Water advice

[Kenny202]

We have started buying our drinking water in 20L bottles for 15 baht each so that problem solved. We live up country Isaan and out of the moo ban a little

and have a terribly unreliable water supply for washing, showering etc. If it's not cut altogether its often dirty. We have a couple of the big clay jars they

use here but it only rains here about 3 months of the year. My plan was to fill these up with the town water one day when it is working strong but my wife seems

to think the town water stored in the jars will go green quickly. They are the jars with the narrow top and a lid on them with no exposure to the sun. The people next

door have similar jars with rain water that hasn't been touched for over a year and the water is still clear and pure...well at the top anyway. Is it likely if I filled our jars with the town water would go green? We will be using it frequently and the water will be in the shade and not exposed to the sun.

[bankruatsteve]

Considering that rain water is most likely collected off roofs full of bird scat it seems the town water couldn't be worse. In any case, a few capfuls of bleach in the jar should keep it clear.

BTW: in Udon Thani, we get 20l bottles for 10 baht.

Edited February 24, 2015 by bankruatsteve

[IMHO]

The normal way to get reliable, clean water when you have an unreliable and dirty supply is to install a filter, tank and a pump - like this:

mains water / well water > filter > tank > pump > house. In your case, you could also potentially use an auxiliary pump to get water from your pots, and run it to the main water tank via the filter.

[Kenny202]

Been trying to avoid a complicated system like that but may end up going that way. I'm quite happy to carry the water for washing / washing up. Problem is having the water. Before it would cut at peak times (5-7pm) and otherwise ok. I suspect someone cud be cutting into the supply to irrigate or something but maybe wrong. The set up you describe would also require a pump on the mains side or u simply fill the tank with mains pressure when available then cut off?

Is it necessary to introduce the pressurized water at the start of our line ie out the front or can it be introduced into the house pipe system anywhere?

[KhunBENQ]

Its not rocket science.

Don't buy too big of a tank.

As a buffer a 500 l tank is enough plus a 100 or 150 Watt pump with a small pressure tank attached.

A small tank on the ground or a low foundation allows you to check the content and possibly clean the tank on a regular basis.

Install the tank with screwed joints. That makes it even easier to clean.

Just unscrew, remove, put it upside down ...

If you are interested, there will be many similar threads.

Like this one:

http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/795703-setting-up-a-water-tank-pump-system-help-needed/