Rainwater Harvesting

Rainwater can be harnessed to water plants or can be cleaned on site and used as greywater (flushing toilets and washing clothes).

WATERING PLANTS
We've used second-hand Intermediate Bulk Containers (IBCs) which can be picked up for about £20. As much as 2000L can be collected in a couple of hours of heavy rain (admittedly we have a large roof of ...). We pump the water into another IBC in a trailer with a small 12v pump and drive round the field watering acres of trees
As with most things, building a simple DIY contraption costs more than you'd probably think, with the IBCs, pump, various bit of pipes it came to about £200. But with water costing on average £2/1000 litres, it should pay for itself in a couple of years with acres of trees to water.

We use 1000 Litre IBCs for rainwater storage, they only cost about £20

RAINWATER FOR GREY-WATER

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