[Lee GLS]

A mate of mine is looking to change to WFP, but the trouble is he live on a farm and the house has it's own natural water supply. The TDS is roughly 550, and the tap pressure is only 10psi.

A booster pump is obviously the answer, but can they actually boost such a low pressure? I'm not sure how they actually work, do they suck the water from the tap?

[Frankybadboy]

yes they do suck it out lee.my tap is only 30psi and booster gets it to 110psi

at the end of the day you can only try it.



think farm and loads of room what about rain harvesting,ok not a great time of the year to start it.,unless he know the rain dance

[Lee GLS]

Thanks Frank, in the nicest possible way, he is a nightmare with things like this, he needs the easiest possible solution, what pump do you use?

[bobplum]

actually they blow? they push the water thru the membranes
it wont make the incoming water increase psi it just basically increases the psi on the outlet side of the pump to get it thru the membranes

[gto]

could always get a header tank and sump pump, so that way you have some gravity feed into the booster pumps.

[Pope vader]

buy a IBC tank and till that with water and then attach the pump to fill a other ibc with pure water


if he is getting natural water supply then he must have a tank some where to store the water for use with the toilets

or are you on about fillng from a stream?

[Alex Gardiner]

If he lives on a farm , then the one thing he will probably have is a lot of space. If this is the case he could look at rainwater harvesting.

If you search on-line you can find a lot of sites offering very simple gutter diverter systems, he could fit this to his house and maybe even some barns. Store this in several second-hand IBC containers and then pump through a pair of large DI vessels (2 x 25litres). This would be very cheap to run and for times when he is low on rainwater hew could then have a smaller DI in the vehicle and top up from clients houses.

[Lee GLS]

thanks for the replys but i think the harvesting route is going to be to much for him to comprehend, plus he only rents the house he is in. i think if he can get a booster pump to work that would be the best option


What was the pump that you have got franky?

[Londoner]

Its not so much the tap water pressure as the flow rate that is key. Low water pressure is often a sign of poor pipes. A booster pump will work if there is water there to draw.

[Lee GLS]

thanks franky

[Crystal-clear]

hi lee a plumber might be able to help to get the pressure up a little i do think 10 might just be a little bit too low, i dont know much about it but i know cos a mate of mine has the same problem with low pressure and the booster isnt working as it should,he speaking to a plum and he is gona get it sorted