Boil water notices for hr Houston and surrounding areas (1 Viewer)

[Reefahholic]

For sure, we're waiting for a plumber to fix it correctly. I was just trying a temporary fix in hopes that we could have running water before March.

Roger that!

 

[mitchell77546]

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[Buckeye Hydro]

Looks like we're tagged somewhere in the thread - what can we do for whom?

Russ

 

[kris4647]

Looks like we're tagged somewhere in the thread - what can we do for whom?

Russ

Hey Russ,

Boil water notices and our ro systems.

Best practices I guess?

 

[Buckeye Hydro]

Roger.

Well - these systems are intended for use with "microbiologically-safe" water - meaning water w/o microbes. With city water, that is typically accomplished via the presence of residual free chlorine. So if you are being told the water delivered to your house may contain microbes... well, damn!

The microbes can "infect" each stage of your filter system. And yes, that includes the RO membrane and the downstream DI. So after your water is again safe to use, you'll want to
1. Discard all your filters.
2. Sanitize your system https://www.buckeyehydro.com/content/Sanitizing_RO_RODI.pdf
3. Install new filters.

Don't forget that the 10% off coupon code BHDEAL-MARSH at Buckeye Hydro is still active!

Russ

 

[decimal]

just for clarity, even if the filters are "fouled" with contaminate, a (properly working) UV stage after the RO membrane(s) will eliminate microbes and any other biologicals correct? I had planned on placing the UV as the primary 1st stage but was somehow guided to place it after the the RO membrane. do you have any best practices you can share in regards to that?

 

[Buckeye Hydro]

Assuming you are using city water with chlorine or chloramine, UV after the RO system is probably best.

 

[decimal]

Yes I am. Have it right after membrane prior to being split into the DI and Drinking. Thanks for confirming.
From a previous discussion, when I look at the carbon filter(s) on the buckeye website, I see a rating like this

• 10" x 2.5" 6,000 gallons @ 0.75 gpm

how does flowrate affect the gallon capacity? Flowrates based on RO membrane output (gpd), for example, say 150gpd are 150/ 24hrs/ 60mins = 0.1042 gpm, pretty sure there is way to walk this backwards and figure out the correct equation for that relationship, but I just know you have that handy somewhere lol . How would I calculate the carbon block capacity? the specs listed indicate 1080 gpd .

 

[Buckeye Hydro]

If you increase the flow rate, you'll reach the chlorine capacity quicker. Not something that can be calculated - has to be done in a lab to generate the empirical data.

 

[kris4647]

Yes I am. Have it right after membrane prior to being split into the DI and Drinking. Thanks for confirming.
From a previous discussion, when I look at the carbon filter(s) on the buckeye website, I see a rating like this

• 10" x 2.5" 6,000 gallons @ 0.75 gpm

how does flowrate affect the gallon capacity? Flowrates based on RO membrane output (gpd), for example, say 150gpd are 150/ 24hrs/ 60mins = 0.1042 gpm, pretty sure there is way to walk this backwards and figure out the correct equation for that relationship, but I just know you have that handy somewhere lol . How would I calculate the carbon block capacity? the specs listed indicate 1080 gpd .

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[decimal]

haha.. duh. totally feel like that guy . 6k gallons is 6k gallons no matter how long it takes to get there..