RE: Water Reclamation System

["Ray Barnett" <lists@xxxxxxx>]

I seem to remember reading quite some time ago about some farmer who was sued by the water company for collecting water off his roof. Apparently there is some rule to say that the water is legally owned by the water company and that by diverting it from a drain you are stealing it. Maybe along the lines that you have to pay to extract water from rivers. I'm not sure if this is true though, or whether my memory is dodgy. However, given water butts don't seem to cause problems, and noone would probably ever spot it, I can't see it is really an issue.

 

On the water purification front, I would consider UV for killing algae and bacteria. Would charcoal really do much when filtering fairly pure rain water?

 

Ray Barnett.

-----Original Message-----
From: Mark Harrison [mailto:Mark.Harrison@xxxxxxx]
Sent: 15 July 2002 10:01
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxxSubject: RE: [ukha_d] Water Reclamation System

Stuart,

a: Hmm.... I'd look VERY carefully at the structural integrity of the garage roof. Water is, well, heavy, and you may need to reinforce.

b: Charcoal. (SWMBO comes >from watering the garden, then no, that's fine. Note however, that "hosepipe bans" are dictated by the Environment Agency, not your local water supplier and DO apply even to water you have collected off your own roof and store in your own storage tanks.

My personal recommendation would be to use a series of daisy-chained water butts. OR to dig out an underground tank (if you're serious) and install a motorised pump.

Regards,

Mark



-----Original Message-----
From: Stuart Poulton [mailto:swp@xxxxxxx]
Sent: 14 July 2002 15:58
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxxSubject: [ukha_d] Water Reclamation System


Hi All,

I've decided that I want to reduce the "fresh" water usage here at gadget
towers.

Plan is as follows

1) Collect rain water from main roof of house, easy enough to do as
downspout runs past wall of garage.

2) Install automated storage system in garage roof.
3) Collect water from garage roof, more difficult as storage tanks will
obviously be above gutter level, plan to use a rainbut with automated
emptying system into garage storage tank.

Any comments on above welcome

Now the questions

a) How to store the water, ie tanks ? Have to consider that it's a new
house so has horible A frame roof members in the garage, which have a
spacing of 22"

b) Is there any addative for the water to reduce the chance of it smelling
? (I'm already working on an automated dosing pump )

c) Any implications with the water board / /local council.


Cheers

STuart



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