Tag-o-rama Gone Global - Page 69

Water Warrior 2 · 07-05-2012, 12:49 PM

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Originally Posted by alantf

Closest I can get is the tank on my lavatory, but I can't get the bike in there. :biggrin: (all our water comes from the water tables in the mountains)

Can you find a rain barrel? Some folks collect rain water for their plants etc. I think that would be acceptable.

cayuse · 07-05-2012, 05:49 PM

Any chance you can get your bike into this shot, Alan?

Water Warrior 2 · 07-05-2012, 10:51 PM

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Originally Posted by cayuse

Any chance you can get your bike into this shot, Alan?

Photoshop maybe.

cayuse · 07-05-2012, 11:30 PM

Well, I'm thinking Alan has a shot at this, since that's a landmark water pumping station on Tenerife.
Casa Hamilton, I believe.

alantf · 07-06-2012, 03:58 AM

Never heard of Casa Hamilton, and didn't even know that there was a pumping station on the island. It just dawned on me that there are some giant, circular, concrete, tanks that the farmers use to collect the water that runs down the mountain. If I go out today (and remember to take my camera :roll: ) I'll see if I can find one close to the road.

BTW, just tried Casa Hamilton on Google Earth, & it drew a blank.

GZ250 · 07-08-2012, 10:33 AM

Beautiful Place

http://www.flickr.com/photos/23072179@N00/407068708/

alantf · 07-08-2012, 11:52 AM

[attachment=0:1dcafr4y]view 3.jpg[/attachment:1dcafr4y]Wow.......Beautiful! I live around 4 or 5 kilometers from Puerto de la Cruz, and never ever heard of it. The zig zag that you can see running down the mountain is the old stone water channels that are a common sight, bringing the water down the mountain. Never knew we needed a pumping station, as everyone lives below the water table, so we get water by gravity. Dunno where they would pump it to.

EDIT:- Just taken another look at the photo. It shows the pumping station as being at Los Realejos - the next village along the road from us - The reason I've never seen it is that it appears to be down a track, among the houses, that, normally, no one would go down without a specific reason. I frequently go to Los Realejos, but never down to the sea.

The photo I've put here shows the view from our balcony. Los Releajos is just this side of the mountains you can see in the background.

Water Warrior 2 · 07-08-2012, 01:37 PM

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Originally Posted by GZ250

Beautiful Place

http://www.flickr.com/photos/23072179@N00/407068708/

View the pics on flickr.com Alan's island is indeed a beautiful place.

Water Warrior 2 · 07-08-2012, 01:44 PM

Just a thought but I think we can include a dam site as a storage unit for water. A water tower my not be possible for some folks so we should widen the field a bit to include untreated water storage too.

Water Warrior 2 · 07-08-2012, 02:04 PM

Alantf, you may get water by gravity down the side of the mountains but I'm sure the pumping station is used to maintain adequate pressure throughout the entire system. At higher water demand times the pressure by gravity alone will drop to an unuseable level. At that time you need to increase the pressure by means of a pump and water storage reservoir. At night the reservoir is refilled when demand is lowest and the circle goes around the next day again.
That was my job for the last few years before retirement. Play with pumps, res levels and water demand for half a million folks with flush toilets. A major fire really gets iffy when the fire dept says we need more pressure and keep it coming. It was all a game but a serious one at times.

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cayuse Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Abbotsford, BC Posts: 444	Re: Tag-o-rama Gone Global Any chance you can get your bike into this shot, Alan? __________________ Lovin' every minute of it. 2005 GZ250 (sold after 26000km) 2013 CB500XA
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07-05-2012, 11:30 PM	#684
cayuse Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Abbotsford, BC Posts: 444	Re: Tag-o-rama Gone Global Well, I'm thinking Alan has a shot at this, since that's a landmark water pumping station on Tenerife. Casa Hamilton, I believe. __________________ Lovin' every minute of it. 2005 GZ250 (sold after 26000km) 2013 CB500XA
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07-06-2012, 03:58 AM	#685
alantf Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Tenerife (Spain) Posts: 3,719	Re: Tag-o-rama Gone Global Never heard of Casa Hamilton, and didn't even know that there was a pumping station on the island. It just dawned on me that there are some giant, circular, concrete, tanks that the farmers use to collect the water that runs down the mountain. If I go out today (and remember to take my camera :roll: ) I'll see if I can find one close to the road. BTW, just tried Casa Hamilton on Google Earth, & it drew a blank. __________________ By birth an Englishman, by the grace of God a Yorkshireman. Login or Register to Remove Ads
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07-08-2012, 10:33 AM	#686
GZ250 Senior Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: North Carolina Posts: 334	Re: Tag-o-rama Gone Global Beautiful Place http://www.flickr.com/photos/23072179@N00/407068708/ __________________ “God creates out of nothing. Wonderful you say. Yes, to be sure, but he does what is still more wonderful: he makes saints out of sinners.” “People understand me so poorly that they don't even understand my complaint about them not understanding me.” --- Søren Kierkegaard ---
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07-08-2012, 11:52 AM	#687
alantf Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Tenerife (Spain) Posts: 3,719	Re: Tag-o-rama Gone Global [attachment=0:1dcafr4y]view 3.jpg[/attachment:1dcafr4y]Wow.......Beautiful! I live around 4 or 5 kilometers from Puerto de la Cruz, and never ever heard of it. The zig zag that you can see running down the mountain is the old stone water channels that are a common sight, bringing the water down the mountain. Never knew we needed a pumping station, as everyone lives below the water table, so we get water by gravity. Dunno where they would pump it to. EDIT:- Just taken another look at the photo. It shows the pumping station as being at Los Realejos - the next village along the road from us - The reason I've never seen it is that it appears to be down a track, among the houses, that, normally, no one would go down without a specific reason. I frequently go to Los Realejos, but never down to the sea. The photo I've put here shows the view from our balcony. Los Releajos is just this side of the mountains you can see in the background. __________________ By birth an Englishman, by the grace of God a Yorkshireman.
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07-08-2012, 01:44 PM	#689
Water Warrior 2 Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Squamish B.C Canada Posts: 11,409	Re: Tag-o-rama Gone Global Just a thought but I think we can include a dam site as a storage unit for water. A water tower my not be possible for some folks so we should widen the field a bit to include untreated water storage too.
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07-08-2012, 02:04 PM	#690
Water Warrior 2 Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Squamish B.C Canada Posts: 11,409	Re: Tag-o-rama Gone Global Alantf, you may get water by gravity down the side of the mountains but I'm sure the pumping station is used to maintain adequate pressure throughout the entire system. At higher water demand times the pressure by gravity alone will drop to an unuseable level. At that time you need to increase the pressure by means of a pump and water storage reservoir. At night the reservoir is refilled when demand is lowest and the circle goes around the next day again. That was my job for the last few years before retirement. Play with pumps, res levels and water demand for half a million folks with flush toilets. A major fire really gets iffy when the fire dept says we need more pressure and keep it coming. It was all a game but a serious one at times.
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