Presence of E. coli in Brighton water

[Haulin Oates]

Got the news yesterday that a routine water test from a residential spigot not 5 blocks from my house tested positive for E. coli. Of course I'm taking all the precautions I can, but I'm curious if E. coli can affect my tank any? I haven't made any water in 2 weeks, so my current top off supply should be ok. The research I've done so far says that a standard (non industrial) RO/DI unit will NOT remove E. coli from the water supply, and that while its not an ideal environment, E. coli can survive in saltwater. Has anyone ever dealt with this before?

 

[algaeman]

RO/DI will remove bacteria. No mfr is going to state that, because if you let your filters get septic and then get sick, they have some liability. The carbon on there is your best defense against E coli, so if you are worried, change that filter out. My feeling is the tank is going to get more bacteria from your hands than it would from the "positive" reading they got in Brighton.

 

[deboy69]

Re: Presence of E. coli in Brighton water

I would do a search on size of the bacteria vs the size of your filters. And hope your filters are smaller.

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[Haulin Oates]

Presence of E. coli in Brighton water

RO/DI will remove bacteria. No mfr is going to state that, because if you let your filters get septic and then get sick, they have some liability. The carbon on there is your best defense against E coli, so if you are worried, change that filter out. My feeling is the tank is going to get more bacteria from your hands than it would from the "positive" reading they got in Brighton.

RO/DI will not remove bacteria from the water. It must be boiled or ultraviolet sterilized to incapacitate the bacteria. I was more worried about my top off water and having to change my RO filters because they may be contaminated and "hold" the bacteria. I was also worried about me sticking my hand in the tank and getting E. coli, but it seems it must be ingested to affect humans.

 

[JuanGutz]

I don't know about saltwater tanks but I have had E. coli personally while living in South America and doctors say I'm very lucky to be here so please every one who lives in the area take every precaution you can.

 

[Cake_Boss]

Yikes, it's in Lake Loveland as well

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[algaeman]

You ever seen a little kid swimming in the lake? Then there's coliform in there....

 

[ReefCheif]

They find E. Coli in water supplies all the time, take the proper precautions and youll be fine.

 

[Haulin Oates]

Presence of E. coli in Brighton water

Well they've narrowed down the area that affected and I'm not in it. We're still boiling water as a precaution, but it seems that bacteria is entering the system somewhere in the affected loop and isn't in the entire system. I'm trying to hold off on making topoff water as long as possible, but I'm down to my last 5 gallons which will only last about 2 more days. Hopefully by then I will be all clear to use the tap water again.

 

[sethsolomon]

Go get some RO water from a health food store a ways away

 

[SAZAMA]

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you can grab some h2o from me if you need to.

 

[Haulin Oates]

Presence of E. coli in Brighton water

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you can grab some h2o from me if you need to.

Nice!! Well we just got notice that with the exception of 18 homes, Brightons water supply is safe to consume. I'm not in the 18 homes so I got the RODI running this morning!! Thanks for the offer though, SAZAMA!!