On Mon, 28 Jul 2003 19:44:27 -0400, "JNJ" wrote:

I'll be redirecting our downspouts here soon as well. The house has a
typical pitched roof as well as a small roof on an add-on (only a couple
hundred square feet). From what I've read, the typical home can capture
enough rainfall on the roof to account from a large chunk of the typical
water usage a 2 or 3 family needs in a year. Some interesting numbers. I'm
also looking into water purification systems -- would be nice to grab the
runoff from the roof and bring it into the house for things like laundry,
toilets, showers, and so forth.

James

The next large project we are going to do is have a cistern installed with a
filter system. That way, no water from the city need be used. I don't drink it
now. What the hell is chloramine? Anyway, in Texas where we live, we have an
average yearly rainfall of 31 inches. It's enough to fill a ten thousand gallon
cistern many times. As little as a quarter inch of water can fill all of my
current 75 gallon rain barrels. The City of Austin sells them for 45 dollars.
They are the ones in the Gardeners Supply Catalog which otherwise cost 130
dollars each. Maybe even a bit more.

Victoria