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Default Potable Water - The Third Way.
On Sat, 29 Sep 2007 20:40:57 GMT, (Richard
Casady) wrote:


There is a reverse osmosis watermaker intended for liferaft use, with
a hand pump, and RO takes hundreds of psi. That is what you want, if
you actually need high pressure.

Casady


I looked up an example
The Katadyn Survivor 35 hand pumped was formerly
called the PUR Survivor 35 RO.
At 30 strokes/minute for 1.2 gall/hr - it costs $1500.

Not cheap.
Volume production ought to bring that down a bit?

Brian W
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