Category: Rainwater catchment

• Our water usage

  Aug 6, 2012

  

  In our July performance post I stated that we were tracking our water usage and water pump usage to calculate the efficiency of the pump. Dan Gibson asked in a comment about our water usage, so I thought I’d cover that here. He says in his comment that there are not a lot of actual hard numbers on water usage and he’s definitely right. Most estimates I’ve seen online say 50 to 100 gallons per person, which seems both excessive and vague at the same time.

  We installed water meters on the main line and the inlet to the hot water tank. We have usage data starting in January when we moved in.

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• Rainwater catchment system completed

  Nov 13, 2011

  

  

  

  

  

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• September Updates

  Sep 26, 2011

  

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