Wtk: any water truck owners/drivers available

Chimera · Postby **Chimera** » September 11th, 2018, 8:58 pm

Yea i get priced 2k this evening for 1200 gallons....water come back enuff to full the tanks tho

daring dragoon · Postby **daring dragoon** » September 12th, 2018, 4:29 am

the water brown like in guyana. dat mud prob full yuh tank yuh mean.

adnj · Postby **adnj** » September 12th, 2018, 5:13 am

With the $2k saved, he can afford to buy a filter.

daring dragoon wrote:the water brown like in guyana. dat mud prob full yuh tank yuh mean.

pugboy · Postby **pugboy** » September 12th, 2018, 5:33 am

yuh need a separate tank with rainwater collection for emergency
you can fill a 400gal very easily off a small house roof with one good shower.

I have this and highly recommend it. Keep tank locked off from regular supply until emergencies like this this.

adnj · Postby **adnj** » September 12th, 2018, 7:25 am

pugboy wrote:you can fill a 400gal very easily off a small house roof with one good shower.

Pugboy is correct on this.

Assuming that your home is 30x40 feet and you are using one side of the roof (30'x20') to collect rain water, it only takes about 1 inch of rain to fill the tank.

Trinidad averages about 4 inches of rain per month during the rainy season.

pugboy · Postby **pugboy** » September 12th, 2018, 7:53 am

if you live in an area which has scheduled lockoff/rerouting eg maraval this is good to have

maraval has scheduled lockoffs every another day or so, but most ppl have at least 1000gal tanks so dont really see the days off
until there is a disruption of a couple days or if their toilets are leaking or inbound oneway valve leaking back water to wasa

Chimera · Postby **Chimera** » September 12th, 2018, 8:43 pm

I full up 4 barrel by my office this mrn and carry it home yes. Water trickling in aranguez stipp

Joshie23 · Postby **Joshie23** » September 13th, 2018, 6:18 am

Phone Surgeon wrote:Yea i get priced 2k this evening for 1200 gallons....water come back enuff to full the tanks tho

Two flatbeds, a few iron sheets, some Brillo pads and Squeeze to scrub the iron sheets :lol:

or a good pressure washer, a fabricator/welder, a little Reverse Osmosis and Membrane Separation techniques to desalinate and sanitize and that's it. Let's make some easy money and make some residents happy..it's a win-win. Just don't tell WASA, but it's not like they'll miss the seawater. :roll:

adnj · Postby **adnj** » September 13th, 2018, 7:30 am

^^ or a roof, 40ft of guttering and a Brita filter.

Postby **nervewrecker** » September 14th, 2018, 8:45 pm

Op, is the water for drinking?
Have you considered damming water and building a treatment system?

Postby **nervewrecker** » September 14th, 2018, 8:52 pm

Joshie23 wrote:
Phone Surgeon wrote:Yea i get priced 2k this evening for 1200 gallons....water come back enuff to full the tanks tho

Two flatbeds, a few iron sheets, some Brillo pads and Squeeze to scrub the iron sheets or a good pressure washer, a fabricator/welder, a little Reverse Osmosis and Membrane Separation techniques to desalinate and sanitize and that's it. Let's make some easy money and make some residents happy..it's a win-win. Just don't tell WASA, but it's not like they'll miss the seawater.

No need for all that. There are much simpler systems that are less energy intensive and are being used years now.

Lance · Postby **Lance** » October 23rd, 2018, 7:46 am

Bumping this thread for more info.

No water in arima going on 6 days now. Called WASA for a truck supply and they basically said 3-5 days and no guarantee of that either.