Shower water recycling

[gregmchugh]

ARV shower water recycling system video

[MobileCabin]

I like long hot showers so all of the recycling systems catch my attention. What I have not seen are any health standards that they must fulfill. Maybe they don't exist for RVs.

Many years ago I was talking to someone who wanted to add a heat exchanger to the shower drain. A large plumbing company said it would be too difficult to meet health standards for it to be worth building. I never looked up those standards so I don't know if it was real or just a way to brush off the issue. Still a real time inline water quality sensor would make me feel safer.

[gregmchugh]

Originally Posted by MobileCabin

I like long hot showers so all of the recycling systems catch my attention. What I have not seen are any health standards that they must fulfill. Maybe they don't exist for RVs.

Many years ago I was talking to someone who wanted to add a heat exchanger to the shower drain. A large plumbing company said it would be too difficult to meet health standards for it to be worth building. I never looked up those standards so I don't know if it was real or just a way to brush off the issue. Still a real time inline water quality sensor would make me feel safer.

EarthCruiser has a developed a similar system also using a UV sanitizer and they were waiting for some type of approval for the system before delivering it to customers (EPA?).

I am not that concerned about shower water quality and UV sanitation seems adequate to me.

[GeorgeRa]

The Goexplorer system only recycles water which passed a test, see at 0:15 sec video. So, there is a sensor which can differentiate between water which is OK for recycling or not. Could be pH (from shampoo or soap), or turbidity or another magic sensor.

https://goexplorer.org/instant-water...shower-system/

[gregmchugh]

Originally Posted by GeorgeRa

The Goexplorer system only recycles water which passed a test, see at 0:15 sec video. So, there is a sensor which can differentiate between water which is OK for recycling or not. Could be pH (from shampoo or soap), or turbidity or another magic sensor.

https://goexplorer.org/instant-water...shower-system/

At a price of at least 5,000 Euros it seems to be a luxury item for a small market not something for small RVs…

[GeorgeRa]

Originally Posted by gregmchugh

At a price of at least 5,000 Euros it seems to be a luxury item for a small market not something for small RVs…

Indeed expensive, would be nice to compare it to ARV system cost.

[MobileCabin]

Originally Posted by gregmchugh

EarthCruiser has a developed a similar system also using a UV sanitizer and they were waiting for some type of approval for the system before delivering it to customers (EPA?).



I am not that concerned about shower water quality and UV sanitation seems adequate to me.

I believe Nimbl uses a system from Guzzle H2O.

Well, I guess at future camp gatherings we can identify those with problemed recirculating systems by their pink-eye.