| Holding tanks to offer reserve water in the event of | | | | water pond to supplement a marginal well in terms of |
| drought or simply to give large homes a reserve | | | | recovery. The pond water is pre-filtered and |
| have become common in Texas, Georgia and Arizona | | | | oxygenated as it contains cedar tannins and other |
| and most recently in California and Florida. Typically | | | | turbidity. |
| these tanks are 5000 gallons or larger, involve | | | | The site is used as a movie site for one of LA's |
| repressurization pumps and level switch accessories | | | | premier movie producer/directors and has zero |
| to keep the reserve water in place. | | | | volume water use for many days and heavy volume |
| The treatment strategies or water quality concerns | | | | for one to two weeks straight. "This movie director |
| are no different than those warm water developing | | | | has actually done this strategy in Beverly Hills and at |
| countries such as India where a water truck literally | | | | his newest set in Maui as well," said Joe Cantin, |
| delivers the water to an underground holding tank | | | | Regional Manager and the technical salesperson on |
| two or three times per week to support 60 person | | | | the account. |
| dwelling units. No infrastructure plumbing of the water | | | | In addition to the low level copper ion and |
| is part of the development and as with the upscale | | | | oxygenation put in the water, specific filtration |
| American single family dwellings the water begins | | | | strategies and EPA/ETL lab water analysis is included |
| growing algae, mold and bacteria in some cases. | | | | with the equipment. |
| Now there is technology from three week Apollo | | | | "We change the calcium from the scaling carbonate |
| missions to the moon in the late 1960's protecting | | | | form to a soluble calcium bicarbonate, in essence |
| the holding tank water. This technology uses | | | | giving the customer a non-salt water softener," |
| electrolysis to put low level copper ions into the | | | | Cantin added. |
| holding tank to prevent the plant life growth and | | | | Equipment costs installed range from $6,000 on the |
| actually kills coliform, ecoli and pseudomonas bacteria | | | | 1,000 to 5,000 gallon sites to as much as $20,000 on |
| as well. Water can remain "crisp" in the tank for | | | | the 33,000 gallon application. |
| weeks, and specific sites exist between 1,000 and | | | | "We'll do a movie set or a high density housing |
| 33,000 gallons since 1998. The 33,000 gallon tank in | | | | project for 60 people for the same money, it's sort |
| the Puget Sound also draws water from a storm | | | | of ironic," says Cantin. |