Another benefit of having a pool!

[Watermom]

Funny you should suggest that, Carl, as I mentioned that very thing to somebody earlier.

[Watermom]

Thought about the sun shower. It would be too heavy to hang up. So, kept thinking.....

Here is what I am doing.

Bringing in buckets full of pool water, boiling it, cooling it, pouring it in a large (clean) trashcan. I have a submersible pump that I keep in my pool (it is also clean). Put the submersible pump into the warmed water, attached a clean (new) 25 ft coiled garden hose. Set the trashcan inside the bath tub, spray yourself to get wet, wash and shampoo, then spray yourself off. ***

Now obviously, this is a PITA, but I have no intention of going without the ability to shower and shampoo for days. (And they just had another press conference which was aired on TV. No timeline yet other than just saying it will be "days.")

**McGyver would be proud, don't ya think!

[CarlD]

He sure would! I am!
A new little Rule bilge pump and float switch would allow you turn the McG shower on and off safely, and runs off 12volts.

[chem geek]

You can certainly use the pool water for showering/bathing since it's definitely clean enough for that purpose. You could even use it for washing and rinsing dishes. What you shouldn't do is use it as a source of drinking water. It's not just the miscellaneous organics in the water that chlorine doesn't completely get rid of, but also the salt level. Boiling the water won't fix that problem unless you were to distill the water and that's a real pain and uses a lot of energy.

Be sure to turn off the automatic fill so that you don't contaminate the pool.

In an emergency, there's always the hot water heater for fresh water that can be used for drinking. That assumes that one turned off the intake prior to the contamination reaching it.

[Watermom]

Nah, we aren't using pool water to drink, just for a shower. I have plenty of bottled water to drink. Thanks, Richard!

[JimK]

Yikes! I did see that on the news the other day.

I hope they come up with a solution for y'all soon!

Kind of reminds me when hurricane Isabel hit here (just before we had our pool installed....construction was delayed several months).

[Watermom]

Yeah, we are hoping this ends soon. It is getting old fast. We are on day 5 without being able to use water for anything other than flushing toilets. The chemical level is decreasing in the water supply. The latest news conference that I watched last night says that as soon as they get enough consistent low levels from their constant testing, they will begin flushing the system by zones and start bringing people back on. They said they are going to set up a website where you can put in your address and it will tell you if you are in the "green" or "red" zone so you will know when you are cleared to flush your lines and use water. They are also going to use an auto-dialer to call people when they are in the green zone. In addition, specific instructions about what residential customers are to do to flush is to be provided to the media and to consumers. As of now, none of this is yet available; thus we are still on the "no use" order.

Schools remain closed. (I am a teacher.) Last night, I was kind of thinking that we might go back on Tuesday but since it is nearly mid-day and no new information has come, I now suspect that odds are that it won't be over by then. It is a large water system --- the largest in the state -- and all the zones are not going to be cleared out quickly I don't suspect.

At any rate, I had sent Ben a picture yesterday to show him my "shower" set up. His comment to me was, "what a hoot!" I thought some of the rest of you might be curious to see it. May give you a chuckle, too!

(Still glad for my pool, says the girl who just got to have a "shower." Seeing as how most people in the area are on day 5 with only having a spit bath!)