Water
Rainwater Tank – Outlet Modifications
In a post on Outlet Location I talked about improving the water quality by avoiding taking water from the bottom of the tank. This post shows how you can keep the floating particles on the top of the water out…
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Roof Choice – Risk
Something you might never have thought about when thinking about the sort of roof that you want on your new house is Risk. Low Risk A conventional roof which slopes to the outside can be considered to be a low…
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Rainwater Tank – Outlet Location
In Understanding Tank Water Quality I explained that the typical tank outlets is located close to the bottom of the tank. This takes the dirtiest water from the bottom of the tank,rather than the cleanest water near the top. So what can…
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Rainwater Tank – Inlet Improvements
In Understanding Tank Water Quality I explained that most tank inlets mix the dirtier incoming water with the cleanest water at the top of the tank. So what can you do? Its not as simple as just extending the inlet…
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Understanding Tank Water Quality
The drawing on the right shows a fairly typical rainwater tank layout. I have seen lots of tanks set up like this and have also seen this layout in tank supplier’s brochures. The set up is probably OK for garden…
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