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http://www.tortosaforum.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1344499274 Message started by coldalba on Aug 9th, 2012 at 10:01am |
Title: Re: CAL (QUICK LIME) IN CISTERNAs Post by Bigyin on Aug 16th, 2012 at 12:17am
I'm fascinated to find out how many people on here rely on rainwater only for their supplies. I'm one of the lucky ones who has a well and haven't had to worry about having enough water. I don't know if you're living here yet Coldalba or just planning ahead ?
The rainfall here is erratic to say the least. It's not unusual to have not a drop from say April to September and then when it does come it's an almighty torrent. The average annual rainfall is about 600mm which equates to 600 litres/sqm of catchment area. Now I estimate that I use about 500 litres a day for everything except drinking. I realise that may sound extravagant to some people (but we don't have a shortage). That comes out at about 182,000 litres a year or 182 cubo's and would require over 300sqm of catchment. That's a lot of storage space and catchment area. Then when you've collected all of that you've got to try and keep it sweet. If I'm talking rubbish, please let me know. :o |
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