I have a sort of third world issue, I have unlimited power, but water as a resource is scarce. I can only get water by loading a tank in a truck and driving it to a place that fills it and then driving back and putting the tank back on its stand, it is incredibly labor intensive. I was wondering if /diy/ has any ideas on ways to use the power to reliably convert tainted water back into usable water. The main water uses at the moment are washing clothes, washing dishes, and showering. My goal is to convert at least some of this used water back into clean water for washing clothes again or at minimum for use in less human stuff. So basically boil it and distill it or evaporate and condense or what else can I do?
>>2942363What about something like pic related but on a bigger scale?https://www.diyncrafty.com/diy-water-filter/
>>2942376From my experience, the soap and dirt and salt and other junk from washing clothes will just clog this up after a while, and it doesn't really remove detergents and salts from the water making it less useful for washing clothes again. Though the filters themselves are fairly simple and I can just make it modular since the bulk of scum will just collect in the first two layers.I think optionally I could build a multi chamber sediment trap and at least get mostly clean water from that even which is very little effort, combined with a pasturization after it would make water suitable for showering I think?I think the obvious one of building a distillation setup makes it infinitely ish recyclable but it is labor intensive to clean it after each use and the cleaning of it will require some water and waste some water at the end. I've kind of gone down a rabbit hole and now I am finding stuff like dehumidification water generation which could be a different route entirely since that just takes power and makes water.
Id hear up the water, get some chicken wire on a wooden panel and set it diagonally with a pipe cut in half at the end. It may or may not work but you can find it at any hardware store.
I should add one way that will work for sure is the way they used to distill moonshine
>>2942380>dehumidificationWould that even work in Afghanistan?
i have seen a couple videos of municipal water treat facilities and first aid care.>the solution to pollution is dilutionlarge settling tank, more water than you need in a year.10 liters of 200 ppm added to 10 liters of 0ppm you get 20 liters of 100 ppm, but natural stuff follows a logarithmic curve so the first couple inches are much less than 100 ppm while the last couple inches are way more than 100 ppm, unless it floats in water than soak it up with human hair shit grabs oils until it sinks cool stuff. Your neutrally buoyant crap can be foam filtered/protein skimmed, like a bong, air lift water through small orifices and scrap off the foam into a destroy pile, i think that is what is being done for PFAS something about the neutrally buoyant being always neutrally buoyant so changing the water column from a few feet to the membrane of a bubble makes it easier to isolate.it might be cheaper to keep antibiotics on hand than to filter water.
>>2942396>couple inches are much less than 100 ppm while the last couple inches are way more than 100 ppmpull water from a few inches below the surface
how about this mist catchers? like big black nets set up kinda like walls that catch some humidity in night/morning? i once saw they did this in atacama desert in Chile which is the dryest in earth. but no clue more about this
Look up solar still. I'm not sure how effective they are, but basically you could have a trash pile and collect the evaporation droplets. I have no idea how this works at scale, but assuming you have an abundance of sunlight / solar energy it might be worth experimenting with. You could dig down into the ground to aid in the cooling process. We used to go desert hiking, and hiking in water for a few days just sucks. The idea of being water restricted just endlessly is a nightmare. I fear the future. >it might be cheaper to keep antibiotics on hand than to filter water.Dying alone out in the desert while you barf and shit yourself to death sounds awesome.
>>2942363>unlimited powerWhy can’t you into a well?
>>2942422me again, its fog catcher in english, look it up
>>2942363>reliably convert tainted water back into usable water.it's called a water treatment plant. fuck! just build one. this is DIY
>>2942425Wells here cost 200,000 usd equivalent
>>2942363>I have unlimited powerRun powerful air conditioners and collect the condensate.
>>2942455fuckin based anon
Can you have water delivered? There are places around me that will deliver water with tanker trucks. It's mostly for construction & filling swimming pools, but some offer delivery of potable water as well.
>>2942447If you have unlimited power, sell electricity back to the grid to fund a well. Or use the power to create something that you can sell.
>>2942363>buy several dozen dehumdifiers>let them run 24/7 on all the unlimited power>???>drink and bathe to your heart's content
Shit ton of sun, shit ton of dirty waterMake a distiler with buckets, measure the volume you got and scale it if viableWith space to build some simple distiler you can reuse all the dirty water
>>2942363Is that you Wayne Lambright?Wayne-sitting-in-tub-of-own-filth-water.jpg
>>2942474Yes but it is very costly>>2942547It is only when the sun is out and dehumidifier like an a/c is costly and requires costly inversion of the power the sun provides I'm told.I was looking at dessicate dehumidifiers, they are very power inefficient but the main energy consumable is a resistive heater which is very simple to be powered by the sun, required no additional controllers. I think it's a consideration for like making drinking water but the scale for other uses is too much.I will look into this solar still. It seems at the core to be sand and a clear opaque tarpaulin. I have infinite sand. I think the recovery rate is lower
>>2942610Dessicant dehumidifiers are kind of shitty. They're only like 20-25 % as effective as an a/c based dehumidifier per unit of energy used.
>>2942363Distillation ?
>>2942363Where do you live?
>>2942610>a/c is costlySo, no unlimited power?
>>2942655Somalia>>2942657No just buying the units is costly, they are also complex units and require specific power
>>2942363>unlimited powersolar? or just stealing from the power grid?
>>2942376Look at how earthships (which are retarded but have some okay ideas) clean graywater using plants that absorb & excrete salt, situated in a sort of artificial wetland under a greenhouse to prevent water evaporation. Bacteria and fungi can break down soap and detergents, as will sunlight and heat. You may want portions of the wetland at ground level and others 5 to 10 feet below ground level so different biological processes can occur. Pond plants and bugs will help too.You should also look at solutions to capture seasonal flooding, seasonal rainfall, or the occasional hurricane that passes through. You want to slow the rate at which water moves across the landscape (this also prevents erosion of topsoil) and let it sit in both lined ponds for long term storage and unlined ponds for water table rejuvenation. Obviously the latter solution won't work if some retarded turd worlder pumps up all the well water to sell or some other tragedy of the commons.You should also do your best to partially shade the soil so plants can grow, as they will sort of retain water in the local ecosystem rather than letting it evaporate and blow away as clouds. Stuff like shade trellises that are limewashed white only on the top and sides to reflect sunlight, as well as those windwell things that Persians use to create cool breezes and release dew at ground level. Ideally you want as much of the land covered with plants as possible, and things which eat those plants (stray horses, goats, donkeys, etc) fucking dead from predation.Honestly though, why don't you have multiple lined cisterns so you can buy a truck full of water every few months? This is retarded man. You should do your best to kill off as many of the men as possible and impregnate the women in your shithole country so all the retard genes are gone.
>>2942396>>2942397Water treatment also uses these polymers, not sure what it would cost for Opie but I think a drum of that sticky shit would go a long way for him. Polymer, let the bullshit settle out, add a few ppm of chlorine, and it should be plenty good to wash clothes with.
>>2942673The extension cord plugged into his neighbor's outlet can't support much draw.
>>2942363OP, please keep in mind a still does not 100% purify water. It “purifies” water AND anything else in the water that evaporates. If there are volatile chemicals dissolved in your water those will also ended up in the still outlet. You’ll need to filter your distilled water through activated carbon if you want it to really be safe and pure. I would encourage you to consider a reverse osmosis system for purifying your drinking water, then your large solar still project can be used for all non drinking and non cooking purposes.
