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On 12 Mar, 21:28, "cineman"
wrote:
Hi,
Got my overgrown water bill today.
On the reverse it states I could reduce my bill if I do not allow surface
water to drain into sewers.
NOW how much storage would i need to conserve the rainfall from my roof.
Any ideas?
regards
Cineman

I should think that what they mean is that if you store your rainwater
rather than have it go down the drain then you will use less mains
water on your garden thus reducing your bill.
As to how much storage you will need, you will have to work out for
yourself, as I have no idea of the size of your roof.
1 inch of rain will give you aprox 0.6gall per sq ft.

David Hill
Abacus Nurseries.


No There is a charge for foul water drainage which is higher if your
surface runoff goes down the drain. My dad had to send the plans and
diagrams and photos I think of his soakaway to get the charge knocked
off his bill

Gill M

Hi
Does your water go to drain or soak a way - if its to soakaway then no
need, unless you want to harvest the water.
Storage is dependant on:-
Inteded use (garden / wc flush)
size of roof to collect water from
your pocket
Space

At work we installed a large interseptor - not a cheap exercise, (had
to be encased in concrete due to the ground conditions) to control run
off.

At http://www.ecofirst.net/rain-water-harvesting.asp they sugges that
an installation costs £2000 for the typical home

Answering other peoples comments based on my own experience Severn
Trent work on the basis that rain water goes to foul water / sewage.
I drew a scale map showing the house, down spouts and soak a ways.
They sent some one out who did a dye test to confirm that the water
did not end up in the sewer and I got my discount - backdated :-)
Worth while exercise.

Clifford
Bawtry, Doncaster, South Yorkshire

In message , hugh
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In message , Bob Hobden
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"cineman" wrote
Hi,
Got my overgrown water bill today.
On the reverse it states I could reduce my bill if I do not allow surface
water to drain into sewers.
NOW how much storage would i need to conserve the rainfall from my roof.
Any ideas?

I thought most houses in the UK were built with soakaways for rain water.
Ours always have.

There are usually two separate drainage systems, foul sewers and
surface water.

Depend son the age of the house to a large extent, older houses tend to
have combined foul/surace water drains - both our current Victorian
house, and our old 1930's semi did. Newer houses have separate drains

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Chris French