The Water Is Gone All The Time

[Sandman77]

Since around 5 days we have water problems very little pressure today no water , workers dry to fix something on the pipe , now since over 2 weeks!

No I plan to buy a 2000 liter tank what system you can recommend?

Does homepro also have installation service?

Coasts?

[wayned]

If you put in a tank you will also need a pump. 2000 liter tanks at Home Pro are 12000 to 20000 baht and pumps are 6000 baht up. Home Pro can arrange installation for you with an independent contractor. Go to website: http://www.homepro.co.th/index.php and click on the Direct to Shop on the lower right for pricing.

[bunnydrops]

If you get a "plastic " tank, be sure to have a level pad poured for it to sit on. If you plan to use for watering around the house, the 2000 may not be big enough.

[MeMock]

If you are going to go to the hassle of a 2,000 litre tank you may as well get a 5,000 litre one. Thats what I did and have never looked back. 18,900 baht from Bangkok + 2,500 delivery to Ubon. I have pictures and links to the tank website etc here: http://www.memock.com/2011/07/07/a-new-rain-water-tank-โอ่งน้ำ/

[ubonrthai]

Nice tank! I don't have enough room. I'm thinking about getting another 2,000L tank. This last year we lost water 3 times.

[wayned]

I don't live in Issan but in Nakhon Sawan Province. We also have water problems. I have a stainless steel 1800 liter tank with a Hitachi Wp255Q2 water pump. It is filled with the local water supply. I also have twelve 1000 liter cisterns that I collect rain water run off from the roof of the house. When the water is off and the internal tank is empty I fill the tank from one of the cisterns using a submersible pump. we also drink the rain water from the cisterns that is plumbed into the kitchen with another smaller pump. I've only ran out of water once in 15 years and had to buy some.. We do use a lot of water as my wife has a small restaurant in the village. My front yard is modern gravel and there is no way I would ever attempt to plant a lawn because of the water, lack of, supply.

[billd766]

I have 20 ongs connected in 5 rows of 4. Each ong holds about 1,700 litres and about 1,500 is usable.

There are 6 of us living here at the moment and 6 people use a lot of water per day.

The government water supply stopped about 5 weeks ago but fortunately we have a friend in the Tessaban and he has filled 10 ongs for us over the month using the big 6 wheel fire engine at a cost 6 beer Changs so we should be OK for another month or so without a top up.

The 10 rose bushes out the front get a drink twice a week and so does my wifes orchids and that is the extent of the irrigation on 15 rai of land.

Up here in Khampaeng Phet near the Mae Wong national park it hasn't rained a drop in 34 days and so far this year we have only had 32.6 mm of rain.

Fresh drinking water is stored in 2 x 3,000 litre stainless steel tanks.

Edited April 7, 2013 by billd766

[JLCrab]

I have 10 of these in my large bathroom. Even though maybe at a trickle, there has yet to be no water at 2-5 AM each morning to top-up outskirts of Muang KK even though bone dry during the day. (not the Rubbermaid brand in LOS). Actually enough water pressure this AM to kick-on the water heater for a hot shower, a luxury these days.

Drinking water is the 20L water bottler (12 baht) transported by motor bike else via the RO/UV machines and my long plastic water hose.

Edited April 7, 2013 by JLCrab

[kamalabob2]

The ONG tanks set up for rain water look great in my opinion. In Buriram it is less money for a water pump installation from a high volume independent water pump specialist than the price quoted at the Buriram Homepro for water tank installation or water pump installations. No need to "special order" from Bangkok if you wanted a 3000 liter or even a 5000 liter water tank. It can't be a unique situation to Buriram Province, where a local water pump specialists has stock on hand and can deliver and install it as soon as your concrete pad is ready. Certainly lower prices than chain stores for the name brand water tank, name brand water pump, delivery and guaranteed installation. I've had four 2000 liter Diamond Brand Sandstone LLDPE tanks installed and three 2000 liter Diamond Brand Evergreen LLDPE tanks installed by Ruangsangthai. All with a 20 year guarantee from a shop owner who understands and speaks English. There must be similar family owned water pump specialists in each province that can save you money and give you more personal "after the sales" service. We have 4500 liters of clean water stored for use inside the house as the municipal water can stop working for days at a time. 8000 liters of rain water storage is gone in a few days with garden watering so adding some more tanks might make sense in the years to come.

[billd766]

I have 10 of these in my large bathroom. Even though maybe at a trickle, there has yet to be no water at 2-5 AM each morning to top-up outskirts of Muang KK even though bone dry during the day. (not the Rubbermaid brand in LOS). Actually enough water pressure this AM to kick-on the water heater for a hot shower, a luxury these days.

Drinking water is the 20L water bottler (12 baht) transported by motor bike else via the RO/UV machines and my long plastic water hose.

I use a 200 litre blue barrel that probably in its former life was full of something like fertiliser but after 5 years it is clean enough.

We use one in each toilet to flush with using a plastic saucepan bought for Songkran last year and it is great for cool showers as well.

I keep them topped up from the main storage tanks.

[55Jay]

That's the best question you've had in a long time. Storing water is a great idea for when you visit Thailand.

In series tanks, or one big one, as you've considered and as noted.