April 26, 2010 in Education, Getting Started, How-Tos, environmental impact by holly johnson
DIYers: plumb in a household reverse osmosis (RO) water filter system in hours.
How to choose, size, connect and maintain a filter adequate for your needs.
Reverse osmosis home filtration systems provide large volumes of pure, clean, color- and odor-free water for people, pets and plants. A “hard wired” RO hyperfiltration unit is [...]
Tags: pH, ph levels, reservoir, reservoirs, reverse osmosis, water
February 7, 2010 in Materials and Resources, Seeking Advice, questions by katystreet
I’m considering making my bottom reservoir with an assembly of old soy milk cartons. (I have a window sill that it can sit on.) However, one of the soy milk cartons I’m using wasn’t cleaned out properly, and had some mold growing on it. I was able to scrub most of it off, but I’m [...]
Tags: design, reservoir, reservoirs
November 16, 2009 in Getting Started, Materials and Resources, Seeking Advice by britta
The relationship between the amount of time your pump is turned on by the timer and the gallons per minute flow of your pump dictates a minimum amount of water in your system and, therefore, a minimum size for a sewer pipe reservoir.
Tags: liquid circuit, pump, pumps, reservoir, reservoirs, timer, water pump
November 10, 2009 in Getting Started, Materials and Resources, Projects in Process, Seeking Advice, questions by jayt
Hello. I’m about to begin my window farm, but I had a quick question. In the Reservoir System instructions , the minimum width for the reservoir is 47″. Is there any reason that it must be that long? If I only wanted three columns (instead of four in the diagram), could my reservoir be ~36″? [...]
Tags: columns, drip rate, drip rate control, pump, reservoirs, suspension, timer
August 12, 2009 in Materials and Resources, Meetings, Other Cool Urban Ag. Stuff by britta
This Sunday, I will be giving a workshop on the Waterpod! I will focus on whatever are the interests of folks who show up. If you bring measurements of your window, I can help make sure you walk away with a sketch of a full reservoir system designed specifically for one of your windows and [...]
Tags: events, reservoirs, three tier system, waterpod, window size, workshop
July 30, 2009 in Completed Window Farms, Plants by britta
This first reservoir system contributed to innovations around drip rate control, maintenance, and reservoirs.
Tags: clogging, drip rate control, lights, maintenance, plumbing, PVC, reservoirs, two-way air valves