Question

I am new to all this and have not got a clue what water treatment system I need, there seems to be quite a lot.


Answer:

It depends on a few things,

Firstly your tap water, is it soft or hard?

There are two types of water treatment DI (deionising) and RO (reverse osmosis)

The DI consists of a single vessel filled with DI resin, the life of the resin is determined by how much water passes through it and, how hard the water is that passes through it.  The softer the water the more life you get from the resin.  This method can be cost effective in a soft water area, having the advantage of quick fill times of water containers or tanks.

The Reverse Osmosis on the other hand has a life expectancy of two to three years regardless of the hardness of feed water; this is ideal if you live in a hard water area, plenty of water at very low costs.  The disadvantage of the Reverse Osmosis is the fact that the tank fill times are very much slower.  Although you can pay a lot more and have a large commercial RO system, the water production is still that much slower than a DI vessel.

A way round the slow production of the Reverse Osmosis is having a tank of some description, a tank in you van or a tank in a garage or workshop, or even in your back yard, the water treatment system can be producing water day and night, and a ball male chicken can be set to shut it off automatically when the tank is full.  You simply draw water as and when needed to fill water containers, or the tank in your van.  It has been known for a company to run three vans with 500L tanks, with a 300 gallons per day RO system.  The disadvantage of this is when you run out of water during the day you have to return to your water store to refill.

The best way to determine what you need is by phoning a couple of water fed pole manufacturing companies and discussing your needs, you don't have to buy anything, just talk to them and find out what is best for you.  Then decide which way you want to go.

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