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Catch Rain - It's Free

There is a free resource which sometimes lands all too regularly on the fields, roofs and farmyards of the UK….. it is, of course, water! Catch it and you have a free supply…. if you don’t catch it, quite literally, you are watching money go down the drain;

If you do not catch rainfall, collect free water or harvest rainwater then you open up the possibility of:

  • Paying for water for livestock
  • Flooding the farmyard or property
  • Adding to the NVZ footprint

What is the answer? Catch the rain. It is a massive resource flowing into the gutters from the roof space, why not collect it and store it!

Did you know that a 50,000 litre (over 10,000 gallons) galvanized steel storage tank complete with a liner and cover can cost as little as £1900.00; pipework will be extra but for under £2500.00 you will have 50,000 litres of soft water (rainwater tends to be soft so it will not cause scale).

Contrast this to paying a minimum of £1.20 per cubic metre of water and you can see the savings!!! If you collect and use 2,100 cubic metres you have paid for the tank So…. how can you work out what you can collect?

Roof area (m²) x Annual rainfall (m) = Total potential annual yield (m³)

Therefore, if you have a roof area measuring 40 x 20 metres and an annual rainfall of 0.8m (average for Devon and Cornwall – source: Met Office) you can calculate it:

40m x 20m = 800m² x 0.8m = 640m³ (640,000 litres)

How far do you want to go? …… start with a tank collecting water, pipe the gutters into it and at a later date add pumps, filters and distribution pipework. The water can be used to feed livestock, washing down or even fed back into the drains in a controlled way.

What next? Call Mole Valley Plus and discuss your tank options…. No catch! 

01769 576201


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