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Terryc wrote:

0tterbot wrote:
i really do chuckle when townies are
told their rainwater's supposed to be for the garden or the toilet, or
something. dear me.

When it rains, it flushes out all the industrial and motor vehicle
pollutants in the city/town air into rainwater tanks, which isn't as
benign as a bit of dust.

You wouldn't think Sydney rainwater would be fit to drink, but Michael Mobbs'
wife is a scientist and insisted that their rainwater be regularly tested for
this sort of stuff as they live in one of the 'innerest' of inner Sydney
suburbs (Chippendale). They've never had a problem AFAIK, but they do use a
first-flush diverter.

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