Filtering Water

LarrySpencer · #1 09-16-2005, 07:11 PM

My wife recently moved back from the US to the Dominican Republic... After looking around at her and her families situation in Dajabon, and the fact the the water looked like chocolate the day after it rained...if they allowed it through the pipes at all. The fact of the matter is that the water comes pretty much straight from El Masacre, to the residents.

I'd been talkign with a friend of mine from Canada for the past year about different projects she has going on there and one of them was an inexpensive way to filter water. They've actually developed a virtually indestructable filtration system that simply requires on to poor water into the unit (a 300 lb, concrete cased, super water filter that requires very little maintenance and should last for up to 50 years).

Anyway, I just bought one and had it installed last weekend in their house for $85 bucks....well, really $2,500 DP. If you want one of these units, call Jose Rivas in Dajabon...(809) 843-7415. The filter works great, providing sparkling, purified drinking water out of the sludge that comes from el Masacre. Pretty impressive for so little!

FireGuy · #2 09-16-2005, 07:22 PM

Larry,

I'm not trying to be picky but unless we know more about this "filter" we should be careful substituting the word "purified" for the word "filtered". They may well not be interchangeable and may impart more to the reader that is actually true. Filtered water may be far from purified, it may just be more aesthetically pleasing impure water.

Gregg

Ken · #3 09-17-2005, 01:35 PM

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Originally Posted by FireGuy

Larry,

I'm not trying to be picky but unless we know more about this "filter" we should be careful substituting the word "purified" for the word "filtered". They may well not be interchangeable and may impart more to the reader that is actually true. Filtered water may be far from purified, it may just be more aesthetically pleasing impure water.

Gregg

Very true, Gregg. There are filters that take out sediment, or make water taste better, and their are filters that remove most of the bacteria. Usually they are the most expensive. Until I was sure that the described filter purifies water as well as boiling or treating with clorox or purrrissima, I wouldn't risk drinking water from it.

canadian bob · #4 09-18-2005, 05:00 PM

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Originally Posted by LarrySpencer

My wife recently moved back from the US to the Dominican Republic... After looking around at her and her families situation in Dajabon, and the fact the the water looked like chocolate the day after it rained...if they allowed it through the pipes at all. The fact of the matter is that the water comes pretty much straight from El Masacre, to the residents.

I'd been talkign with a friend of mine from Canada for the past year about different projects she has going on there and one of them was an inexpensive way to filter water. They've actually developed a virtually indestructable filtration system that simply requires on to poor water into the unit (a 300 lb, concrete cased, super water filter that requires very little maintenance and should last for up to 50 years).

Anyway, I just bought one and had it installed last weekend in their house for $85 bucks....well, really $2,500 DP. If you want one of these units, call Jose Rivas in Dajabon...(809) 843-7415. The filter works great, providing sparkling, purified drinking water out of the sludge that comes from el Masacre. Pretty impressive for so little!

Hi! Have you run tests for E-Coli on your "purified "water? Canadian Bob.

LarrySpencer · #5 10-13-2005, 05:25 PM

ok.....not purified....sorry for the use of the word. The filter was actually created by a team of people involved in the water filtration and conditioning environment in concert with a group of medical doctors to address the issue of drinking water in Dajabon and other areas.

The water is free of e-coli, yes, according to their test results.

ricktoronto · #6 10-13-2005, 06:32 PM

And viruses, amoebas, giardia, etc.? Sounds highly unlikely since these types of devices for travellers which maybe do a litre in an hour are $200. 50 years completely sanitary and $85. OK. You take the first glass.

HOWMAR · #7 10-13-2005, 06:36 PM

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Originally Posted by ricktoronto

And viruses, amoebas, giardia, etc.? Sounds highly unlikely since these types of devices for travellers which maybe do a litre in an hour are $200. 50 years completely sanitary and $85. OK. You take the first glass.

Not to mention, mercury, arsenic, pesticides, dioxin, etc, etc.

LarrySpencer · #8 10-13-2005, 07:13 PM

Well, let's put it this way....when you come up with a better solution for the masses, who really can't afford much at all, then by all means, present it and we would be more than happy to hear it.

Keith R · #9 10-13-2005, 08:53 PM

I'm afraid that $2,500 DP is not a price most of the "masses" in the DR can afford.

ricktoronto · #10 10-13-2005, 10:55 PM

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Originally Posted by LarrySpencer

Well, let's put it this way....when you come up with a better solution for the masses, who really can't afford much at all, then by all means, present it and we would be more than happy to hear it.

It doesn't mean pretending to give them chemically safe, bacteria free water absent from infectious parasites is a nice thing to do does it? Your idea in the meantime sounds cruel frankly.