Clean Water Well Details

Here is an inspirational photo showing an early stage of the construction of Living Water 4 Roatans’ main clean water well tank (Tank B).

The water system consists of three wells:
Well #1 is located within the Centralized Pump House. Well #1 produces about 25 gallons per minute (gpm)
Well #2 is in a shed a little further up the hill, on the opposite side of the road, and produces about 35 gpm.
Well #3 is in a shed behind the church building and produces about 50 gpm.

The Centralized Pump House is a building that includes:
Well Pump # 1 and related controls, including float switches to turn the well pump off when the main water tank (Tank A) is full.

A water storage Tank (Tank A). This is a masonry tank that was constructed as a part of the pump house building. It is partially underground and larger than it would appear from the outside. There is a submersible pump in the tank that pumps water to the booster pumps, and to lower elevation sectors.

Two 7.5HP Booster Pumps that supply purified water to the tank at the top of the hill (Tank B) for gravity distribution, and to various water distribution sectors within the community. These booster pumps are controlled by pressure switches and three vertical pressure tanks. There is also a float switch within the Water Tank B (at the top of the hill) that shuts off the booster pumps when the tank is full.

A MIOX on site generator system that uses salt, water and electric power to produce a Mixed Oxidant Solution (MOS). The system converts the water and salt into a chlorine solution that is introduced into the water at a very specific rate.

The system includes:
A paper filters to remove contaminants to 10 microns, that feeds the water into:
A household Reverse Osmosis system to clean the water that will be fed to a storage tank.
A storage tank (100 gallons) for the clean water that will feed the Salt Brine tank.
A salt brine tank (100 gallons) where the clean water is mixed with rock salt to produce a brine solution.
A paper filter to remove contaminates to 5 microns that feeds the brine into:
The MIOX generator which takes the brine solution and converts it to a Mixed Oxidant Solution (MOS)
A Mixed Oxidant Solution (MOS) Storage Tank
A Stenner mechanically adjustable feeder pump which calibrates how much MOS is introduced into the main water distribution system (tanks and sector pipes) for consumption.
Description (continued):
A 30” through the wall fan to cool down the equipment (pretty much year-round).

The two remote sheds for Well # 2 and Well #3 include:
Well pumps in the ground
Related controls
One each: Vertical Pressure tank to control when the well pumps turn on and off.

Note: All the water pumped from Wells #2 & #3 is pumped into the main water Tank A within the centralized pump house, for purification prior to distribution (very inefficient).

At last count there were about thirteen separate sectors that distributed water throughout the community. The main pipes are 2” pvc, with a network of smaller pipes throughout the sector. There are miles of pipe throughout the sectors, laid on the ground. Upper elevation sectors are gravity fed from the large tank (Tank B) at the top of the hill. Some higher elevation sectors are fed from the booster pumps within the centralized pump house. Lower elevation sectors are fed directly from the centralized pump house.