Question on Non Potable water collection and filtration.

Started by Eyesabide, April 22, 2012, 08:40:04 AM

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Eyesabide

After you have done the dishes, taken a bath, or have water you would normally let go down the drain, and collected the water, what are some methods to filter that water enough to use it for mixing cleaning solutions or rinsing off residue from equipment or vehicles?

Would a small sand filter be enough to get the old skin, soap residue and food particles out, or would a centrifuge help?
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Actually yes, but it takes several steps, the final one being a charcoal based sand.
Many municipal water plants use sand as their filter, first it goes through coarse sand, and then finer sand, to a very fine sand, then through diatomatious earth (diatoms) but charcoal works just the same.
San Juan water district uses this method.

I toured this plant years ago, and was quite surprised how clean they got the water, but they did start with good clean water anyway.
I viewed it through a microscope, just pure clean water.
They did add industrialized chlorine in a gas form if I remember correctly.

I can't see why this couldn't work on a smaller basis.

Ya know, you can get diatomatious pool filters with hydrogen peroxide treatment systems, far better than chlorine.
That would make for a great first step.
I had one in my business, I loved it.
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