More difficult, the engineers used distillation but that was on a large scale and was expensive. I know RO but I've only seen it in brewing, small-scale and slow. A tricky problem, I don't envy you.
I've got an embarrassment of riches, an average of 12,700 litres a month off our barn rooves! I'm looking at rainwater harvesting at the moment.
Really enjoying your writing Al, I wish you all the best.
Re your water purification issue Al. If your water chemistry is OK, then it's particulates and grollies you have to deal with. In the places I've been our people use course and fine filters and then put the water past an ultra-violet source. Interestingly the main reason for filtering out the particles is that sneaky bacteria can hide on them. Heavy metal contamination is a potential show stopper, nitrates (mainly from birds if you're harvesting rain water) can be chemically removed.
We had a power fault on our street in Rome a few weeks ago. Thankfully the city brought in generator but we were powerless for almost 24 hours in a heat wave 🥵
What fun for your daughter!! 2 days at Fenway. That’s very cool. My LA musician son is here with us in Italy for a few weeks
Oh, and congrats on the 75th!
More difficult, the engineers used distillation but that was on a large scale and was expensive. I know RO but I've only seen it in brewing, small-scale and slow. A tricky problem, I don't envy you.
I've got an embarrassment of riches, an average of 12,700 litres a month off our barn rooves! I'm looking at rainwater harvesting at the moment.
Really enjoying your writing Al, I wish you all the best.
Re your water purification issue Al. If your water chemistry is OK, then it's particulates and grollies you have to deal with. In the places I've been our people use course and fine filters and then put the water past an ultra-violet source. Interestingly the main reason for filtering out the particles is that sneaky bacteria can hide on them. Heavy metal contamination is a potential show stopper, nitrates (mainly from birds if you're harvesting rain water) can be chemically removed.
We had a power fault on our street in Rome a few weeks ago. Thankfully the city brought in generator but we were powerless for almost 24 hours in a heat wave 🥵
What fun for your daughter!! 2 days at Fenway. That’s very cool. My LA musician son is here with us in Italy for a few weeks
Another great blog how we envy the madness, when do expect to take guests? Cheers Simon
Great stuff!
First off, Simon is truly a hero for our times! Second, having a real live rock star in the family -- very cool!