Rain Harvester

A guide to energy saving

Use your rain water,
it's free!
Save money, a standard hosepipe can deliver upto 500 litres per hour.
 

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Garden/ external use systems

Plants grow better using rainwater. which has a balanced pH and no chlorine.
 

rain waterIn the UK we have cheap clean water and under 25% of homes are metered this has made us complacent about our water consumption. In the Environment Agency report  October 2008 we are warned that Britains rivers that provide 70% of our water will drop by 10-15% in volume in the next 40 years. We as householders will need to reduce our consumption by a third and protect and conserve our precious reserves.

Average daily water usage within the home

  • Bath                             100       litres
  • Shower                        33-100  litres
  • Daily toilet flushing        50         litres
  • Dishwasher                   25-60   litres
  • Washing  load               70-120 litres

With toilets and washing machines using  betweeen 30 to 40 % of our water which is of drinking quailty, it makes perfect sense to harvest rainwater instead of mains water for this purpose.

Rainwater harvesting  is a simple method of collecting the rain water which falls onto your roof, bringing  it to a central point via the guttering and storing it in an underground tank until it is required for use. This water is then filtered on entery to the storage tank, this can then be pumped to the point of use thus reducing the amount of water entering the storm-water management system and  thereby helping to reduce flood risk.


Full technical details including the size and build specification of the tanks and pipes and recommendations for their positioning can be obtained by emailing info@eastgreenenergy.co.uk or calling us on 01728 602315.