Do you know that the average annual rainfall of 36 inches in Seattle and a 2,000 square foot roof can collect over 44,000 gallonsof rain annually? That’s over 120 gallons per day of potential usage; well enough to sustain a household of four.
A recent chemical spill in WestVirginiaemphasizes the vulnerability of our water supplies and reinforces the value of harvesting rainwater. A professionally designed and installed rainwater collection system will provide a significantamount of clean, safe drinking water for residential and commercial use.
The average home within Seattle city limits may not have much space for storage, however, with just 3,000gallons of storage, a potable supplementary rainwater catchment system with 2,000 square feet of roof, canmitigate up to 70 percent of your city water use. With new slim line designs of water storage tanks, affordable and practical rainwater catchment systems are being installed within Seattle city limits.
With the cost of city water on the rise, potential disastrous effects such as the West Virginia spill, along with otherincidents to municipal water supplies, rainwater harvesting is a viable, safe, and affordable alternative. Whetherpotable for full household use or non potable for irrigation, toilet, and laundry use rainwater collection is legal inWashington State and in Seattle.
Rainwater collection can create SAFE, decentralized water supplies.
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A first-flush diverter helps keep your rainwater harvesting system clean byenabling the removal of dust, other debris, and any fecal matterthat collects on your roof and in your guttersbetween rainfalls, so it is flushed out at the verybeginning of the water collection process.