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Thread: Recycling Rainwater

  1. #11

    Re: Recycling Rainwater

    you could collect it, store it, pump it and filter it for drinking water, but it would have to have several reverse osmosis filters, and an activated charcoal filter for me to be drinking it. plus, a few drops of bleach will purify alot of water.

    this is something we want to do, since the price of water has increased so much. it would be nice to have an underground storage tank of potable water.

    in our landscaping endeavors, we are trying to go to low water plants with out putting ugly cacti and such in the yard. using bark and partially decomposed wood as a soil topper to keep in moisture, drip irrigation, etc.
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  2. #12

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    Not sure if any of you watch "This Old House", but they built a green house back a few seasons ago. They used a large (at least 500 gallon) tank to collect rain water off the roof. They used the water for iregation, and probably had it tied into a few other deals as well. It's a cool setup.

    The HGTV Green House that is being given away uses collected rain water for irigation and toilet flushes.
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    My aunt and uncle renovated an existing house (basically tore it down) and rebuilt the greenest house in Seattle. They have a 7000 gallon cistern they store rain water from the roof. They use it to flush their toilets, wash their clothes and water their yard. The cistern is under their patio.

    Up here a lot of people collect water in cisterns where they can't get good ground water.

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  4. #14

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    helps when you have more than 40 inches of precipitation a year!, down here we get about 17/year, 2-3 in the driest of dry, and 34 in the wettest of wet.
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  5. #15

    Re: Recycling Rainwater

    Quote Originally Posted by Seanz0rz
    helps when you have more than 40 inches of precipitation a year!, down here we get about 17/year, 2-3 in the driest of dry, and 34 in the wettest of wet.
    I hear ya! Will trade water for sun shine
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  6. #16

    Re: Recycling Rainwater

    Garrett, check this out!

    Source: Rain Barrels Made Easy How-To Article

    Has a great detailed article and lots of pictures!
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  7. #17

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    nice find!

    one of the more complete how-to's i've seen

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