[Window Lickers]

We've just had a downpour here.


Whilst the intial rain water coming off the roof had a TDS of 22 after flushing for a couple of minutes it was flowing through the pipes at a loverlee 10PPM. I keep thinking about harvesting this stuff.

[gary999]

Ive had rainwater at 2ppm from the shed roof i have a hardpiece of plastic
on roof which i clean periodically.

Shame we have had bugger all rain rounf here for a while

[Rob@Blast off]

I harvest mine off a perspex roof and normally get a reading of 3 
But I ran out two weeks ago 

[Ian101]

keep saying im going to do this  ....

[paulben]

just be careful how you use and store the water more chance of water borne deceases as water is not clean to start with . not sure but this may have been reason for my illness 2 years ago now ditched rainwater harvesting as not worth the risk

[matthewprice]

In the process of rainwater harvesting .would seem you really need a UV light to keep water safe

[Rob@Blast off]

Touch wood I haven't had a problem yet, just need more of it.

[robert mitchell]

Water is not clean to start with?

Rain water is cleaner than your tap water until it hits a dirty surface, the same health problems can come from storing any type of water if you don't store it correctly

leaves etc getting into the tank and contaminating it .

there is no extra risk with rain water .

[Window Lickers]

just be careful how you use and store the water more chance of water borne deceases as water is not clean to start with . not sure but this may have been reason for my illness 2 years ago now ditched rainwater harvesting as not worth the risk

Rainwater isn't clean to start with? I'd rather drink rainwater than the crap that comes out of our taps these days.