Are inline undersink water filters any good compared to buying 5 litre bottles of water? Where can you buy them and the replacement filter cartridges in Puerto del Rosario?
We have a PurePro inline water filter system that we imported from the UK. It's brilliant, water tastes good (well, doesn't taste of anything really!) and haven't bought bottled water since installing it. We also purchased some replacement filters at the same time ready for when we need them.
We had searched on the island but couldn't find what we wanted, everything we found here seemed to 'desalinate' which was just duplicating the process already carried out on our water. It may be that there are some more up to date systems available here now that would suit your purpose but I would happily have another PurePro. It more than paid for itself in the first year of use and I don't have to struggle with heavy water bottles anymore, result!
Foncal on the Matorral industrial estate sell the systems and replacement cartridges.
Stonefree/Tamara, does your water come straight from the mains, or do you have a storage tank which feeds the house? If it comes from stored water surely in this heat it's not hygenic to drink regardless of filter system??
I was thinking of cutting out my storage tank (underground) and feeding the water straight into the house via a pressure reduction valve. Any comments, anyone?
Hello Archer, you bring up an interesting point.
We have a 3,000 litre underground storage tank which feeds water into the house via an electric pump and I have been concerned about the quality of the water.
When we run water first thing in the morning it is often rusty brown in colour which I assume is the water that has been sitting in the pump overnight.
The water also wrecks water heaters within 2 years, which I also assume is because of the salt content.
From a hygiene point of view, if I look in the storage tank, even with a good seal there is a layer of dust in the bottom and occasionally a decomposing lizard!
Biggest problem with not using the tank is that if the water supply is cut off you have no water. The tank will cover you for a day or two in that event. CAAF pipes are getting old in many places and have regular, or rather irregular, leaks. How often the mains water is off will depend on where you are, but if you have a tank you may not be aware it has happened.
The water will corrode heaters at the same rate whether direct from the mains or via a tank.
Reliability of supply used to be a big issue, but I can't recall the last time my water went off. I was thinking of bypassing the tank purely to get better quality water that hasn't been hanging around for weeks on end in the bacteria-forming heat. If supply is lost, I still have the tankful and pump as backup.
CAAF came and looked at our tank, so I wondered if maybe it is a requirement to have one? Anyone know?
Stonefree - I wouldn't drink water that has a decomposing lizard in it! You can of course 'shock treat' the tank periodically to keep it sanitised, but this all adds to the hassle and cost. Why not switch to 'live' water? I may do it.
Our water comes straight from the mains at the moment - our reserve tank has never been connected. We are thinking about getting it connected as our water does go off from time to time, and we often have very low pressure (out in the sticks!).
I hadn't thought about the 'drinking' issue with using the reserve tank - I'll now add that into the equation! Thanks!
My understanding is that all new properties have to have a reserve tank as part of the planning process and the habitation licence is not granted unless one is in place. I think properties on complexes often have communal reserves rather than individual ones.
Quote from: TamaraEnLaPlaya on September 09, 2016, 00:10:08 AM
My understanding is that all new properties have to have a reserve tank as part of the planning process and the habitation licence is not granted unless one is in place. I think properties on complexes often have communal reserves rather than individual ones.
Building regulations do require a reserve tank.
Just a word of warning with regard to water filters. Be careful of getting them if anyone in the family has kidney function problems. We had to stop using ours and resort to bottle water for drinking as my husband only has one kidney and it took us some time to realise that the filters were the cause of terrible night sweats. I assume it was due to the carbon.