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[September 2022] I'd kind of
wanted to collect rainwater for
a while, but when I did the
calculations, because of how
little water I use, I couldn't
justify buying a large enough
tank/water-butt for my needs and
plumbing it in (how long might
such a tank, or its plastic
fittings, last?) But then my
neighbours had some large
containers going spare. Here is
one now connected up to the
guttering on my house:
"H2O
Containment System 01"
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My property is on a water
meter and up to this point I pay £5.50 per month for the water I
use.
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The kit for connecting
the barrel to the guttering, and attaching a plastic tap, was £15.
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I am curious to see if a
saving on my water bill is noticed (I have previously calculated
how much rain my roof can likely collect).
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I intend to use the rain
water to flush my toilet. For now at least this will involve
periodically transferring a manageable amount of water into
another receptacle and moving that into my bathroom to decant into
the toilet cistern when I flush it, perhaps the smaller container
to the left will be ok for this (I have used bath water before
until the novelty wore off!) - the ideal solution would be to
plumb something in properly.
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Showering with rain water
could be a challenge due to my property being single-storey.
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The blue barrel is clean
inside but I have my reservations about drinking the water
directly from it since I have my concerns about the plastic
leeching into the water... but then perhaps we all suffer this
already from existing water pipes and the drinks and food
packaging we use (paying for an adequate filter would have to be a
justifiable expense).
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As an additional
receptacle I am considering that I could use the council-issued
garden waste wheelie bin as this stands idle following the charge
the council now levy for using it - I could just as easily add the
same kit and tap to it, more than doubling my water containment
capacity...
240-litres... how many toilet flushes
is that?
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saving water:
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