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----- Original Message -----
From: Toby Hemenway <hemenway@jeffnet.org>
To: permaculture <permaculture@franklin.oit.unc.edu>
Sent: Saturday, December 02, 2000 1:49 AM
Subject: Re: Water Catchment Walls


> I'm curious to know how many people using rainwater actually drink it, and
> what kind of treatment they use.
>
> We have a metal roof (colorbond) and a 5000-gallon concrete tank that we
use
> for everything but drinking. Our well water sucks, so I'd like to begin
> drinking the cistern water, but haven't sorted out all the many possible
> treatment options.
>
we've got a colorbond roof, polythene tank 5500 ltrs, it is fitted with a
water diveter to run off the first water, the water goes through 2 very fine
screens, then through a 5 micron filter sock before we get to drink it.

> The other issue with the cistern is our wood stove. We haven't graduated
to
> a masonry or other clean-burning stove yet, so the smoke wafts across the
> roof, and imparts a faint smoky flavor (creosote?) to the water, which is
> the main reason I'm not drinking it.
>
i may be wrong but i did hear something like that the flue from fire places
stoves etc.,. should be 2.5 time the height of the roof. they said this was
needed so that the smoke won't affect the neighbours, so it might also help
with fall out onto the roof?

> Toby
>
>
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