| Rain Barrel to Toilet Installation |
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| A Practical How-To Guide |
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| Extras |
| Congratulations! You now have a working toilet that flushes with rain water. Now you have another reason to look forward to gray and dreary skies. Here's a few more gadgets you can add to your system. |
| Backflow Prevention |
| In some areas, it is required code for you to install a back-flow prevention device. This eliminates the potential for untreated rain water to enter into your home's potable water supply. The easiest low-cost way to do this is to install a garden hose vacuum breaker. |
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| Garden Hose Vacuum Breaker |
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| 9. 3/4" Male Hose to 3/4" Male Hose Adapter, Watts Industries, A-680, $2.69 10. 3/4" Garden Hose Vacuum Breaker, $3.97 11. 3/4" Female Hose to 3/4" Female Hose Adapter, Watts Industries, A-661, $4.19 |
| Water Meter |
| How cool is it to know how much rain water you've used? I bought a water meter from www.watermeters.com. The model I have is DLJ SJ50. It was $79.95 plus $12 shipping. It seems to work okay except that it will only read about 1.1 gallons per flush. After that, the last 0.5 gallon creeps in too slowly for the meter to register. |
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