Under A Boil Advisory...now What.

[TORX]

Big issues with the water in out town after a main break. We are on a boil advisory which goes until the water comes back with 2 clear tests over a 24 hour period. Only it is the municipality doing it, so they probably will do nothing over the weekend AND it is a long weekend at that.

Ironically last night I topped up my RODI ATO and my RO drinking water reseviors. But that will only do me about the 3 days, if I am lucky we will be in the clear at that point. If not...what do I do? I do not want to push contaminated water through my RODI unit, but I will need top up water at least by then. Any one ever go through this? Any suggestions?

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[Pistol]

I think they will be watched closely by the heath department and they won't let them take the long weekend off when it concerns drinking water.

 

[Salty Cracker]

Are you worried it will be hard on the unit, or that the unit won't be able to handle it?

 

[TORX]

Worried about whatever is in the water getting into my RODI filters and leaching.

The radio already gave a heads up for the long weekend that we are on a boil advisory. This is chatham-kent P.U.C., they didn't even warn us about a boil advisory until more them 6 hours after the problem. When they did they first posted a reminder on how to pay your bill before warning us about the boil advisory

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[Steve Peters]

The water is fine for your tank unless you use the rodi water for drinking. Boil water advisory is just due to possibility of pathogens (ecoli) which would not survive in salt water anyways.

 

[TORX]

The water is fine for your tank unless you use the rodi water for drinking. Boil water advisory is just due to possibility of pathogens (ecoli) which would not survive in salt water anyways.

Great bit of information. I do use a T off after the RO for drinking water though.

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[Steve Peters]

If using for drinking water then don't chance it. You will have to wait it out. Chance of getting the pathogens in your water are probably 1% or less but municipalities must not take any chances and have to issue a boil water. Drinking water is very regulated after the Walkerton incident.

 

[dale]

uv before the filter, the filter should be able to handle anything else, then change the pre filters when its all over... and quit drinking the stuff.. water goes in the aquarium..

 

[dale]

any uv would work cus of the low flow, but difficult to find one to take the pressure unless its for a house which are expensive.. i wouldnt want any micro critters crawling around in my filter either..

 

[AdInfinitum]

... and quit drinking the stuff.. water goes in the aquarium..

I assume you mean that "for safety reasons" water should only be consumed after it has been blended with suitable amounts of ethanol to disinfect it...

 

[dale]

I assume you mean that "for safety reasons" water should only be consumed after it has been blended with suitable amounts of ethanol to disinfect it...

lol... no , i meant save it for the tank... drink iced tea or something... or coke , it mixes better with "ethanol"...

 

[AdInfinitum]

The water is fine for your tank unless you use the rodi water for drinking. Boil water advisory is just due to possibility of pathogens (ecoli) which would not survive in salt water anyways.

I agree that the things of concern for human consumption would not be an issue for the tank...however bear in mind that during this period chlorine levels will be well beyond normal levels (boiling will also remove that) and municipal water system can and will use copper compounds to kill biological agents in the system. (There are so many things that are safe for human consumption that would destroy a tank...yet so many people tbink "food safe"= tank safe...).

Your RODI will take care of them too (though never safe to "bet your life" on that) but they will kill off your carbon blocks pretty quickly and one way or another I would think about changing the carbon and sediments after this is over. The membrane can be a harbouring point but otherwise is pretty inert and unlikely to absorb/leach anything.

 

[dale]

ya..

 

[SamB]

I'm coming your way this week @TORX
I can bring 10 gallons of salt mix made from RO water - or I can just bring RO water - LMK

 

[nathan]

You could go to your local water person mark and buy the big bottles of ro if your not comfortably with your situation.

 

[nathan]

Another thought mark..... if you fragged any of those other frags off.... you could come for a visit and id be more then happy to give you some rodi water from my system here at the store

 

[BonnieC]

I can make you some RO water. You coming out this way?

 

[nathan]

This is why i love tft... everyone is willing to help out a fellow reefer!!

 

[TORX]

I will reply more later as I am out with family, first water test came back clean and will know the second tomorrow night.

Thank you all for the generous offers.

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[TORX]

Special thank you to @Bonniek, @SamB, and @nathan for your great offers and I may take you up on them if needed. I am really hoping that this is resolved tomorrow as per their update this afternoon. My wife decided pretty last minute that we were going to Marineland today, which was a nice break. I was hoping to find a fix without going to a local water guy as the local guys water is also on the same lines. Even our Tim Hortons can basically only make regular coffee as it is the only machine that they manually can add boiled water too. The rest are all plumbed into the buildings filter system which they are not running right now either.

Oh, @nathan, I have not fragged that leather yet. Maybe tomorrow actually. I did do up several gold mauls though.