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rainwater harvesting combined with slow sand filter

rainwater harvesting with a slow sand filter

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Published on Feb 17, 2010

Capture the rain! (Now legal in Washington state). A quick look at roof water harvesting using a slow sand filter combined with a diverter. This is an overview of the procedure and a demonstration of a working system. An instructional video on how to build a system can be found here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-_RDB… As of September 18, 2016 this filter is still running and producing clean water. The sand has not been changed. See www.slowsandfilter.org and www.shared-source-initiative.c… for lots more information on these filters. Also www.roofwaterharvesting.org and www.enlight-inc.com/blog/ are two sites that have detailed instructions on how to build one of these filters. Do your own water testing: www.micrologylabs.com/categor… What kind of sand to use: www.enlight-inc.com/blog/?m=20… www.enlight-inc.com/blog/?m=20… The water test results from this filter (called filer 1) can be found at our website here: slowsandfilter.org/results_fou… Scroll about half way down the page. There’s lots of info there, and more than just one test has been done. The filter works.

Underground concrete cistern installation overview

Underground concrete cistern installation overview

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Rain Brothers LLC
Published on May 22, 2015

We ( www.rainbrothers.com )specialize in rainwater harvesting systems used for drinking water. This is an overview of a residential project here in Ohio. The site had just been inspected by the Health Department, so we had all our trenches open and thought it would be a good opportunity to put together a video for reference.

It is important to note that we typically do not make hard connections to the tank (either with the pump supply line or the tank inlet and outlet) until the tank has been backfilled and compacted to the levels of the pipe connections. However, this particular county health department inspector requested that the pit be exposed and the connections be made for the inspection. Also, you’ll see that there is water in the pit under the tank. This is groundwater that seeped in during excavation…. It was not put there by us and, no, we don’t have a cracked or leaking tank.

Rainwater Harvesting Interview on Fox News 7

Rainwater Harvesting Interview on Fox News 7

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Uploaded on Aug 3, 2008
Find out more about rainwater collection at www.watercache.com/

This is our interview during the Austin Fox News 7 morning show. We discussed rainwater collection and displayed a small urban rain water harvesting system.