[Equinox] Brown water from stateroom faucet

[NutsAboutGolf]

2 hours ago, tonyd285 said:

The water on modern cruise ships is sea water which is processed in a desalinization system (reverse osmosis).  It tends to be high in sodium and sometimes the process is imperfect.  We always use only bottled water when cruising, including at meals, and avoid things like iced tea, etc.  The classic drink package includes unlimited bottled water which is highly purified.

If it makes one feel safer, go for bottled water yet just know while rare, there has been cases of bottled water being contaminated or “imperfect”

[mayleeman]

4 hours ago, NutsAboutGolf said:

If it makes one feel safer, go for bottled water yet just know while rare, there has been cases of bottled water being contaminated or “imperfect”

 

Thanks for pointing that out. And it is worse, still:  water, liquor, fruit juice, fresh foods, meat, grains.... literally everything we eat or imbibe can get contaminated. Very few things in life are perfect with no historical aberrations. Ship have sunk, too. Planes crash. The dinosaurs got wiped out...

 

Drinking and using only bottled water on ships to protect yourself seems an expensive way since the risk is so low -- unless someone has the drink package, I suppose. With hundreds of thousands of people cruising every week, when was the last time we heard of a problem?

[the penguins]

7 hours ago, tonyd285 said:

The water on modern cruise ships is sea water which is processed in a desalinization system (reverse osmosis).  It tends to be high in sodium and sometimes the process is imperfect.  We always use only bottled water when cruising, including at meals, and avoid things like iced tea, etc.  The classic drink package includes unlimited bottled water which is highly purified.

Of all the things that concern us water on board is way down the list.

Teas, coffees, juices made from concentrates, all the food prepared and cooked on board, all the water served in the restaurants, all the washing of crockery, cutlery and dishes and the laundry. All of these and more use sea water processed onboard. 

[chengkp75]

5 hours ago, terrydtx said:

Thank you for correcting the information, I was going to do the same thing. Evaporated water is the same process for making distilled water. Also don't cruise ships add choline to the water to keep it bacteria free and sanitized?  

 

Since you are good source on this, which process do modern cruise ships use for water on the ship, evaporated or RO water?

Typically, both, as evaporator requires a lot of waste heat from the generators,  meaning higher speeds, while RO can be made at lower speeds,  or to supplement the evaporators.

[Georgia_Peaches]

On 5/5/2023 at 11:01 AM, CelebrityBrownWater said:

AC barely cooling the room on embarkation day.

Not minor in my book!!  Did the a/c improve?

[CelebrityBrownWater]

15 minutes ago, Georgia_Peaches said:

Not minor in my book!!  Did the a/c improve?

 Yes, it was only an issue on embarkation day. Once the cabin cooled down it held the temp well enough.

[the penguins]

18 hours ago, CelebrityBrownWater said:

 Yes, it was only an issue on embarkation day. Once the cabin cooled down it held the temp well enough.

We find this is normal on embarkation day. We have always assumed it was because so many of the entrances to the ship are open not just for passengers but for the baggage and general supplies.

We go direct to our cabin, turn the Aircon to minimum and head for Al Bacio.