Rainwater Harvesting Benefits

• Save money on water meters
• Reduce the chance of hose pipe bans
• Better for plants

Commercial Rainwater
Harvesting Kit

Rainwater Harvesting and Water Tanks

Climate change has and will continue to play a big part in our lives. The demand for water resources has risen however the availablity of water has declind. Along with these problems, homes and businesses are across the UK are being fitted with water meters, which means water is now even more expensive.

Recycling your rainwater has many advantages, first being; its free, you can store as much as you want then reuse it how you want. Second is that rainwater is softer then tap water, which means that if you were to use the rainwater in you washing machine lime scale would take longer to appear. If you were using the water for you garden, then some plants respond better to rainwater than tap water.

Rainwater-Collection

• Helps prevent hose pipe bans
• Can be used inside the house aswell as the garden
• Can be filtered for drinking water
• Underground water tanks are not essential
• Save money, especially if your on a water meter

Grey Water Facts

• Grey water is waste water from baths, sinks, showers etc.
• Use grey as soon as possible as it starts to smell
• DO NOT use grey water on pot plants.
• Can be filter in the same way as your rainwater
• DO NOT Drink Grey Water

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Quick Tips

Rainwater Collection

You don't need a large water tank to harvest rainwater, you could simply have a water butt which you can collect the rainwater from your down pipe, connect a simple pump and thats it.

Grey issues

When it comes to grey water it is a bit of a "grey area", 'what can i recycle?', 'is it safe'. Read our grey water page hopefully it will help

Why should we harvest rainwater?

We use 70% water today than we did 40 years

By reducing your water usage you can:

• Save money on our water bills (especially if your on a water meter)

• Reduce the possibility of a drought, which will lead to a hosepipe ban.

• Reduce the damage which is done to wildlife in wetlands, reservoir and rivers.

Water Usage

How much is the water you let go down the plughole worth? and could you save it?

Rainwater Harvesting Use