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Island water filter question...
Good day all,
I'm new here and I've been reading on line all day... Okay I have a unique question/concern... I have had water tanks or cisterns the entire time I've lived in Micronesia and also when I lived in St. Croix, US Virgin Islands. So I know what to do to keep them clean for bathing and washing but water is NOT for drinking on the islands... but...
Where I live now we have an 8000 gal water (cistern) tank for the whole apartment and over a year ago the water started becoming "itchy" (I have sensitive skin and I have used hypo allergenic everything for years) and long story short...
I discussed it with the maintenance guy (who isn't the sharpest tool in the shed) and we agreed to start bleaching it... did the math and I've been paying for that ever since...
The other day, the new "haole" from upstairs saw us putting the bleach in the tank and "complained" (because he's been on island for 10 seconds and doesn't know better). Our cistern water is part rain catchment (the maintenance guy hasn't figured it out over the years) and part "local" water. There is NO water treatment plant on island and basically its pumped out of the ground and is half ass "treated" so anything can happen from way too much chlorine to not enough, to high calcium, rust, dirt, sand, salt water, etc... etc... and I can pretty much promise the tank has not been maintained properly in many years.
So back to my point: Moving is not an option at this point and the maintenance guy has (finally) agreed to allow me to only put a Heavy Duty/Whole House Sediment Water Filter (I bought a Culligan HD-950 as part of the agreement)...
So my question is: Which 10 inch filter is best or recommended for what I needed for... I've read that the Culligan ones get "mushy" really quick and I know other companies make better one... Keep in mind I'm probably going to have to special order the from the mainland (and that can take a while)...
Comments???? Questions???? Complaints????
Thank you in advance and any and all useful information is appreciated...
Blessings, Romeo
I'm new here and I've been reading on line all day... Okay I have a unique question/concern... I have had water tanks or cisterns the entire time I've lived in Micronesia and also when I lived in St. Croix, US Virgin Islands. So I know what to do to keep them clean for bathing and washing but water is NOT for drinking on the islands... but...
Where I live now we have an 8000 gal water (cistern) tank for the whole apartment and over a year ago the water started becoming "itchy" (I have sensitive skin and I have used hypo allergenic everything for years) and long story short...
I discussed it with the maintenance guy (who isn't the sharpest tool in the shed) and we agreed to start bleaching it... did the math and I've been paying for that ever since...
The other day, the new "haole" from upstairs saw us putting the bleach in the tank and "complained" (because he's been on island for 10 seconds and doesn't know better). Our cistern water is part rain catchment (the maintenance guy hasn't figured it out over the years) and part "local" water. There is NO water treatment plant on island and basically its pumped out of the ground and is half ass "treated" so anything can happen from way too much chlorine to not enough, to high calcium, rust, dirt, sand, salt water, etc... etc... and I can pretty much promise the tank has not been maintained properly in many years.
So back to my point: Moving is not an option at this point and the maintenance guy has (finally) agreed to allow me to only put a Heavy Duty/Whole House Sediment Water Filter (I bought a Culligan HD-950 as part of the agreement)...
So my question is: Which 10 inch filter is best or recommended for what I needed for... I've read that the Culligan ones get "mushy" really quick and I know other companies make better one... Keep in mind I'm probably going to have to special order the from the mainland (and that can take a while)...
Comments???? Questions???? Complaints????
Thank you in advance and any and all useful information is appreciated...
Blessings, Romeo