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Name : Ken
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Location : Cape Coral Fl
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E-mail :
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Comments : Thanks for taking the time to do this. I will save me lots of time and save water.
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Name : Lee
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Location : UK
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E-mail :
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Comments : Excellent work. I came up the the same idea and am now searching the web for ideas while waiting for my 1500 litre tank to arrive :)
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Name : Brian Pescod
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Location : Breslau Ontario Canada
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E-mail : [email protected]
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Comments : great idea love it keep up the good work
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Name : Elizabeth
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Location : Midwest
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E-mail : [email protected]
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Comments : Great Idea! I am interested in harvesting rain water for my vegetable garden because the plants do so much better than with city water and I can feel better about watering my garden and not waisting potable water. I wish the weather here in the midwest wa
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Name : Ken Byatt
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Location : UK
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E-mail : [email protected]
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Comments : I have been thinking of doing this project and by looking at your information I feel more confident about doing it. Thank you I enjoyed reading.
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Name : Steve
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Location : Cornwall, UK
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E-mail : HomeFixSWatAOL.com
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Comments : Your site excellently illustrates this environmental concept, with really clear explanation and pictures - Thanks for publishing it!
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Name : Paul G Murphy
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Location : Spanaway WA
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E-mail : [email protected]
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Comments : What a great idea! Im going to build this into my house soon.
Thanks for the info!
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Name : Amanda Wauchope
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Location : cambridge UK
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E-mail : [email protected]
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Comments : Hi, brilliant pages- were preparing to extend & want to use our grey water for the loo, have decided best to run the grey to the garden and the rain to the loo. Your instructions are in my collection of things to sort out with architect & plumber. Armed w
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Name : Mace
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Location : Austin TX
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E-mail : [email protected]
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Comments : Wow--Im impressed.
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Name : JD
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Location : South Bend, IN
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E-mail : [email protected]
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Comments : Very cool idea, Id like to see more graywater usage mandates in the local building codes and this would be a great place to start! After I get rainwater set up to drip irrigate the garden I would like to try this.
Thanks,
Justin
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Name : dan
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Location : uk
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E-mail : [email protected]
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Comments : Brilliant. this is exactly what I have been looking for. Thanks I am going to get the stuff now.
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Name : Alex.
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Location : Great Britain
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E-mail : [email protected]
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Comments : Hi Paul
Thanks for this fabulous guide how to use the rainwater. Im currently buying a little house and cant wait to install the rain barrel (my friends think I am nuts:-) but I love the idea. I might have to get back to you if I get stuck during the ins
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Name : Justin
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Location : Leeds, UK
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E-mail : [email protected]
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Comments : Great page on the rain barrel toilet project.
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Name : Chris
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Location : Ontario, Canada
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E-mail : [email protected]
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Comments : Wow!! What a great site you have created with pics and all!! I have 6-220L barrels for watering the gardens and will be connecting to my downstairs toilet soon. I was stuck on what to use as a valve set-up to go between city water and rain but this has an
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Name : Jeff
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Location : London
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E-mail : [email protected]
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Comments : Hello,
Congratulations on your installation, I too am very proud of my rain water collection and toilet flushing, I estamate that over the last 10 years of using a system not too different from yours that I have save approx. �5000 in water rates,
All
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Name : Gaz
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Location : UK
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E-mail : [email protected]
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Comments : Liked your website and gave me even more food for thought. Just trying to sort out how Id do it though as our toilet is on the first floor, leaving only the loft to harbour the rain collector, which is above the gutter line. Ive though about electric pump
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Name : tom Callanan
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Location : Ireland
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E-mail : [email protected]
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Comments : learned a lot from your story, but I might not be as handy as you
Farmers here are being charged high water rates - could do with some saving Thanks again
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Name : Gareth
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Location : Kent, UK
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E-mail : [email protected]
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Comments : fantastic site!!! ive been thinking about this for ages but never realised it was this simple. the water prices in the uk are getting totally ridiculous.
many many thanks. Gareth
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Name : Sarah Hart
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Location : Northants UK
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E-mail : [email protected]
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Comments : Brilliant! Now I just need to convice my husband to do the DIY!
Thanks Sarah x
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Name : Wade
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Location : Ashevile, NC, USA
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E-mail : [email protected]
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Comments : Designing a Rain system to flush a toilet. Imagine that. This is a great idea...I am now inspired! Nice web design, too.
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Name : jeff rouleau
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Location : vermont
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E-mail : [email protected]
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Comments : I am an environmental science teacher browsing the web for interesting and practical uses for rainbarrels and this is fantastic. Quality use of problem solving and ingenuity.
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Name : Price
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Location : Vancouver Island BC
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E-mail : [email protected]
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Comments : Great article. Appreciate the amount of detail. I was actuall looking for designs to help me harvest rain water for all purposes for the cabin we are building on the West coast of the island - over 100 of rain anually but as per your experience, dry summe
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Name : Candida Loureiro
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Location : PortugL
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E-mail : [email protected]
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Comments : Funtastic, brilliant...Thanks a lot for the help...
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Name : Tony
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Location : Cambs UK
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E-mail : [email protected]
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Comments : Great article, looks well worth pursuing further. Many Thanks
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Name : Mario Carrero
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Location :
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E-mail : [email protected]
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Comments : this is what I was looking for. I will forware the information to my folks, there in puerto rico
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Name : Rob Dean
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Location : Cornwall England
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E-mail :
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Comments : Excellent website, just what i was looking for. Thankyou very much!!
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Name : M. Spoletini
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Location : Calgary, AB. Canada
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E-mail : [email protected]
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Comments : Excellent article! Information and pictures were concise and to the point. Very easy to follow.
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Name : Tim Wilson
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Location : Victoria,Australia
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E-mail : [email protected]
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Comments : Growing up rainwater was liquid gold,every roof that could be used for catching water was used.Ave.rainfall was only 8 - 10 inches per year.
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Name : greg
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Location : oregon city, oregon
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E-mail : [email protected]
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Comments : Hello,
Thankyou for the very informative and descriptive article on how to harvest rain water. Ive been wanting to use rain barrels for just watering things around the house but this is intriguing to me so I will see if its possible on my property. Th
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Name : r wright
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Location : essex uk
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E-mail : [email protected]
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Comments : very grateful to see your article. My water rates keep rising and i would love to install a water butt/toilet flush system. I am hoping it might be possible to do something like this but it looks quite difficult. Meanwhile I am looking for more ways to sa
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Name : james bower
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Location : Devon, England, UK
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E-mail : [email protected]
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Comments : Fascinating, simple set up. I have recently qualified as a plumber in the UK and I have been approached by two people to investigate the potential of re cycling rainwater. Your system seems to be perfect. No excessive outlay to get it up and running but v
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Name : Rick
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Location : Charlotte, NC
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E-mail :
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Comments : Brilliant idea! Excellent explanation! I am confident that I could do this myself. Current home layout does not work well, but the next one will!
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Name : dennis
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Location : ny
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E-mail :
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Comments : this is great and truly innovative. It would be nice if new home construction had this built in and rainwater was used in areas like this as a primary source of water over the city water. Maybe someday it will thanks to people like you.
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Name : rose
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Location : melbourne,australia
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E-mail :
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Comments : congratulations. great work,Such clear instructions. very much needed in this part of the world of drought increcing annually.
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Name : Edwin
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Location : Wem, UK
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E-mail : [email protected]
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Comments : Looks good! I have just fitted 2 water butts and they are both full after one nights rain! I have one problem, I live in a bungalow. what is the best solution to get the water pressure?
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Name : Stuart Kennaugh
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Location : Kent, UK
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E-mail :
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Comments : Im just buying a house thats a complete shell and hoping to do what I can to make it low-impact on the environment.
The walkthrough, photos, information, tips and prices are such a great help.
Many thanks indeed for taking the time and effort to put
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Name : Giles
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Location : UK
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E-mail :
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Comments : Thanks for sharing. I cant understand why there is so little information about this on the web, which only makes your great set of instructions even more useful.
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Name : Paula Roberts
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Location : Georgia
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E-mail : [email protected]
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Comments : Your site is terrific! The pictures were so helpful --- are you a professional photographer?
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Name : John
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Location : Epsom England
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E-mail :
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Comments : I Intend installing a submersible pump in my twin water butts to keep another tank full in my roof space. This tank will run to both toilets and will also be fitted with a low level ball float valve to allow potable water into this toilet header tank when
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Name : leese
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Location : indiana
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E-mail : [email protected]
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Comments : very, very nice. I think we will be able to do that in my mothers home when we move into it. might be more socially acceptable than the composting toilet we were going to use. thanks for sharing your idea!
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Name : Rachel
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Location : Titusville, FL
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E-mail :
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Comments : Woah, so awesome. Thanks for listing all this information. Im getting ready to make my first rain barrel.
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Name : mescaline
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Location : NL
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E-mail :
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Comments : Nice project !
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Name : Liz
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Location : Epping, England
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E-mail :
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Comments : Very informative, thanks.
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Name : B Magnatta
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Location : Michigan
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E-mail : [email protected]
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Comments : GREAT JOB! THANKS FOR THE INFO! I so want to do this, I also want to design a grey water system to water my lawn and garden with!
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Name : mohammad ismail
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Location : kuwait
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E-mail : [email protected]
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Comments : it is very helpful ,but the endconcept of mixing with potable water for house use is not clear.if possible pl clarify
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Name : Dan
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Location : NJ
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E-mail :
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Comments : Nice work..thanks for the tip..
Just replaced a well pump for 2K!
I would like to make this one last. This will help.
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Name : Dragan
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Location : Belgrade, Serbia
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E-mail : [email protected]
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Comments : Very good idea. Congratulations!
Every day we hear about gloomy future prognosis saying possible nations fighting for sources of drinkable water. If so, regardless how rich some country might be in clean water, its necessary to start thinking just like y
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Name : George
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Location : Chehalis Wa.
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E-mail :
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Comments : Thanks for the great article. I to have been searching the net for info on saving and reusing my water supply and what mother nature offers. My plan is to save up to 80% of my water usage. Thanks again!
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Name : The Elephant
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Location : New Jersey
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E-mail :
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Comments : Love the construction, very clean and neat. Wondering why you dont use a water efficient toilet in your design. Saves the waste water that has to be processed.
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Name : Alan WIlliams
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Location : Minnesota
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E-mail : [email protected]
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Comments : And if a faulty toilet ends up leaking, the water supply is limited unlike city water which will flood the house given enough time.
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