Water at boondock site

[frater secessus]

A 'penny buys ~ 66 gallons' is a little deceptive.  In my S&B, every quarter the first drop of water costs me $28, after that it is $1 per thousand gallons.

I was addressing the common usage.  When we drink from a water fountain we usually don't deposit a penny to cover the monthly service fee.  The public source has already paid the service fee before the 'dweller arrived.  Sunk cost.
But let's include the service fee.  The industry group (american water and wastewater associate) shows total billing including monthly fees as .$0.004612/gallon for an average household using 7,480 gallons/mo.(2014 survey)

If we include service fees our 10gal of water now costs 4.6 cents/week or 18.4 cents/month.  Admittedly more than the water-only cost I provided earlier. 

If a town or city decides it is important to subsidize an industry's water I don't care, they are paying for it, not me.

I mentioned becasuse the locals are paying for it, which seems to be the crux of the "don't take public water" position.

I have no problem taking 10 gallons of water from a publicly available source.  Most sinks in public bathrooms I have been in are not conducive to a water bandit.

Agreed.  I used a collapsible container.

And if someone has taken the handle off a faucet I need to ask permission (usually granted, if I can find someone to ask); I have been told more than a few times that water from that faucet is untreated, used only for irrigation, as the reason for it being restricted.

Good points, particularly valuable in agricultural areas.

[Weight]

More and more areas are installing "recycled wastewater systems" for irrigation and out door use. I find it mostly in commercial zones such as Shopping Malls. Using your purchased or stolen faucet key could get you more than a theft of services summons.

[highdesertranger]

I have never seen a water spigot at a boondocking location.

in California all reclaimed water is safe to drink. however it is not approved for drinking. all reclaimed water is piped in purple pipe. reclaimed water is used for landscape irrigation and everything is purple. I have never seen a spigot on a reclaimed water system. I have seen taps but you need one of these to get water out of the system,

http://www.irrigation-mart.com/default.aspx?page=item+detail&itemcode=QC-QCS100&catlist=150&parent=241

highdesertranger

[QinReno]

 I have seen taps but you need one of these to get water out of the system,

http://www.irrigation-mart.com/default.aspx?page=item+detail&itemcode=QC-QCS100&catlist=150&parent=241

HDR is a constant subject of amazement. 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KA5II5AlO7w

[B and C]

Remember, he worked on a ranch. This is the kind of stuff he should know.

[Weight]

I have never seen a water spigot at a boondocking location.

in California all reclaimed water is safe to drink. however it is not approved for drinking. all reclaimed water is piped in purple pipe. reclaimed water is used for landscape irrigation and everything is purple. I have never seen a spigot on a reclaimed water system. I have seen taps but you need one of these to get water out of the system,

http://www.irrigation-mart.com/default.aspx?page=item+detail&itemcode=QC-QCS100&catlist=150&parent=241

highdesertranger

No idea how you use that part on a municipal system. But, gee HDR, you need to get out of California more often.
I have seen recycled water at a hose bib in North Carolina. It was labeled and needed a safety key to open

[B and C]

Guess different states have different laws for this. Sounds like the same principle though, need a special key.

[highdesertranger]

that's why I said "in California", I just trying to give you all a different perspective. why would you put a hose bib in a reclaimed water system? highdesertranger

[Weight]

For irrigation purposes? I really don't know. But I see a lot of hose bibs with labels " Non-Potable water" . If you have a bootleg key and the label was missing, what would that mean for your coffee? That was my original meaning for my story.

[highdesertranger]

well like I said around here reclaimed water must be potable it's just it can't be distributed that way. I would hope it's that way everywhere after all it wouldn't be to smart releasing water that people and animals are going to come in contact with knowing it had pathogens in it. highdesertranger