Woah, this is a detailed analysis and will really save one some money.
Having considered the different options available for one to get some portable drinking water.
Lately family's have been buying jugs and water dispenser or cooler ad it is called. But I doubt if everyone fills their gallon jugs from the purification/refilling station.
Mostly they fill those from a borehole and with any little power supply it gets cooled and ready for drinking, that is quite cheaper too.
With time we see more people building boreholes and giving free water to people in their neighborhood who cannot afford a clean water source.
Thank you for this post, it is just a matter of finding which suits one best and can reduce the so much spending on garbage.
And indeed no time to be bothered about what neighbors will say.
Your post led me to the community i have subscribed and I will invite a few other to join and have more quality blogs flow into the community.
I really appreciate your feedback as always. If people join the community that is awesome. I'm just thrilled I finally get to talk about a passion of mine for years (living the best life on the least budget).
One thing I will mention though. It is great to hear that people in your area are making boreholes and sharing the water resources with neighbors. AWESOME
But I will mention to be careful. In the Philippines there are too many boreholes and too many people thinking borehole water is forever. Then they use too much water and the water table goes down then the boreholes don't have any more water in them.
You will see me post more later about how water conservation is super important. I'm just as frugal with water as I am with money 😎 I'm also frugal with electricity...but those are both topics for future posts.
I'm just so happy to have you on board! Looking forward to sending you some pictures from my upcoming homestead when I go there in a few days.
Woahz I didn't know that we could have challenges with water bed building more boreholes.
Seems there is no perfect way out of any menance. A solution to one problems ends up creating another problem.
I mentioned it only because in the Philippines where my parents live they are having their borehole (they call it deepwell) run dry because everyone around them also have borehole's and people think the water is endless and use too much.
I also have a friend in Canada who has a borehole (we call it pumpwell) and it is reliable most of the year but during the hottest summer seasons it also can go dry.
That's why I mentioned the dehumidifier. It can produce an unlimited amount of water BUT it only produces about 15L of water a day and uses 7.5kwh of power to make it (175 Naira @ 0.049USD/kwh).
The dehumidifier costs about 70K Naira to buy but again, unlimited water. However, it needs to be further purified to be truly drinkable.
Now there is also a machine called an "Atmospheric Water Generator" which makes unlimited, absolutely pure drinking water. Best water you can get. Again, its unlimited and makes up to 30L per day. It also uses the same amount of energy per liter (350 Naira for 30L). However, it costs almost 750,000 Naira to purchase.
I'm thinking of buying one because it is such an interesting device but probably wont because its so expensive.
If you are curious you can read about it here
Wow, its good to know about all these devices.
Tech has worked out some good tools here.
"7.5kwh of power to make"
You mean electric power supply here right?
Yes. On my homestead I have solar panels to make electricity and dehumidifier uses that electricity to make water. As long as I have sun I have water. It's not totally actually necessary because the area I'm in gets so much rainwater....but the point is sustainable water....so cool (probably only to me, but I can have my silly toys)
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This is really cool.
You have it all planned and perfect.
I admire that