What would you say if you found out someone is stealing some 25 gallons of water from you a day?

Question

Yes everyone that has an A/C unit in their house is loosing some 5 gallons per ton of A/C a day down the drain as condensation to the city who then filters it and sells it back to you. So yes a 5 ton unit will drip off some 25 gallons a day, So if you are going green why not put on your own filter and drop the water in your own pool, garden, or flower beds.

Answer 1

great point and would be even greater at a business level.

Answer 2

Not everyone does lose this condensation down the drain. I do have a hose hooked to mine and do move it around to water my gardens/lawn. It does a great job of this and I have never understood why more people haven't done this either. As high as the humidity is down here in Texas many people have a boggy area where the condensation drips. Air conditioning takes the humidity out of the indoor air so there is a lot of condensation.

Answer 3

Wow, I wish mine would put out 5 gallons per ton. It drains to my garden and it's pretty dry out there. You don't need a water filter if it's going into your garden, condensation should be as clean as the air you breath.

Answer 4

Shocking, but not a concern for me. I live in Canada where it's always cold. We live in igloos, melt snow for water and play hockey with the polar bears for twelve months of the year.

Answer 5

I've been using mine the last four years to water a corkscrew willow in the arid Dakotas, it loves it. RScott

Answer 6

Rick's fooling with you, you know!
I live in Canada, and right now there's a prolonged heat wave, and the humidex is 53 degrees Celcius.

Answer 7

your local water authority should be able to help with suggestions