DIY water harvesting!!

[ADM360]

Evening all, Thought I put this out there as a another one one of my hair brain schemes!!

We have just moved to a new house and are on a water meter, so to save a bit on the bills I am proposing to set up a rain water harvesting system, but as it is a social landlord I'm not going down the "official route"!!

I am planning to set up 3 IBC's (3000lts should be enough?) 2 behind the shed where they can't be seen connected to 1 by the house, (triple filtered for freshness if it was Vodka it'd be worth a fortune) where I can pipe it round the house to both WC's and Washing machine, I just need to work out he pump arrangements? cost and ease of use are important!! Thought if I could find a negative head shower pump off the internet auction site for not a lot that would suit it great!! would really like to run the dishwasher and shower from the stored water but am hit by water reg's and potable water issues and can't see a low cost way round that?

Any thoughts?

Cheers Tony.:shades_smile:

 

[TBServices]

Not sure I'd want anything that came from harvesting washing me/my dishes/my clothes.

Toilet fill only for me

 

[ADM360]

Fitted UV sets on water pumped up from streams, the same stream that the septic tank over flows into ever now and then!! that's farmers for you!!

 

[TBServices]

I know very very little about water harvesting tbh.

 

[Rhyno]

I have only seen one system before, and that only served WCs.

 

[ADM360]

I'm quite new to it too! just don't want to spend out on UV set and filter packs to save a couple of quid!! return on the investment and all that!!

 

[Killy Bing]

Tempted to do the same thing for my parents house loos.
when i pull out a shower pump next.
set up a separate feed and put a non return on the potable side just incase both isolators were ever left open.

 

[ADM360]

Need to find a cheap pump to automatically get it up to the first floor!! less hassle than going for a loft tank and all that!!

 

[Killy Bing]

Need to find a cheap pump to automatically get it up to the first floor!! less hassle than going for a loft tank and all that!!

Single impeller shower pump in a little enclosure outside would do ?

 

[ADM360]

Yea but it would need to be negative head??

 

[lame plumber]

i run a couple of old cwst on a flat roof to do my wcs. one fill valve on mains the other on the tamks, works a treat. If your going to store water in ibc tanks youll need to black them up or youll just get green water after a few weeks!, but they are ok for washing clothes,not you dishes though!

 

[Killy Bing]

Yes negative

Whatever pump you use would have to have a flow switch anyway?

Pretty much a shower pump

 

[Koogatubac]

Is it centralheatking or tamz whos a expert on rainwater harvesting?

Theres a topic related to this in the renewables section of the forum i believe