It is the sources of these rivers that are drying up, being turned into a reservoir or diverted. A stable river requires a stable source or it is nothing more than a temporary drainage ditch.
Or a Styrofoam and plastic bag dumping ground
It is the sources of these rivers that are drying up, being turned into a reservoir or diverted. A stable river requires a stable source or it is nothing more than a temporary drainage ditch.
We have had no water since November. We have a cistern and the water normally comes once a fortnight which fills up the cistern and is easily enough for 2 weeks until the next delivery. Now we have a little old man who brings a truck of water which fills up around 20% of the cistern - assuming he can find water. Sometimes it even has fish in it. That costs RD$600 and we have it once a week. No sign of any water coming at all in the near future. We live near Moncion dam and that is way down on normal levels as well.
Matilda
You would think with all the previous yrs of rain and flooding the rivers would be full
I suspect there will be a run on pumps at the local hardware stores in Cabarete over this.
I have a cistern.... no tinaco
The cisterns are bigger.....
pray tell, dear dv8, why no tinaco.
We installed a 12 volt RV pump in our cistern for back up when power out does a great job 3yrs now does 30 gallons hr and adjustable pressure settings works off battery low power use... $80 bucks , pressures 30 gallon tank no problemthis is only a start. we have large cistern but no tinaco (by choice). that means the pump needs to be working with inversor so that we have running water even when there is no power. the cistern entrance is also easily accessible so that in the toughest times (3 days post hurricane blackout) we can draw the water out using a bucket.
Cisterns certainly are bigger, but when there is no electricity our inverters will not run the pump. So we have a 550 gallon tinaco on the roof that is automatically kept filled from the cistern when there’s electricity. (Cistern is filled by submersible pump in our well).
I can’t imagine living without the tinaco.
Meanwhile, this week we had a visitor from Edesur, told Mr AE that all old contracts will be voided, new meters will be installed and we will have 24 hour electricity. Everyone around us already does, so we believe them. Time will tell, but we’ll keep the tinaco, just in case
we had it removed as soon as we bought the house. we live in a pretty nice residential area, almost no one here has a tinaco on the roof. the cistern is enough.
I wouldnt dream of a tinaco on my roof, lol.
Build a " tower", 1) if the bloody thing bursts or leaks, you dont have water up to your ankles, 2) you can " sort" of hide it behind another structure ( like the house itself, or the outside kitchen, etc...).
Between the well and the solar.... I am literally untraceable....
no utility bills of any kind
Yeah, but...don't you get heavy rains?
I don't care for cisterns. I grew up on wells, but here, I always worry about somebody taking the lid off. An animal crawls in and I'm taking a shower in carcass juice till it gets discovered.
I don't care for cisterns. I grew up on wells, but here, I always worry about somebody taking the lid off. An animal crawls in and I'm taking a shower in carcass juice till it gets discovered.
Yeah, but...don't you get heavy rains?
I don't care for cisterns. I grew up on wells, but here, I always worry about somebody taking the lid off. An animal crawls in and I'm taking a shower in carcass juice till it gets discovered.
Between the well and the solar.... I am literally untraceable....
no utility bills of any kind