Fran Farmer wrote:
songbird wrote:
....
there are decent (low tech even) systems which reject
the first amount of runoff from a rooftop collection
system which avoids most of the "gunk".

We drink the rainwater we collect from our various roof surfaces as do
all of our rural neighbours. There is no way known that we would ever
install those 'first flush' diverters. It wastes too much water from
what might be a brief passing rain event.

if i were in that dire of a situation (where i couldn't
afford 1 bucket to be diverted to a garden) i'd be looking
at a filtering system, enclosed greenhouses and other
water vapor preserving methods.


songbird