Water At Home ... Saving Money On Heating, Filtering & Softening. The Water Cycle

The Water Cycle & What It Means To You and Me Every day

Water is the source of all life. It is a wonderful example of how to recycle something for maximum benefit for everybody. On a global scale water is constantly purifying itself by alternating its appearance from a vapour to a liquid to a solid and back again .

In the vapour (gas) form water is devoid of impurities that may have been present in the liquid form before vapourisation took place. Everybody has heard of distilled water used in car batteries for example ... this is water boiled to a vapour and then cooled to allow it to condense back into a liquid. In the process of boiling the impurities (if solid) are left behind.

Rain is formed from clouds which are masses of water vapour and this water came from lakes, rivers and the sea in the form of surface waters vapourising. If we exclude acid rain for a moment the water that precipitates from clouds is very pure. We mess it up after it has fallen from aloft and landed on earth . As we go through this web site we'll talk a lot of how we mess it up and then have to clean the water back up at a cost in terms of money and life.

Introduction to Water Heating

What Does The Yellow "EnergyGuide Label" Tell Me?

What Does First Hour Factor Mean When Discussing Water Heaters?

Save Money Or Lose Money By Changing Hot Water Heaters

New Water Heaters ... How To Use Energy Factor To Choose or Compare

How To Save On Hot Water Bills

How To Compare Running Costs ... Electric Tankless Water Heaters

How Much Will I Save By Converting A Propane Water Heater To A Natural Gas Fired heater?

This web site is full of information and news about water, saving money and saving water and it's use in the home

Home water usage is taken for granted by many of us and we give little thought to the complexities and costs involved in our use of water. A major objective of the site is to show you how to save money and get improved benefits from your use of water in the house or home The site will provide in depth information about

This site is being created to update an earlier water heating site and also water filtration and water softening sites

Tankless water heaters also called on demand water heating. On these pages we'll show you how to save lots of money by selecting the right size, right temperature, right make and right fuel for your hot water heater
Solar water heating ... when designed and installed properly this is the future for water heating and saves money for the home owner
Gas, oil and electric water heating and the impact higher energy prices and costs have upon the right choice of hot water heaters in the home
Water filters for purifying drinking water (there is so much drinking water pollution it is staggering). Water purification is becoming more and more important especially for babies
Water softeners for creating brighter and easier washing and other household applications and benefits
Water in the garden (aquatics and pond keeping) and swimming pools
Maybe even a bit about water sports
And we'll discuss the pros and cons (including real con tricks) around the rapid growth of bottled water
Waste water treatment plumbing and disposal applications along with residential rather than commercial handling technology where conventional sewage systems are not around.

Formula For Heating Water In All Systems

Flow rate of water in any units (eg gallons per minute or litres per hour) x a constant number called specific heat x the number of degrees the water must be heated by .... interpreting this in simple terms it means if you double the flow and want to keep the temperature increase the same (eg from 40 to 80 degrees) you must double the energy supplied be it in the form of electricity or gas or any other energy type. Alternatively if the flow is constant ( say 50 gallons per hour) and the final temperature is constant but the inlet temperature of the water is more or less then the amount of heat required to meet your specification will also be more or less.

This basic formula will be used throughout the site to explain how to save money and how to quantify the savings so that comparisons can be made between different systems and different makes of similar systems since not all is what it often appears to be.

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Water At Home ... Saving Money On Heating, Filtering & Softening. The Water Cycle

The Water Cycle & What It Means To You and Me Every day

Introduction to Water Heating

This web site is full of information and news about water, saving money and saving water and it's use in the home

Formula For Heating Water In All Systems