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Rainwater Harvesting - What Is It?
It helps yourself, your pocket and your environment K-Drainage provide an efficient friendly septic tank installation, servicing, maintenance, repairing and tank emptying service for domestic and commercial tanks and now we are diversifying into :-
"Rainwater Harvesting (financially & ecologically sound) "
The Rainwater Harvesting system we use is GRAF and is shown in the video below.
Some Of The Benefits Of Rainwater Harvesting...
Harvest rainwater for toilet flushing and washing machines all
year round are more expensive to plan and install than garden plants. As you can save up to 50 % of your drinking water consumption with these plants, the
greater expenditure is completely justified.. In comparison to the harder tap water, the soft rainwater has the advantage for washing clothes that you need less detergent, no fabric softener or descaler and you get better washing results overall. Hosepipe bans banning watering your garden and cleaning your cars. Water boards have new legislation giving them the right to prohibit the use hosepipes for outdoor activities such as window cleaning, driveway & patio hosing down, boat cleaning, filling swimming pools, ornamental ponds and hot tubs.
(so why not harvest your rainwater !) Underground tanks are fitted with an overflow, through which the surplus water can either flow directly into the sewer network or into the groundwater through percolation.. Rainwater tanks that have a filter, steady inflow and an overflow siphon only need to be cleaned every 10 to 15 years. Otherwise, the layer of sediment on the bottom of the tank, which is very important for the water quality, would be destroyed by frequent cleaning. The sediment layer only “grows” by a few millimetres a year.
The tank is regularly cleaned of floating matter (e.g. pollen), which forms a thin film on the water surface, thanks to the overflow siphon (three to five times a year when the tank is dimensioned correctly).
Additionally, tanks that are connected to the sewer network should be protected from harmful influences by an odour trap and a small animal guard.
How often you need to clean the filter depends mainly on the type of filter and the local conditions.
Our self-cleaning Optimax-Filter for example only needs to be checked once or twice a year as a rule
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Call us or send us an email to arrange an appropriate time and date for your rainwater harvesting plant to be installed, serviced or fixed.....
You do need to consider some approval procedures and a few legal by acceptance of work and setting up a rainwater harvesting system.
As the building regulations are state law, but drinking water supply and sewage removal are subject to local self-government, we can only make general statements by acceptance of work and set-up. You will have to contact the local building authorities, water supply and sewage disposal companies personally to find out which actual provisions apply to you.
In general operating a rainwater harvesting system cannot be forbidden in principle if the plant complies with the relevant provisions (e.g. DIN standards).
The basis for installing a plant are the standards laid down in DIN 1988 “Drinking Water Conduits” and DIN 1986 “Draining Plants for Buildings and Property”.
Using a GRAF plant guarantees compliance with the listed provisions. Graf Rainwater Harvesting plant
Recycle Your Rainwater
*Reduce your water bills
*Toilet flushing
*Laundry (reduces detergent)
*Landscape irrigation
*Livestock & animals
*Swimming pool replenishment
*The list of benefits goes on & on...
Harvest & recycle your rainwater to help you save
yourself money & protect your environment
Recycle Your Rainwater
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Graf Rainwater Harvesting plant