The future of coal has been decided

[davidc4430]

The future of coal has already been decided in boardrooms around the globe

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-01-28/why-finance-is-fleeing-fossil-fuels/11903928

[lyhargr_0]

Our tank was here when we bought the house, so no idea what the council rules are here   ...... will ask around  

We are on bore water here, I wont drink it

[eol-products]

We get rain regularly and ideally 1000 litre tank would suffice for my garden needs, also I find it easier to have a small tank on each corner of the house connected to a downpipe which then saves having to carry water from one place to the next. Plus the advantage of no water restrictions which we are not on but are getting close.

I think the region uses roughly 72 megalites per day and if every household saved 500 litres of water per week it would save one days water usage.

[lyhargr_0]

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@eol-products wrote:

We get rain regularly and ideally 1000 litre tank would suffice for my garden needs, also I find it easier to have a small tank on each corner of the house connected to a downpipe which then saves having to carry water from one place to the next. Plus the advantage of no water restrictions which we are not on but are getting close.

I think the region uses roughly 72 megalites per day and if every household saved 500 litres of water per week it would save one days water usage.

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Not sure what you mean re carry water, can you not just connect a hose to your tank? or am I getting confused?

[icyfroth]

We are on level 2 water restrictions here in Sydney.

Our dam is at 45% and we've had no significant rain. If it keeps up like this, it won't be long before we run out of drinking water.

We can't use the hose to water our gardens or wash our cars. We can only use buckets or watering cans between 4pm and 10am.

I've been keeping our garden alive by schlepping grey water from laundry kitchen and bathroom, in buckets and watering cans.

It's hard bloody work.

[viewmont1071]

I have 3 5000 gallon cement tanks. The dead frogs...bird and bat schitt only adds character to the taste lolol.

In the 25 years i and my family have been drinking it it has not killed us, given us beriberi nor have we grown extra appendages. we have not got a visitor that does not take some of our rainforest "water" home with them

Because they are semi sunk I need a house lift pump to get water out of them If the tank water level is below ground level.

When there is a blackout I use a 12volt rule bilge pump to lift water out of the top

https://www.ebay.com.au/p/1587870722?iid=391822526656&chn=ps&norover=1&mkevt=1&mkrid=705-139619-5960...

The current bush trend is to put an inground tank underneath your garage slab..... most times there's only a little water in those though...and a lot of lights and funny green plants.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7WJQuE5yObQ

[davidc4430]

i have allways thought under the house was the perfect place to put a water tank

plenty of room for a big tank

[k1ooo-slr-sales]

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@icyfroth wrote:

I've been keeping our garden alive by schlepping grey water from laundry kitchen and bathroom, in buckets and watering cans.

It's hard bloody work.

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is that the extent of your “water recycling system to capture and filter grey water” you think every household should have?

Wouldn’t it be easier to have a dedicated in-ground tank with a pump like these:

https://www.ozzikleen.com.au/residential/grey_water/greywater_system

[domino-710]

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@k1ooo-slr-sales wrote:

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@icyfroth wrote:

I've been keeping our garden alive by schlepping grey water from laundry kitchen and bathroom, in buckets and watering cans.

It's hard bloody work.

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is that the extent of your “water recycling system to capture and filter grey water” you think every household should have?

Wouldn’t it be easier to have a dedicated in-ground tank with a pump like these:

https://www.ozzikleen.com.au/residential/grey_water/greywater_system

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It would depend on which floor you lived. 

[icyfroth]

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@k1ooo-slr-sales wrote:

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@icyfroth wrote:

I've been keeping our garden alive by schlepping grey water from laundry kitchen and bathroom, in buckets and watering cans.

It's hard bloody work.

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is that the extent of your “water recycling system to capture and filter grey water” you think every household should have?

Of course not.

It would be much easier to capture our grey water in a tank of some sort and attach some sort of irrigation system. I'm sure it could be done.

I live in a unit block of 15.

I'm amazed at how much water goes down the drain, even in just a single wash of mine. I didn't realise until I actually started manually watering our garden with waste water. Imagine x 15!

Imagine how much water goes to waste in some of those huge residential blocks!

Wouldn’t it be easier to have a dedicated in-ground tank with a pump like these:

https://www.ozzikleen.com.au/residential/grey_water/greywater_system

Well der...that's the sort of thing I mean. 

What gets me is, how much of our rain water goes down the stormwater drains and washes out to sea. Then our hugely expensive u-beaut desalination plant sucks it  back in, and desalinates it to make it potable.

Couldn't we harvest the rainwater before it goes down the drain?

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[lyhargr_0]

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@k1ooo-slr-sales wrote:

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@icyfroth wrote:

I've been keeping our garden alive by schlepping grey water from laundry kitchen and bathroom, in buckets and watering cans.

It's hard bloody work.

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is that the extent of your “water recycling system to capture and filter grey water” you think every household should have?

Wouldn’t it be easier to have a dedicated in-ground tank with a pump like these:

https://www.ozzikleen.com.au/residential/grey_water/greywater_system

Might not be so easy to do, if ylou live in a unit like Icy does

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