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Name : Kevin Toale
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Location : Mt Dora Fla
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E-mail : [email protected]
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Comments : Good ideas. Im just starting to seriously look at what youve already done.
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Name : kath stroman
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Location : misson bc
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E-mail : [email protected]
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Comments : Do you know any thing about hooking it up to washer,etc.. and what that would take?
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Name : kath stroman
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Location : Mission BC
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E-mail : [email protected]
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Comments : What a great site. We are moving and Im trying to go as green as I can on the next house. Have you found out anything on solarstuff for Not very sunny places?
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Name : Belinda Walberg
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Location : Isle of Wight
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E-mail :
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Comments : We are in the process of trying to buy a little old house in need of total renovation. After years of renting we would like to be able to score for reducing consumption in our own home. Thank you.
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Name : Andre
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Location : Gold Bar, WA
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E-mail : [email protected]
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Comments : Nice to find a fellow rainwater harvester in the NorthWest.
your next step could be to recycle greywater when your rainbarrel is empty?
Nic work.
Andre.
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Name : Shawna Tate
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Location : Seattle
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E-mail : [email protected]
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Comments : I would like to try this at my house do you know of anyone who helps with this or how much it would cost? I have always wanted to do this!
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Name : Boyd
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Location : Raleigh, NC
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E-mail : [email protected]
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Comments : Excellent web site! I work with the State of NC and am looking at water harvesting options. Do you know if any USA local government requires rain barrel installation?
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Location : Colorado Springs
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Comments : Great idea!
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Name : paul
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Location : ireland
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E-mail : mckennapropertyservices
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Comments : brilliant idea and im sure in time it will be a legal requirment well done
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Name : Myk
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Location : London, England
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E-mail : [email protected]
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Comments : Excellent website! I have connected 4x 1000 litre (225 gallon) water tanks to my toilet and have reduced my water bill from 450 litres a day to 260! I have saved enough money to pay for everything I did in 10 months!.
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Name : angela williams
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Location : aberdeen wa
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E-mail : [email protected]
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Comments : i saw this on tv and would love to do this, they also had it hooked to their washer, but i need some one to do it for me, any suggestions on where to look thanks
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Name : Rick Mertens
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Location : Medford, WI
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E-mail : [email protected]
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Comments : I knew this could be done and am surprised that so few have done it. Here in WI each gallon is measured and taxed with a typical house running around a month.
Excellent information!
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Name : Chewi
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Location : CC, TX
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E-mail : [email protected]
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Comments : Very cool. Ive been brainstorming the possiblity and it looks like you accomplished it. We are in a single story home so I have a bit more brainstorming to do. Good job!
[email protected]
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Name : Celeste
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Location : California
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E-mail : [email protected]
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Comments : Thank you so much for offering this free information. I am going to try to do what youve done. Your directions and pictures are wonderful!! You are kind and generous. Celeste
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Name : rob jackson
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Location : Leicester UK
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E-mail : [email protected]
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Comments : Paul I will email separate
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Name : ian johnstone
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Location : england
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E-mail : [email protected]
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Comments : Great comments. We have a pub and 80% of water used is flushed down the urinals and toilets at a cost of �2500 () in water charges each year. I am seriously looking at a commercial adaptation of your system.
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Name : david chandler
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Location : home
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E-mail : [email protected]
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Comments : Great system. Will work on an install at my home.
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Name : Steven
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Location : Manchester, UK
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E-mail : [email protected]
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Comments : Thanks for the inspiration. I have now installed a rainwater collection systems for a loo. I am using a 12volt d.c. Whale automatic start/stop pressure pump (intended for caravan shower) to lift water from ground level to 1st Floor loo. Powered by car bat
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Name : JL
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Location : Houston, TX
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E-mail :
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Comments : Nice project. Well planned and documented. Great idea.
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Name : Eric
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Location : Vancouver,WA
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E-mail : [email protected]
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Comments : Very Nice setup.
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Name : Jesse
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Location : BC
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E-mail :
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Comments : Everything looks great. I know in BC here its illegal to connect a nonpotable system to your potable system regardless of a backflow device, so people should check their local codes. Excellent page though, I didnt think that little of pressure would opera
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Name : Norman Jones Sr
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Location : Youngstown, NY
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E-mail : [email protected]
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Comments : Very nice article. I think around here it is illegal to put un-metered water down the drain. Interesting point.. you pay almost the usual rate to fill a swimming pool but dont you dare empty it into the sewer system. Nice huh? But this is NY state the lan
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Name : Bryan
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Location : West Virginia
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E-mail : [email protected]
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Comments : Great page. You thoroughly answered most of the questions I have at this point. Your diagrams and pics are EXTREMELY helpful! Thanks for a job well done.
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Name : Bill Bristoll
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Location : Hartford, Wisconsin
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E-mail : [email protected]
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Comments : Great site !
Very informative. I think this idea and ideas like this represent a green alternative
Thanks for your advice
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Name : Kenny Boyd
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Location : lincolnshire United Kingdom
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E-mail : [email protected]
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Comments : Very informative site best on e i have looked at many thanks Kenny
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Name : John
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Location : UK
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E-mail : [email protected]
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Comments : Thanks for an interesting article.
We use collected rain water for our garden needs and have been thinking along these lines for a while.
Just the height/weight of the water tank to consider!
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Name : Mark
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Location : Metro Detroit
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E-mail : [email protected]
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Comments : Hi! Great system you set up. Are there any other toilets in your home (I suspect there are!) and are they using the same system for them? Have you thought about filtering the water and hooking it up to the sink? Possibly using the same rainbarrel. Do you
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Name : Eddy
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Location : UK
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E-mail :
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Comments : Excellent, well set out, I have thinking along these lines and you have saved me a lot of work.
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Name : Harry
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Location : Fort Lauderdale
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E-mail : [email protected]
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Comments : Very cool. Water is becoming an issue here but not too many are thinking outside the box. Your article was well written, informative, and solved many riddles such as PSI per height differential. Thanks.
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Name : shelley
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Location : Ontario Canada
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E-mail : [email protected]
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Comments : simple, well presented, want to try. I have four open rain barrels for the garden, two elevated. I do have a question, what about winter (up to -35 c)?
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Name : Diana
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Location : Michigan
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E-mail :
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Comments : Thank you for your clear instructions! Ive had the idea to do this in the back of my head for years but never could never figure out how.
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Name : thomas morrison
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Location : Nashville TN
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E-mail : [email protected]
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Comments : excellent Job on the set up. Have been researching rainwater for irrigation uses but stumbled onto your article surfing the web. Will keep your design on file for future reference. Well done.
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Name : Alan
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Location : London, UK
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E-mail : [email protected]
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Comments : Well done, an easy way to work to helping the environment and saving the wallet as well, just what I was seeking to implement in my home here in London UK :-)
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Name : john
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Location : uk
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E-mail :
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Comments : really interesting and well presented thank you
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Name : Johanne
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Location : Qu�bec
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E-mail : [email protected]
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Comments : thank you to share your experience
My family is building a cottage and we want it respectfull of environment and itll be helpfull for us to install our toilet like this.
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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,
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