Falcon34
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As Neilson have I understand moved to a new base on the mainland,does anyone know if this useful pontoon stop will still be available for visitors?
The ex Neilson pontoon at Nidri. Lefkada
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nickf
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Just got back from Nidri - Latest rumour is that Neilson are selling it to the hotel - so the assumption at the moment is that it will be available for visitors. But the rumours are rife.
Caladh
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Had heard that IBA maybe looking to take it over.
Tony Cross
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That would make more sense, they used it quite a bit when Neilson had it.
Carmel2
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It don't half smell at times!
Tony Cross
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That'll be all those yachties defecating into Vliko Bay. We've seen them.....
Carmel2
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We met a couple there last year who were using there watermaker in that, I declined ice in my G&T.
SeamanStaines
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Please correct me if I am wrong, but my understanding is that a watermaker has to allow H20 through and not NaCl. Given that a single Molecule of NaCl is somewhat smaller than any organism in sewage (and only slightly bigger than H2O) I cant see that there is anything going to get past the reverse osmosis process that is not totally safe?
macd
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...and not just on boats: http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-22479216
vyv_cox
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Just for my own pleasure I looked it up. A salt molecule in water is complex, not just Na+ and Cl- ions. The sodium becomes [Na(H2O)8]+ with a size of about 250 pico-metres, where a pico-metre is a millionth of a micron, and solvated chloride ions. The smallest sized particles I can find are viruses, atmospheric dust, pesticides and herbicides which are .001 - 0.3 microns, or between 4 and 1200 times bigger.
AntarcticPilot
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Actually, it stops Na+ and Cl- ions from passing; NaCl totally dissociates into ions in solution, so you're not removing NaCl molecules but much "larger" ions. And that's different from stopping a non-ionic organic substance, such as most organic toxins. While reverse osmosis will certainly remove bacteria and viruses (in fact, the pre-filtering should remove most bacteria), I'd be less sure about it removing the toxins that are produced in an algal bloom. The toxins produced in a red tide or whatever are extremely poisonous at low concentrations, and also accumulate in the body. So even if the water-maker removed 99% of the toxins, the remaining 1% might be enough to make you seriously ill, even if not fatal.
I wouldn't chance it, because the risk attached to getting it wrong is too high.
AndrewB
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You could triple-purify that water in a hadron accelerator, it's still not going anywhere near my G&T!
Tony Cross
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A Hadron Accelerator? Is that the thing that makes the USS Enterprise enter warp speed?
Carmel2
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Bit early! But I will drink to that.
SeamanStaines
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Wish I had not started this one, I knew my O level physics would not cut the mustard. So....... We are saying that the risk from the watermaker in possibly, slightly polluted water is greater than Greek water in general.
How does a seagull water filter fit into this as I thought it was supposed to remove anything nasty anyway?
How does a seagull water filter fit into this as I thought it was supposed to remove anything nasty anyway?
Carmel2
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I don't know if you have been to this place, but "slightly polluted" it is not, it can be like an open sewer at times.
AntarcticPilot
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It will remove particulate nasties (e.g. bacteria, mud/sand and so on), and a lot of things that cause bad taste or smell (e.g. chlorine, hydrogen sulphide) but not necessarily toxins - or at least, not well enough to guarantee safety. It won't remove dissolved substances like salt.
vyv_cox
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Seagull filter removes most particles, which I think includes viruses. What it won't do is remove dissolved salts, so brackish water remains brackish.
prv
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I had to read that three times before I realised you hadn't written hard-on accelerator
Pete
macd
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I had to read that three times before I realised you hadn't written hard-on accelerator
Pete
Never realised you were dickslexic, Pete.
