Rainwater
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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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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Rainwater Collection – Quality Issues
This is a fairly typical rainwater collection installation. Gutters discharging to a pipe which discharges onto a screen fitted to the tank access point, cheap and cheerful! I must have seen it hundreds of times . . . . ….
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Charged Rainwater Collection
Thanks to SaveH2O, of Supadiverta This diagram indicates a charged rainwater collection system. These are sometimes called either a “wet” or a “pressure” system. NB. This diagram has been simplified for clarity. A leaf diverter, and an adequate overflow, must…
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