Any Body Specialise In Rain Water Harvesting ?

[LDhiman]

Hello guys.

Do any of you guys specialise in rain water harvesting ?

is it cost effective?

what, if any regular problems ?

is there a demand for these sort of systems ?

basically i have been toying with the idea of MAYBE some day building a business around them although it is nothing but a thought at the moment so please don't shoot me down too fast

 

[cushlow]

Works fine so long as the dead pidgeon and the dead mouse that the crow dropped on the roof and their guts have now washed down into the tank and are nicely festering don't cause a problem..

In Australia and NZ rain water capturing is common practice (my brother has it on his farm in NZ and my sister has one on her outback ranch in Australia, dead animal (small) and washed in bird poo are the biggest contaminants, so the water needs to be cleaned to potable standards before drinking.

Our crows don't drop their mice! And eat the pigeons.

But yes you are strictly correct. I've seen a variety of systems in different parts of the world. If you keep the catch clean and filter the water I don't believe you necessarily need further treatment. I'm only filtering out lichen, leaves and twigs. But cleaning the gutters is important, specially autumn, obviously.

In Bermuda they paint their roofs with a latex based paint and most people drink the water with no further treatment - if the roof is clean. But like here there is less pollution.

If you see no more posts from me you will know I have dropped dead from contaminated water!

 

[LDhiman]

just want to put it out there. Im in no way talking about making it portable lol.

 

[Howsie]

Did Cushlow drop dead?

 

[LDhiman]

Did Cushlow drop dead?

looks like it lol

 

[mickie]

The standing charge of water for us is £10 a month, our total bill a month is £20

The cost of fitting even a small tank still isnt worth doing unless i got the stuff free.. I wont be bothering after looking into it.. interesting fact, i spend £50 a year having a crap..

 

[voivod]

Hydram was the name of the hydraulic pumps I worked on. Remember getting parts for it off my boss
He had gave them serial no , they knew where it was, who fitted it and the date it was fitted ( am sure was early 1900's ). They were cool peices of kit