WASA Thread ...

[pugboy]

yeah woodbrook is 24/7 but that is bad because when it goes and you not aware you are screwed
happened once so live more aware now

[pugboy]

you calling precovid prices

a goulds is more like closer to $2500-2800
pentax just under $2000

the chinese bare pump is $500 for a tiny one
a better sized one with smarthead is $900

allyuh from d north orrr, i see on news tonight they fixing a ruptured main & they said water shud be back soon

Have a tank but need a water pump to pump it through the plumbing. So full bucket and tote for me.

water pump like dem chinese total etc is around 500 & d better goulds or pentax wud be above 1000 , u shud invest in 1 ...

[DMan7]

Yea never saw the need to invest in a water pump because getting water is the norm, if water ever went in the past it's usually for a few hours at most then back to full pressure. Looks like going forward I'll have to invest in a decent water pump as our public utilities start going to the dogs more and more with each passing day.

[maj. tom]

lol u now migrate to Trinidad or something?
If you not going to use the pump so often, I mean it have cheap pumps that can work for you without spending a big set of money. Since you say you really never needed one before. Just put it on a switch to turn on when water gone. Run it once a week to wash a load of clothes.

[matix]

Yea never saw the need to invest in a water pump because getting water is the norm, if water ever went in the past it's usually for a few hours at most then back to full pressure. Looks like going forward I'll have to invest in a decent water pump as our public utilities start going to the dogs more and more with each passing day.

How much do you pay to WASA for the quarter?

[DMan7]

The same as everyone else...

[Dave]

I have the same issue where I always get water but have a tank to fill from so never invested in a pump. Honestly if I buy a pump it would get use maybe twice a year.

I was calling around and a Gould's is in the 3-4k range where the Pentax and Pedrollo are around 2k. These are for 3/4hp.

The Leo with the stainless impeller housing is 1.2k.

These are all with pressure tank setups.

[Dizzy28]

Nice to see some pump talk. I recently did some work home and took down my water tank from its stand. It's now on a base but not high enough for gravity fed supply anymore.

Already run electrical for a pump but haven't yet bought one. Is a Tank or tankless better?

Not to boast but I took down the tank over a month now and haven't yet got around to hooking up the intake and in that time water has never gone by me. Low pressure a few times but never a complete loss of water.

[matix]

The same as everyone else...

Which is?

[matix]

Nice to see some pump talk. I recently did some work home and took down my water tank from its stand. It's now on a base but not high enough for gravity fed supply anymore.

Already run electrical for a pump but haven't yet bought one. Is a Tank or tankless better?

Not to boast but I took down the tank over a month now and haven't yet got around to hooking up the intake and in that time water has never gone by me. Low pressure a few times but never a complete loss of water.

Goulds and pressure tank.

[bluefete]

Well, I have to use old technology. I knock the tank to hear where the water is.

yuh doh have tank(s) ?
yuh didnt know it was gone ?

I have a backup 400 locked off for just this reason
I also have a light which comes on when no water in the mains
using a oil pressure sensor.

Anyone affected by no water since Tuesday?

Stress

[bluefete]

Anyone affected by no water since Tuesday?

Stress

Yes bai. Never had such a long period of no water EVER.

And it still has not come back as yet. People without tanks under real pressure. It will take 3 working days to get truck-borne water!

u don't have a tank?

Did you see my statement about truck-borne water? Tank almost empty.

Join the club consisting of the majority of south who make do with 1 or 2 days per week. State sponsored banditry.

Difference with me is when water goes for more than one day, I start making phone calls and writing people.

I don't know how people can pay for a service, not get it and be happy.

[bluefete]

Have a tank but need a water pump to pump it through the plumbing. So full bucket and tote for me.

Good exercise

Yeah. I sympathize though. I only put in a pump this year.

[bluefete]

yuh doh have tank(s) ?
yuh didnt know it was gone ?

I have a backup 400 locked off for just this reason
I also have a light which comes on when no water in the mains
using a oil pressure sensor.

Anyone affected by no water since Tuesday?

Stress

u usually get water 24/7 i take it?

cuz by me my 2 1000 gallon tanks always on and having no water in the main is the norm like 75% of the time so no sensor needed

I normally get water 24/7 most of the time. But since the beginning of June and rainy season, it going EVERY FLIPPIN DAY.

[Les Bain]

Heard a rumour this morning that the work was incomplete because of a part that wasa needs to order,.then dismissed the rumor because at times like this everybody has a rumour to heat up your blood.

A short while ago Wasa updated their Facebook page claiming repairs are still ongoing due to 'unforeseen circumstances' and announcing a press release at 10 a.m. today....

Now really, after claiming earlier in the week that the problem was fixed and service was to be restored almost 48 hours ago, any rumor appears to have more credibility than Wasa.

[Dizzy28]

Well, I have to use old technology. I knock the tank to hear where the water is.

yuh doh have tank(s) ?
yuh didnt know it was gone ?

I have a backup 400 locked off for just this reason
I also have a light which comes on when no water in the mains
using a oil pressure sensor.

Anyone affected by no water since Tuesday?

Stress

The other day I saw a set-up for the first time by my inlaws. They have a metal pole one a float. So as the water levels rise or falls the pole moves up and down the top of the tanl. That's how they know the tank levels.
They bought the house with the tank like that so they can't say where it came from.

[bluefete]

Nice to see some pump talk. I recently did some work home and took down my water tank from its stand. It's now on a base but not high enough for gravity fed supply anymore.

Already run electrical for a pump but haven't yet bought one. Is a Tank or tankless better?

Not to boast but I took down the tank over a month now and haven't yet got around to hooking up the intake and in that time water has never gone by me. Low pressure a few times but never a complete loss of water.

I have a tankless. Works fine so far but only installed this year.

[bluefete]

Heard a rumour this morning that the work was incomplete because of a part that wasa needs to order,.then dismissed the rumor because at times like this everybody has a rumour to heat up your blood.

A short while ago Wasa updated their Facebook page claiming repairs are still ongoing due to 'unforeseen circumstances' and announcing a press release at 10 a.m. today....

Now really, after claiming earlier in the week that the problem was fixed and service was to be restored almost 48 hours ago, any rumor appears to have more credibility than Wasa.

I was told something similar this morning. MASSIVE MANAGEMENT INCOMPETENCE! When the true story comes out ...

[pugboy]

that pipe really make too short?

[SR]

So it seems based on pics and a video circulating

[Les Bain]

Dunno why or how, but a pathetic trickle is coming through in my service sink.

That's better than nothing. I have a third of my 1000 gallon remaining so that trickle is for minor things and toilet flushing.

[Chimera]

daz real pressure for people who have no tanks at all yes

[pugboy]

because everybody who upstream tanks filling up now

Dunno why or how, but a pathetic trickle is coming through in my service sink.

That's better than nothing. I have a third of my 1000 gallon remaining so that trickle is for minor things and toilet flushing.

[Dave]

Yuck. Tank cleaning businesses would be booming.

because everybody who upstream tanks filling up now

Dunno why or how, but a pathetic trickle is coming through in my service sink.

That's better than nothing. I have a third of my 1000 gallon remaining so that trickle is for minor things and toilet flushing.

[Rovin]

from ever since chaguanas always has water 2407 95% of d time, long time no need for pump but past 10yrs d pressure is too low to reach upstairs so hadda store water in tanks & alot of d times pump it up

is trinidad we living in, u must have at least a wk of storage tank capacity to cater for 1-2 times during d year for desal plant cleaning or d occasional leaking\ruptured pipe somewhere in d country

it not a nice experience to go even 1 day without bathing & all d other daily stuff we use water for granted ...

[Les Bain]

it not a nice experience to go even 1 day without bathing & all d other daily stuff we use water for granted ...

Amen to that. Trying to conserve the remaining water has made me relive how things were before installing the tank almost a decade ago.

You feel listless and greasy. Worse off this time around with a toddler in the equation.

[Duane 3NE 2NR]

[death365]

wasnt getting water hard enough anyway, so it makes little or no difference. from d sa ya area

[DMan7]

Like every other month is 'emergency repairs' at a water treatment facility or what?

[bluefete]

1/2 million people without water up to now and not a peep from anyone.