Is there a system that can be installed on a small home to capture rain, purify it, and used in the home.?

Question

Is there a system that can be installed on a small home to capture rain, purify it, and used in the home for all household needs.

Answer 1

On television, I've seen lots of houses with gutters that feed into a cistern, but they use it to water the garden and lawn. Years ago, people would use this system and bring the water indoors with a bucket. I don't think you could hook it up to regular plumbing though because plumbing is pressurized.

Answer 2

If you seal around the inlet pipe you won't get mosquitoes. The people who install your tank will give you a booklet with how to look after it. Water tanks are so easy, they have gadgets that stop the first runoff off the roof going in so you don't get bird poo in there (but if you only want it for your lawn, you might LIKE the bird poo included). If the tank is lower than the place you want to send the water to, then you'll need a pump to move the water. That's why a lot of old houses had water tanks on stands so that gravity would move the water. Go green, get a water tank. Its nice drinking water, unless you are in a very polluted area.

Answer 3

I live in the tropics where we get a lot of rain and like most all of my neighbors have a rainwater cistern. A cheap pumping and filter system makes it suitable for household use. A purification system is certainly feasable. Screen the gutters and overflows to keep critters out and test the water every couple of months.

Answer 4

If you mean is there a commercially available system the answer is no. It should be possible however to build a system from off the shelf components that would work. Unless you live in and area without public water utilities the cost of such a system is going to be more than buying water from your local utility. A rainwater collection system might be economical for providing water for your lawn and garden.

Answer 5

Rain by itself is very pure unless you live in new york or something where I live we just take a clean jar or barrel and sit it out when the sky gets cloudy you don't want to leave it open for dust and dirt to get into.

Answer 6

Sure- we have a rain barrel system at our cabin that we use to collect water, we don't drink it, but we use it for cleaning, etc, after boiling it- look up rain barrel on line and there are lots of companies that sell the entire system, but teh HGTV site has directions to make your own: http://www.hgtv.com/hgtv/gardening/article/0,1785,HGTV_3546_2165903,00.html
To learn about purification for drinking, etc. read this:
http://www.grandpappy.info/wwater.htm

Answer 7

rain is pretty pure but doesn't stay that way for long. i've always thought we should all catch our own rain from our downspouts and use it for flushing our toilets, washing clothes, watering our lawn and a million other things. it makes no sense to use drinking water for those things.

Answer 8

Probably. But would it be cost efficient?? Probably not.

You can direct the water to a pool, cistern, holding tank, for outdoor uses, for little expense.

Answer 9

They have those on bunches of homes in Hawaii ..Look around there has got to be plenty

Answer 10

i don't know but that would be cool not paying for water. Although where are you going to get water when it doesn't rain?