#49 We build wooden decks on our land + UV filter for drinking water 

Is that the previous episode

I love to see how others share their expertise & knowledge in this community! ❤️

What would be the easiest way to clean the piping? Add a bunch of chlorine to the inlet and flush the system with chlorine water?

Well thank you for posting this whether they read it or not your information is invaluable! What a good person you are and thank you for the offer to them

I agree about contamination remaining in the pipe work. But I have a horrible strong suspicion that contamination is actually getting in from the Well itself through the poorly seated Well cap that's clearly shown in earlier videos. The gaps around the Well are huge & creatures can /will have fallen in & drowned & be decaying in the Well water itself before it even reaches their pipes! This would explain the struggle for the filters & UV to do their jobs. You're right, there should be no ecoli etc. detectable at all in the water after UV sterilisation. I also hope they read my post main post. They need to address underlying issues before thinking about pipes, filters & further testing. Once the Well is properly sealed then cleaned again, the pipes can then be flushed with chlorine & then the water should be fine 👍

My guy if wind flips that thing everything else in that general area is fucked.

I think you underestimate the power of wind loading over a large area

@@liamcussen8842 Everyone's an expert behind a keyboard.

don't worry the placed little beams on all the sides so the only way the deck could fly of is if the wind is strong enough to lift it

@@itamarmashiach7023 Which wouldn't be unheard of on a high hill like that. Nature's fucking powerful.

Ladder Snake should have two dark lines on it's back, this has one and the tummy coloration and scale formation is also different, from Ladder Snake.. It actually looks somehow like a cross between Grass Snake (tummy dark spots - no clear light collar, but a little lightening there, that Ladder should not have) and a Ladder Snake (only one line and the cheek-V & tear line) - but would those happen?

Thank god it is not cobra

I´m probably wrong but could it be a slow worm? I have some in my composting in my garden and I was so surprised the first time, what the hell a snake?? It's not really, it's a "legless lizard". oh well

False smooth snake, is what that's called. Not a Ladder snake. Their fangs are in the back of their throat, believe it or not, so they have to force their prey (lizards and rodents) to the back to envenomate them. Because of this, they pose no risk to humans, and are typically docile whether provoked or not. However, I'd still give them a wide berth and let them on their way.

they should call it bertha

how is this comment older than the video?

Hi, I think they may be a patreon, they get the videos a week early.

had the same idea lol

They might have an airpocket. In aquariums you always mount the uv filter vertically, with the inlet on the bottom, and the outlet on the top.

How about putting the UV on a loop so it’s continually treating the locally stored water? Keeps the unit cool and provides additional exposure?

@@vaalrus that’s the ideal situation. But for that you need a tank and a second pump. That’s what’s called a squirrel tail system. I believe they have a pump to pump out the well and if they already have a storage tank they can do the uv loop, the uv will also reduce TOC’s When installing the GAC filter install it at outlet don’t do a loop with it, let it soak for 6 hours before using and try to get crushed coconut shells carbon. It’s the best

Thats the life. When retired, find a house with big garden in a sunny place, and chill out, plant some veggies, rise some chickens and enjoy life. Thats my plan

Cool, hello friend

@@rickrolluniversity2237 hello

I found it a little long

It will take off like a flying saucer. They can sell tickets to the camp claiming it's Europe's Area-51.

Actually, the snake that appears on the video is an adult of Ladder snake (Rhinechis scalaris). You can tell because of the body pattern (black line on each side of the back) and the head scales pattern. The rest of information is completely true. Such an interesting video though!

Nope. Montpellier snake in Portugal? Here in Iberian Peninsula we dont have that. Its mostly green snakes ("culebras"), big but with no venom and ladder snakes

I think what we call here in Portugal "cobra rateira", Malpolon monspessulanus

@@franciscolontro5219 Cobra rateira? So rat snake? I bet they're good at hunting critters.

Their water is not in need of desalinating and desalination is an energy expensive process.

I agree, having worked for municipal water supply systems it is impossible to eliminate total coliforms due to natural biofilm generation in the distribution system. There are no "nasties" (E.Coli, Faecal coliforms etc) in the lab results, so I would feel completely safe drinking this water from a bacteriological point of view.

E coli is not a dangerous bacteria, it's just indicative of fecal matter in the water and is the hardiest of the coliform bacteria hence why we test for it. But there are far more dangerous fecal bacteria than e coli however they are harder to test for and not as hardy.

@@DaDunge E.Coli is both an indicator and a pathogen. E.Coli can cause some very severe sickness... I'm not sure where you get the idea it is "not dangerous".

@@rodneyholland1867 It's what our teachers said when I took a university course on the subject earlier this spring. Thta when we dealt with e coli in the lab the bacterial loads were such that e coli went form a fairly non dangerous bacteria to a much worse one. We have a lake on campus, it's got e coli in it and people swim there all the time and i would estimate than 1/10 manage to swallow water and no one has gotten sick from it as far as I know.

@@DaDunge Interesting your teacher said that. From my experience in drinking water management I don't fully agree. There is some truth in the comment though as many E.Coli can be benign, but there are numerous strains that are dangerous. It can make someone very sick or lead to death in immune compromised. The testing techniques which are the most cost effective do not distinguish between the nasty E.Coli and the benign ones, hence having any detection as being a likely problem... Yes, you are right though about having a large E.Coli load which will increase risk substantially. Without knowing what type of E.Coli it is important to assume it is not a healthy one! In the presence of other faecal indicators it will be a red-flag. Given the lab results for this case show none, I'd be confident drinking this water... if it had E.Coli detections I'd at least boil it before drinking and review the treatment system. There is a hierarchy of pathogens which apply to drinking water the first indicator is Total coliforms, then Thermotolerant Coliforms generally, then E.Coli, then Enterococci, then crypto oocysts. The first on the list are indicators grading into actual problems. Interesting you should mention swimming too, in Australia where I live the guidelines recommend no swimming in town water supply lakes because the amount of pathogens mobilised by swimming is extreme and there is usually a mixture of different pathogens (mainly E.Coli types). It is always good to have a multi-barrier approach to reduce the risk and putting reliance on one system will often lead to a catestrophic failure (there are so many good (bad) case studies from US water treatment failures - thanks USA for doing the mistakes so the rest of the world can learn from it!!!)

She’s positively glowing.

Thankyou👍