http://www.chelseagreen.com/content/free-your-water-fundamentals-of-a-rainwater-harvesting-system/ The Politics and Practice of Sustainable Living. Mon, 13 Feb 2012 19:55:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 http://www.chelseagreen.com/content/free-your-water-fundamentals-of-a-rainwater-harvesting-system/#comment-19438 rain harvesting Wed, 01 Dec 2010 19:05:29 +0000 http://www.chelseagreen.com/content/free-your-water-fundamentals-of-a-rainwater-harvesting-system/#comment-19438 Great article and very informative. I agree that a leaf diverter is very necessary if you have folage around your house. Also the screen is very useful for the mosquitos. They can carry a lot of disese. Great article and very informative. I agree that a leaf diverter is very necessary if you have folage around your house. Also the screen is very useful for the mosquitos. They can carry a lot of disese.

]]> http://www.chelseagreen.com/content/free-your-water-fundamentals-of-a-rainwater-harvesting-system/#comment-18999 David James Wed, 22 Sep 2010 12:38:25 +0000 http://www.chelseagreen.com/content/free-your-water-fundamentals-of-a-rainwater-harvesting-system/#comment-18999 Half round gutters are less likely to puddle than flat bottomed gutters. Clearing branches from overhanging the roof and running a wire above the ridge will prevent most animal and bird droppings. A leaf diverter under the gutter spigot and above the first flush pipe is better than a level screen as it is self cleaning. A mosquito screen should follow and the tank (cistern) isolated from mosquitoes. The tank overflow needs to syphon from a grid of holed pipes in the bottom of the tank. The tank outlet for drinking needs to be 200(8") above the drain outlet to be above the dead zone. A floating outlet just below the oxygenated water surface is ideal. Half round gutters are less likely to puddle than flat bottomed gutters. Clearing branches from overhanging the roof and running a wire above the ridge will prevent most animal and bird droppings. A leaf diverter under the gutter spigot and above the first flush pipe is better than a level screen as it is self cleaning. A mosquito screen should follow and the tank (cistern) isolated from mosquitoes. The tank overflow needs to syphon from a grid of holed pipes in the bottom of the tank. The tank outlet for drinking needs to be 200(8″) above the drain outlet to be above the dead zone. A floating outlet just below the oxygenated water surface is ideal.

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