Pattaya, its a health issue. You just cannot get pure water from a groundwater source any longer. No traditional filter will remove the chemicals in todays water, pesticides, oil & petroleum products, toxic waste. Its all in there, bottled water doesn't remove it. If you are in areas where it has become very popular to use desalinated water youcan be happy to know you can be consuming up to 10,000 mgm a day of sodium.

If I simply take the cost of the machine and break it down into the 2 year warranty period it is costing me about 48 baht a day to know my family is drinking pure clean uncontaminated water, (less than the cost of 1 beer at the local bar ) Its a personal choice I feel my families health is worth at least 50 baht a day for the most important thing that enters their body. You can live without food, but your body needs good clean drinking water to function properly. worldwide 4,000 children a day die from unsafe drinking water

k off my soapbox now

[dotcom]

Traditional filter? you may be right. However an RO unit like this will provide safe clean drinking water. This particular one I saw at Home Work. In the rabge of 7000 baht. Water will not flow through the membrane by gravity. Which is why there is a dedicated pump to force it through.

[jumbo]

I just responded on the other water thread about this.

Drinking Water We have an Atmospheric Water generator. It does just what you are saying but produces clean water from the air. 6 types of filters, it is the purest water you can drink. www.watermicron.com we imported it and could not be happier or have better, cleaner water to drink.

I have also imported one of the machines from watermicron, I have been using it now for almost 6 months. Perfect for me and my wife we always have cold and hot water available and I don't have to pay for all the bottled water and more to the point I know its clean unlike some of the so called drinking water that can be bought in Thailand.

How about the filters?? When to renew and where to buy them??

[londonthai]

Drink Rainwater.

rainwater can be drank sometimes, if there is nothing else - but not all the time, as it hasn't got any minerals.

water from dehumidifiers shuld not be consumed, as has bacterias, viruses as well as toxins from the building materials and from our breathing.

recommended is water from the springs, rivers, wells

[Mrjlh]

I have read many posts about where and how to get water that is safer to drink and cook with and here is my idea.

Because it is allways humid here, buy a new dehumidifier. Raise it on a stand or counter top. In the back is a place where the water comes out. Add a 1/2" clear tube from the machine to a large clean container with a cover. Buy a fish tank pump with filter and enough clear hose to go from the container to your sink. Make sure the container is sealed to keep the bugs out, and clean the dehumidifer on a regular basis.

It is just my idea to help people who cant afford expensive bottled water and filters. Give me your pros and cons and thoughts on this subject.

meandwi

I pay 40 Baht for a 5 gallon bottle of water.

Whoever can't afford that then there's also 5 gallon water bottles available for 10 Baht.

As some people have stated there are some real concerns about using a system like this. So I did a little research and found this article:

http://www.air2water.net/solutions.html

There's more going on than just simply taking water out of the air. This company makes a machine that does exactly what you suggest but look at all the extra things that go into it. With the cost involved, it probably cheaper to use a carbon filter with a "RO" filter too.

[meandwi]

I just responded on the other water thread about this.

Drinking Water We have an Atmospheric Water generator. It does just what you are saying but produces clean water from the air. 6 types of filters, it is the purest water you can drink. www.watermicron.com we imported it and could not be happier or have better, cleaner water to drink.

I thought I was on the way to a great invention.

[teatree]

I had look at the Watermicron site and I noticed that the main storage tank is PVC - I suspect not the healthiest material to be holding water. Is there any way to swap this tank for a stainless steel one?