[LWC]

i have got 2 ibc tanks, and ive been waiting for it to rain. today it rained

i could not beleive it...ive filled them both half way in a few hours of rain!

it rained for about 3 - 4 hours i wouldve said, and ive collected 1000 litres in that time!

when i get the new van ill just be pumping that into the van tank and running just a di system, i really cannot beleive how much water ive collected! in a short amount of time

[Jeff Brimble]

Good isnt it 
Millions of gallons for free !
What tds do you have and what roof covering ?

[chrismroberts]

WOW! Thats brilliant!

You just redirected your drainpipe into them??

[chrismroberts]

LWC, do you have any pictures of your setup?

[LWC]

no pics, its not setup properly yet, i want to clean them out and i thought it was a waste of waste of water just filling it from the tap.

ive just got 2 downpipes 1 each side of the garage, the roofs slate. ive always looked at these pipes, and the water absoultly flies out of there, this is gonna be great 

i took a readin the other day and it was 007ppm

[chrismroberts]

Nice one mate. Thats just from the garage roof??

[Jeff Brimble]

let it settle a bit and then try using it  as it is

[Rob.Hall]

The water comps in a drought wont let you use stored water from your own sorces.......?

This was in an artical not so long ago.........Did you know it belongs to them..aparently..

I cannot be sure of the legitamacy of this report.

[Jeff Brimble]

What a great story that would make "rainwater" is banned and taxed. I already pay water/sewage rates.

[Wayne Thomas]

You can always plumb your rainwater tank in if used as a harvesting tank for flushing toilets, etc to reduce your water bill if you're registered on a meter usage.

[Rob.Hall]

Yeh....

I wish I could get hold of that report.

I was looking to store rain water but have been put of for the above reason.

Must find it//////// :

[Neil Williams]

The water comps in a drought wont let you use stored water from your own sorces.......?
This was in an artical not so long ago.........Did you know it belongs to them..aparently..
I cannot be sure of the legitamacy of this report.

The key word is drought. If there is a drought issued then there will be issues with using any water. Hose pipe ban is different and all this who owns what water, was covered in another thread only a few weeks back.
All this collecting rain when it rains is great but what about when it doesn't rain. 1000L doesn't last long in the wfp world.

[Jeff Brimble]

The more you use the more you save 

[LWC]

well itll be 2000 litres when its full, then when it doesnt rain ill just use the tap water...obviously

its a big garage by the way

[chrismroberts]

The water comps in a drought wont let you use stored water from your own sorces.......?
This was in an artical not so long ago.........Did you know it belongs to them..aparently..
I cannot be sure of the legitamacy of this report.

The key word is drought. If there is a drought issued then there will be issues with using any water. Hose pipe ban is different and all this who owns what water, was covered in another thread only a few weeks back.
All this collecting rain when it rains is great but what about when it doesn't rain. 1000L doesn't last long in the wfp world.

I guess... and this would be my plan.... you use the harvested rainwater only during hosepipe bans, drought, etc.  If you could collect 5000 liters in the winter, this would last a few weeks surely?

[Jeff Brimble]

I think it was about June I installed my 1 IBC and have not used the RO since. That original IBC lasted me more than 5 weeks- but I dont do frames.

[L.Doubtfire - The Blade Runner]

Hi Jeff,and members.Over Xmas and new year got myself a new rainwater
Collecting `set-up`nearly all from B&Q. 6am this morning brought in my
First `new batch` to test.With the aquarium filters in place,as clear and as
`bit` free as tapwater.I`m really disappointed  though…..A reading of 15ppm.
Last spring with midges ,flies and other perhaps muck going into the butt I
Got readings as low as 2ppm!!!!!!!!!!!! I`m gutted!!!!.....No I take that back,,
,,,I`m doubly gutted!!!!!!!!! Jeff,is there any reason for waiting before using
Your rainwater?


Lewis Doubtfire Gleem Clean ( The Blade Runner )

[Jeff Brimble]

Waiting wont really make that much difference. I get my tds readings down to approx 1 before connecting the filters so dont know why yours are high -sorry.
Are you using the Blue sponge filters first ?

[L.Doubtfire - The Blade Runner]

No Jeff,it`s the white wool stuff I`ve used.I`ve got 2 different grades of
The blue stuff waiting to be used.I`m gonna put em` `in line`.The girl in
The aqauarium shop gave me the idea.The white wool was pretty dirty.
It`s good,obviously not good enough.

[frames to panes]

Even if your rainwater was 15ppm if you ran it through a di vessel or could pump it through your existing ro unit then the savings on resin and filter changes would be pretty good. If you could find a way of getting it through an ro unit then surely the rejection rate would be almost nothing?............... Or not?