The average UK household spends over £1,300 on energy each year. Unfortunately, much of the energy used is wasted, pouring out of homes through drafty doors and windows and uninsulated walls, floors, lofts and basements.

Water is the most precious commodity we have on this planet. Without it we die.

There’s plenty of it but less than 2% of what we have is fresh water. We need it to drink,to maintain good hygiene, for the manufacture of most of our food and for every key product we rely on in our everyday lives.
There is no synthetic alternative. Water is life.

But we take it for granted
We waste an unbelievable amount of water in the UK. Leaving taps on and flushing it down the toilet. Actually andmetaphorically.

The sensible harvesting and utilisation of rainwater has never been more important, globally and here in
the UK where as a result of global warming we are seeing larger quantities of rainfall as our climate
changes subtly to provide wider extremes of weather– including getting our rainfall in longer heavier bursts than we’ve been used to. This has seen huge quantities of rainfall causing flooding with those
vast quantities of water eventually disappearingas run off into rivers and out to sea.

We should save it to reduce water bills
It’s conservatively thought we could save as much as 50% of the potable or drinking water we produce,
if we used rainwater for those tasks where we don’t need to use expensively treated water. With up to
33% of all water usage in an average home and 60% in a commercial premises – offices and the like
– being used to flush toilets and urinals, there’s clearly scope for using rainwater, harvested from
the roofs of building and stored in tanks underground for when its needed.

Washing cars. Watering the garden. Washing clothes. None of these need costly cleaned water. Stored rainwater, that’s run through filters to remove any sediment will do the job just fine. Keeping costs down and leaving more drinking water to be drunk, used for washing and bathing and other hygiene requirements.

Better for the environment. Better for our pockets. It makes so much sense, it’s hard to believe we’ve
overlooked it.

But isn’t rainwater harvesting costly to install?
There is a cost at the front end but unlike most investments this one that will pay for itself over time. It’s not as costly or as complex as you might think.

It’s important to ensure that the site for a rainwater harvesting system makes sense. There has to be
a large enough collecting area – usually a roof – to make it stack up. The rainwater needs to be channelled into a storage tank through filters to remove the sediment it may have picked up en route from the sky to the tank. You’ll need a pump or pumping system to get the water from the tank to the toilets or places where you want to use the water and of course because rain doesn’t always fall when you want
it – feast or famine is the norm – you need a mains water back up system to ensure that there is always sufficient water to flush the loos and for the other uses you have in mind for the stored water.

Contact us for details.