Water Sampling Experiment, 2/2/09

I needed more water for bacteria testing of the recycled shower water.  I started the shower at 12:25PM.  The initial temperature was about 80 degrees (in the previous experiment, it did not get this warm this fast).  I waited about ten minutes and took water samples from the faucet (at 12:39).  I took two containers for quality testing, bacterial testing and detergent testing.  I also took two samples from the interceptor tank of dirty gray water to do a similar battery of tests (before and after).  I also took a sample of spring water from the overflow to do bacteria testing (part of baseline testing for the spring).  I seemed to nitice a slight odor during the running of the shower.  I shut down the system at 1:00 with the temperature at 110 degrees.  I did a pool test strip and chlorine, Ph and total alkalinity where all OK.  The pump cycles where about 95 seconds apart.

I also thought about some pump parameters (for next prototype):  It should be a continuous flow with no pressure tank; It should run on 2 gallons; it should be able to produce 2 gallons a minute at the shower head; It should need no more that a 1 gallon reserve.