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Save rain - save the World?
- Rainwater Harvesting and how it can
help.
Are you frustrated that governments, international
agencies and leaders seem unable to do anything about
climate change or global warming, the depletion of our natural resources
or preventing natural disasters? Would you like to do
something about it yourself? Maybe it's the time to
stand up and be counted. Express your individual
responsibility for the destiny of the world. You are
probably already co-operating with your local council in
recycling as much waste as possible. You have double
glazed the windows, increased insulation and turn lights
off whenever possible to reduce your energy consumption.
Are you thinking about solar or wind energy? Yes, but
there seem to be some obstacles, not least of which is
how little the sun shines in the UK at the times you
need the energy.
Now things are a little bit clearer for rain water
harvesting. We have high levels of rainfall. Collecting
it is simple from an engineering and planning point of
view. So you have a simple means of reducing your
dependency on the mains water supply, and increasing
your protection against the effect of droughts on your
garden watering, car-washing and other domestic use. You
don't need to use drinking water to flush your toilets
or supply your clothes washing machine! In fact in an
average home 50% of domestic water use does not need
mains water at all... rain water is fine.
Put it another way. Does it seem ridiculous to you that
a money-making conglomerate processes water centrally,
pipes it huge distances to get to your house, and loses
a high percentage from pipe leaks on the way? What a
waste of energy. Then you dump 99% of it down the drain
when you've used it, to be piped back to that same
company in a sewer. Most homes in the UK will soon have
a water meter, so they'll be charging you for what you
use. Why not process the rainwater from your own roof,
use it around the house, and reduce your dependency on
the water company.
Whatever your feelings on the environmental and economic
issues, you can take simple steps today to use your own
rain water. The simple act of installing a water butt in
the garden, will not only give you water for the garden
when it's dry but will also reduce your use of mains
water for watering the garden. Or take a bigger step and
ask us to calculate the cost of a built-in system,
header tank in the roof, and piping to be able to reduce
mains water consumption in the house.
Updated : Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:14:31 GMT+00:00
The Hindu Publ.Date : Thu, 11 Mar 2010 03:14:46 GMT+00:00
Times LIVE Publ.Date : Tue, 09 Mar 2010 02:31:56 GMT+00:00
Globe and Mail Publ.Date : Thu, 11 Mar 2010 08:30:20 GMT+00:00
Times LIVE Publ.Date : Tue, 09 Mar 2010 13:56:06 GMT+00:00
Reuters Publ.Date : Thu, 11 Mar 2010 06:04:36 GMT+00:00
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