RE: Water Reclamation System

[Steve B <steve@xxxxxxx>]

In the area i have my rental property a discount of 25 quid applies if you
can show the rainwater does not enter the drains.

At 11:57 15/07/2002 +0100, you wrote:
>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@xxxxxxx
>Subject: 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 a long line of market gardeners.)
>
>c: If you're going to use it for 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@xxxxxxx
>Subject: [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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