Water
Round or Slimline Tanks?
These days many states require you to have rainwater storage , unless you have access to recyled water. But which type of tank will be best? Round Tanks The standard is round tanks. These cost less because they are easier…
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Rainwater Tank Problems
Rainwater Tanks aren’t always trouble free, so here is some advice on a couple of problems that you can encounter. Cleaning Even with pre-filters there will eventually be a build up of dirt and cloudy water at the bottom of…
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What Size Rainwater Tank 3
Other postshave explained how to calculate: How much rain you can collect and How to work out how much water you will need to last for a month without rain. From your calculations find out the month of lowest average…
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What Size Rainwater Tanks Do You Need – 2
How Do You Plan To Use The Water? The most common uses for rainwater are for toilet flushing, garden watering and car washing. Toilet Flushing Basically a new duel flush Australian toilet will use 6 L for it’s main flush…
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What Size Rainwater Tanks Do You Need – 1
With sustainability being a majot topic you may be thinking about a rainwater tank. . . but what size of tank do you need? The bigger tank you get the cheaper the cost of storage per kilolitre (1,000L or 1kL)…
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Rainwater – Safety
Millions of people have lived long healthy lives drinking rainwater . . . . but that’s doesn’t mean that rainwater is entirely pure, or completely safe for everyone. Composition The following Chemicals are commonly found in rain: Hydrogen, Ammonium, Calcium,…
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Smart Renovations to Save on Your Water and Electric Bill
Guest Post from Joel Sidaka As a property owner, it is quite common to spend around $300-$400 on utility bills every month. Sometimes, it can even go as high as $500! This can be a hard pill to swallow. Fortunately,…
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Tank House – Win!
For all you water collecting enthusiasts can you beat this home? Two sides of the house are lined with plastic rainwater tanks! Not surprisingly its called the ‘Tank House’ and is located in Port Melbourne. Although there are a considerable number…
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Bushfire Reserve – Volume
I have previously talked about Bushfire reserve supplies. . . . But how much? I see various minimum water volumes put forward for bush fire reserves. For example in early 2014 the following applied. Victoria, regulations for new builds require…
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Rainfall Intensity
When most people think about rainfall they think about the amount of rainfall . . . . . . . . . but it’s just as important to understand how hard it can rain, the ‘Rainfall Intensity’. The ‘Rainfall Intensity’…
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