rainwater
Pollyanna, I am sorry but I am with you on this!
I have lived in Bali for over 7 years now and as they say. The average rainfall is 1.5 meters per year and Indonesians as well as Bule's he would rather watch it go down the drains, fill potholes on the road, flood rice fields etc etc. No body wantes to use it or store it because they all believe that rainwater is dirty! But everyone is happy to use the ground water for everything else. I havre 2 bores on my property. 1 is a well and the other is a bore which is approx bored 4 meters from a major stowmwater drain! So, you can imagine this bore( 49 mts deep). is always contaminated from the drain. I am originally from West QLD so we had to utilise either artisian bore water or collect rain water. Has anyone ever tasted the water from thr Great Artisian Basin? It is Hard water and comes out of the ground hot! being brought op on this. I have taken a liking to rain water.
I am in the middle now of installing several tanks here to catch the rainwater so it is not wasted. All you have to do is place some guttering on your house so you can catch it. FYI. A normal family will use approx 200 lts per day per person. more for washing tho. I have put a 520ltr tank on the roof of the laundry just to supply the washing machine. All I remind you to do is once you have it set up please remember to place about a cupful of Kero in the tanks after each heavy rain and the tanks are full. This stops mozzies breeding in your tanks so there is less chance of dengue fever around your house. You can get larger tanks at Mitre 10. 1100 ltr, 800 ltr 650ltr. 520 ltr and smaller.
I hope this help you decide which way to go.
Cheers
Dingo
Pollyanna, I am sorry but I am with you on this!
I have lived in Bali for over 7 years now and as they say. The average rainfall is 1.5 meters per year and Indonesians as well as Bule's he would rather watch it go down the drains, fill potholes on the road, flood rice fields etc etc. No body wantes to use it or store it because they all believe that rainwater is dirty! But everyone is happy to use the ground water for everything else. I havre 2 bores on my property. 1 is a well and the other is a bore which is approx bored 4 meters from a major stowmwater drain! So, you can imagine this bore( 49 mts deep). is always contaminated from the drain. I am originally from West QLD so we had to utilise either artisian bore water or collect rain water. Has anyone ever tasted the water from thr Great Artisian Basin? It is Hard water and comes out of the ground hot! being brought op on this. I have taken a liking to rain water.
I am in the middle now of installing several tanks here to catch the rainwater so it is not wasted. All you have to do is place some guttering on your house so you can catch it. FYI. A normal family will use approx 200 lts per day per person. more for washing tho. I have put a 520ltr tank on the roof of the laundry just to supply the washing machine. All I remind you to do is once you have it set up please remember to place about a cupful of Kero in the tanks after each heavy rain and the tanks are full. This stops mozzies breeding in your tanks so there is less chance of dengue fever around your house. You can get larger tanks at Mitre 10. 1100 ltr, 800 ltr 650ltr. 520 ltr and smaller.
I hope this help you decide which way to go.
Cheers
Dingo