Simple Pleasures

Rain water and grey water harvesting and distribution systems
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nowty
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Simple Pleasures

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End of the month, so I was doing my rounds taking all the various meter readings. I was checking my water meter (under the floor) fed from my water harvesting system which sucks water from an underground river into a 500 litre tank. It then is pumped via a pressure pump for flushing the toilets and watering the garden.

Reading was 355,550 litres saved off my water bill in a little under 8 years.

But as luck would have it, SWMBO was on the loo, so just had to wait until I heard the pressure pump kick in and have my camera ready. :geek:

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The water bill savings have just about paid back for the original expense of fitting the tank, pumps and plumbing.
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18.7kW PV > 109MWh generated
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Re: Simple Pleasures

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Nicely done, long may it continue.
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nowty
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Joeboy wrote: Wed Jun 30, 2021 9:54 pm Nicely done, long may it continue.
I think its about another 2 years till I hit 444,444. :geek:
18.7kW PV > 109MWh generated
Ripple 6.6kW Wind + 4.5kW PV > 26MWh generated
5 Other RE Coop's
105kWh EV storage
60kWh Home battery storage
40kWh Thermal storage
GSHP + A2A HP's
Rain water use > 510 m3
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