Which would be cheaper: NAWASA or deep well pump?

[boybi]

Which would be the cheaper water source?

[crave]

Which would be the cheaper water source?

points to consider:

NAWASA
-potable for drinking
-free maintenance (shoulder ng mga water company: Manila Water and Maynilad Water)
-there is water even though there's no electricity
-alam mo kung gaano kalakas yung consumption mo through billing

Deep Well Pump
- not potable for drinking
- high maintenance when the pump suddenly broke down
- no electricity- no water supply (pump is powered by electricity)
- di mo alam kung gaano ka kalakas comonsume kasi nasa electricity bill na lahat

[renzo_d10]

Cheaper? I think NAWASA

[XTO]

if enough supply and pressure is given and no need to use pump, Maynilad or Manila Water is cheaper but if it also needs aid of electric pump to get the requirement, might as well dig a deepwell kasi ganun din solo mo pa source.

[niky]

You have to really consider the condition of the water table in your area.

The cost of water on a month to month basis will be dependent on how deep you have to go for that water, and what the water quality is... if there's a lot of dissolved minerals in the ground-water, that means a little more maintenance on the pump side.

To give you an idea of the electricity costs, our pump consumes about 1,500 pesos of electricity every month. BUT: that supplies a canteen, several apartments and my printing press. Best I can figure is that a five person-household would consume about 500 pesos or less, by that estimation. Our pump is on a separate meter because we split our apartment building meter into separate meters. Saves the hassle of having to compute the electricity charge for the tenants by hand.

The real killer is the amount of dissolved minerals in the ground-water. You'll want to invest in a water-softening system, at the very least, to minimize flake build-up and hard water spots on your sinks and faucets.

Also, as more and more people tap into the groundwater in your area, the water table may recede, forcing you to add a few more pipes... which means your pump has to work harder to pull water out of the ground.

As for potability... who actually drinks NAWASA water? I used to live in the Sampaloc area, and the water quality was dreadful... there was the Hepatitis outbreak in UST, there were wrigglers in my tap water at one time... and then there are all those broken lines that crop up from time to time... at the very least, you have to boil it to be sure... everyone I know in the city actually buys water from purifier stations... even those who live relatively close to Balara.

[niky]

You have to really consider the condition of the water table in your area.

The cost of water on a month to month basis will be dependent on how deep you have to go for that water, and what the water quality is... if there's a lot of dissolved minerals in the ground-water, that means a little more maintenance on the pump side.

To give you an idea of the electricity costs, our pump consumes about 1,500 pesos of electricity every month. BUT: that supplies a canteen, several apartments and my printing press. Best I can figure is that a five person-household would consume about 500 pesos or less, by that estimation. Our pump is on a separate meter because we split our apartment building meter into separate meters. Saves the hassle of having to compute the electricity charge for the tenants by hand.

The real killer is the amount of dissolved minerals in the ground-water. You'll want to invest in a water-softening system, at the very least, to minimize flake build-up and hard water spots on your sinks and faucets.

Also, as more and more people tap into the groundwater in your area, the water table may recede, forcing you to add a few more pipes... which means your pump has to work harder to pull water out of the ground.

As for potability... who actually drinks NAWASA water? I used to live in the Sampaloc area, and the water quality was dreadful... there was the Hepatitis outbreak in UST, there were wrigglers in my tap water at one time... and then there are all those broken lines that crop up from time to time... at the very least, you have to boil it to be sure... everyone I know in the city actually buys water from purifier stations... even those who live relatively close to Balara.

[1D4LV]

cheaper would be nawasa.... because if you use deepwell, you would still be paying high electricity rates for the deepwell pump.

nawasa is potable? i don't think so... my in-laws who have nawasa, does not drink it direct from the faucet. may lasa din daw. they are also using distilled water...

[crave]

when we are still living in Quezon City a few years ago, hindi kami bumibili sa mga water station ng tubig for drinking, iniinom na namin yung galing mismo sa faucet. wala naman nangyari sa amin though minsan nga may lasa. my father guaranteed us that it is safe to drink. BTW, my grandfather is a retired NAWASA/ MWSS employee and my father is currently a Manila Water employee.

[badkuk]

kami kasi medyo mahina ang water pressure, so nawasa man kami, we still use a water pump. pinag iisipan nga namin kung mas makakamura sa kuryente if we bought a bigger tank.

imho, it also depends how long you can draw water from deep well. if you invested 100K for the setup, tapos after 2 years wala ka nang makuhang tubig, obviously lugi ka.


ung worst na nangyari sa amin, there was mud coming out the faucet...there was one time din na parang me sebo naghalo sa tubig. needless to say the distilled water stations in our area made a killing.

either way, mud or not mud, i'd boil tap water first.

[shadow]

tingin ko depende kung saan gagamitin if ordinary household kahit building pa, mas mura pa rin sa utilities compare sa deep well

[XTO]

Problema kasi sa electric pump, kahit mahina dating ng tubig tuloy pa rin higop niya kaya resulta bilis ng ikot ng metro kahit walang nilalabas. okay lang mag pump as long as may mahihigop.

[niky]

Problema kasi sa electric pump, kahit mahina dating ng tubig tuloy pa rin higop niya kaya resulta bilis ng ikot ng metro kahit walang nilalabas. okay lang mag pump as long as may mahihigop.

If you have a water pump and a tank, the pump is usually set to turn off once the tank is topped off. They're not running 100% of the time, otherwise, they'd burn out quickly.

Your bill for water usage, thus, is similar to what it would be if you were getting NAWASA water. We've had months where the bill was very low.

Take note... we're paying 2500 pesos in electricity for the water for about 15 people, a printing press, and a canteen kitchen. Not to mention the fact that we have a bathtub in the house. And consider that when they rewired our pump a few years back, it doesn't fill our overhead tank anymore, and goes on whenever someone uses water. That's not bad at all.

It would likely be better still if we repaired our overhead tank to give the pump a breather every now and then.

[boybi]

We just transferred our warehouse. May NAWASA water na. But we also constructed a barracks for the delivery boys, nasa 12-15 sila. Naglagay kami ng poso for them, but recently, maybe because of the rain, putik na ang lumalabas so temporarily, pinagamit namin yung NAWASA water para may magamit sila.

They don't drink from the poso, may purified water sila. They just use the poso for bath, toilet, laundry and dish washing. So ano mas makakatipid sa situation na ito?

[niky]

We just transferred our warehouse. May NAWASA water na. But we also constructed a barracks for the delivery boys, nasa 12-15 sila. Naglagay kami ng poso for them, but recently, maybe because of the rain, putik na ang lumalabas so temporarily, pinagamit namin yung NAWASA water para may magamit sila.

They don't drink from the poso, may purified water sila. They just use the poso for bath, toilet, laundry and dish washing. So ano mas makakatipid sa situation na ito?

Ah. If your NAWASA supply is regular already, and not intermittent, by all means, just use NAWASA. Keep the pump as back-up.

[XTO]

If you have a water pump and a tank, the pump is usually set to turn off once the tank is topped off. They're not running 100% of the time, otherwise, they'd burn out quickly.

Your bill for water usage, thus, is similar to what it would be if you were getting NAWASA water. We've had months where the bill was very low.

Take note... we're paying 2500 pesos in electricity for the water for about 15 people, a printing press, and a canteen kitchen. Not to mention the fact that we have a bathtub in the house. And consider that when they rewired our pump a few years back, it doesn't fill our overhead tank anymore, and goes on whenever someone uses water. That's not bad at all.

It would likely be better still if we repaired our overhead tank to give the pump a breather every now and then.

yes there is auto off but the thing is what if the NAWASA supply is not that strong, for sure your pump will not stop since the tank storage is not yet full does your pump has the variable speeds in relation to NAWASA flow?

for those who don't have and with just the electric pump directly connected to the NAWASA pipe, there you can see the difference. the stronger your pump sucks the faster the meter spins. and the question is are there enough water to be sucked? nobody knows.

* boss boybi, manual ba ang poso? if it's mano-mano, no question matipid yan esp kung pang ligo and laba and other usage lang outside for drinking.

[niky]

Ah. Our pump is attached to a circuit breaker. If there's vacuum in the line and no water is being pulled up, the current draw overloads the breaker and it cuts power to the pump. It's an important safety device for any electric motor you're going to leave running without human intervention. Before we added the breaker, we burned out the previous motor.

Again, with the breaker, power bills are pretty reasonable. ;)

[niky]

Ah. Our pump is attached to a circuit breaker. If there's vacuum in the line and no water is being pulled up, the current draw overloads the breaker and it cuts power to the pump. It's an important safety device for any electric motor you're going to leave running without human intervention. Before we added the breaker, we burned out the previous motor.

Again, with the breaker, power bills are pretty reasonable. ;)

[CVT]

If your NAWASA supply is predictably stable,- then go for it.

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