Rainwater harvesting?

[Katymac]

Does anyone do this?

Or have any info/companies/ideas?

TIA
KMc

[SoupDragon]

Do you mean a water butt?

I tried to set one up only to find there are no suitably placed downpipes ion my house!

[ledodgywizardrobespierre]

My inlaws do they have a water butt in the garden which collects rainwater which they use to water plants.

[Katymac]

Nah - I mean flushing the loo with rainwater

[southeastastra]

[SoupDragon]

That's not harvesting, that's using

[Katymac]

Big underground tank
Pump
Lots of water - for free (whoopee)

[SoupDragon]

This site talks about being at the "HOMEBUILDING & RENOVATING SHOWs" and also being a member of "THE UK RAINWATER HARVESTING ASSOCIATION" which maybe has mor info?

[Katymac]

Thanks

Wisy seems to be the market leader

[Mum2FunkyDude]

I am a potter and always needs rain water to mix suitable clay bodies and what I dis was to buy an ordinary black bin wiht a lid that stands next to my studio, it catches all the rain and is full most of the time. The lid keeps plant materials out as it can rot and cause a stink, but remember to lift when it rains.

[southeastastra]

oh what do you make mum2funky

[bran]

There's an interesting article in The Times which touches on this.

I'm sure you've already checked out the info at the Centre for alternative energy .

[Katymac]

Yep - I have been living on CAT for a few weeks

I really like the article - I do want a groundsource heat pump

I cannot beleive the VAT thing

[bran]

I know, it just seems so wrong to be charging tax on this kind of thing when so many other countries are giving grants to help people be more eco-friendly. They wouldn't even necessarily have to give grants, if you could get a low interest loan then lots of these things would be much more affordable as they usually take about a decade or so to break even.

[Katymac]

It is unfair - we get penalised for trying to help

[lotussister]

We do rainwater harvesting for all usages - not just flushing the loo etc, but also the main house water. This means we have a very complicated (and expensive) filtration system. In the beginning we tried to do just the loos without so much filtration but we found that we were getting problems with the toilets and pipes getting damaged, so that's something to watch out for.

[Katymac]

Thanks for that - I will look at it

I know I will need filtration for just toilets but I'm not sure at what level (yet )