true....but you have to share one tap with 500 others and walk 2 miles, and back, with a container on your head to get thereAlways amazes me how much water costs on this soggy isle of ours.
Apparently for £2 per month I can supply an entire village in Africa with fresh water!
And shower once a year (when it rains), and hope that what you're drinking doesn't have any parasites because it's never tested, and you don't have to s**t in a hole in the ground.....true....but you have to share one tap with 500 others and walk 2 miles, and back, with a container on your head to get there
Its commercial with no meterIf it's a commercial building they all have meters fitted, has been that way for years
Perhaps you might like to tell us why not? it is filtered rainwater, whereas what comes from the water supplier has been around on the ground for years, and been through many kidneys, it is actually sterilised sewage water! there are many rainwater recycling systems on the market, both domestic and commercial, and when they are fitted with UV sterilisation,turn rainwater into drinking water and washing your hands in rainwater is a lot cleaner than rivers which people swim and fish in. It is also soft water, which means it is much better for washing than the tap water in my area, which is very hard. When piped water first came to this village in the 1920's, the women used it for cooking, but would not wash their hair or clothes in it because of the hardness. virtually the only difference is the addition of a dash of chlorine! Why pay for what falls out of the clouds fer nowt, especialy when you are going to dirty it up and chuck it down the sewers anyway?Really - and you wash your hands in this water? I wouldn't.....
Yes of course - my read of what you originally typed was that you caught, stored, heated and used rainwater - no mention of any form of disinfection before heating or after. So the birds poo on the roof, where the worms and bugs live, it all gets washed into your tank, where the bugs breed. You heat it -or not, and what ends up on your hands? If you have a uv reactor, filter etc then fine. I would still be careful of legionella though.Perhaps you might like to tell us why not? it is filtered rainwater, whereas what comes from the water supplier has been around on the ground for years, and been through many kidneys, it is actually sterilised sewage water! there are many rainwater recycling systems on the market, both domestic and commercial, and when they are fitted with UV sterilisation,turn rainwater into drinking water and washing your hands in rainwater is a lot cleaner than rivers which people swim and fish in. It is also soft water, which means it is much better for washing than the tap water in my area, which is very hard. When piped water first came to this village in the 1920's, the women used it for cooking, but would not wash their hair or clothes in it because of the hardness. virtually the only difference is the addition of a dash of chlorine! Why pay for what falls out of the clouds fer nowt, especialy when you are going to dirty it up and chuck it down the sewers anyway?
Not seen one before, all commercial premises here have them, might be down to different water companyIts commercial with no meter
Legionella multiplies in warm water, the water in the underground cistern is far too cold for any bacterial growth, and in the water heaters, far too hot, we did have it tested by environmental health a few years ago with the old, unfiltered, system, when my brothers business was based here, and his staff were using it and it was passed fit for the uses he was putting it to, ie handwashing and toilet flushing. We are in intimate contact with bacteria in nature for all of our lives, and the reason we are rarely sick is that the vast majority of the bacteria in nature are completely harmless. Modern medicine is even claiming that the upsurge in asthma, and other allergic conditions is due to being born and growing up in a world that is too clean, and filled with harsh chemicals used to keep us safe from "germs"Yes of course - my read of what you originally typed was that you caught, stored, heated and used rainwater - no mention of any form of disinfection before heating or after. So the birds poo on the roof, where the worms and bugs live, it all gets washed into your tank, where the bugs breed. You heat it -or not, and what ends up on your hands? If you have a uv reactor, filter etc then fine. I would still be careful of legionella though.
Most companies want to know if you have an external tap, and will charge you accordingly, I believe.
Over here a business I was visiting had the owner complaining that the water board used Google to calculate how big His business roof was to calculate run off. No discount for grassy areas.