Toilet and laundry account for 51% of domestic water usage, which can be very expensive, especially when you are actually flushing it down the drain.
You can cut your water bill in half by installing a rainwater collection system like the one RainBank has designed and is currently building in Bellevue, WA. This rainwater harvesting system is a 7,200 gallon buried tank for a newly constructed residence. The four 1800 gallon tanks will provide water for toilet flushing, laundry facility, and some irrigation. The tanks are designed to be buried with three feet of soil on top, putting them out of sight and allowing landscaping to be in place.
As a bonus, the stored water can also be an auxiliary supply for firefighting with a simple hydrant.
Do you have an old swimming pool that is no longer wanted? That is what this hole was before RainBank’s installation.
Ken is a United States Navy veteran, having served on active duty during the Vietnam War era.
A career entrepreneur, Ken created a new business focus with a commercial dive company in Hawaii in the mid 1980′s to respond to and clean up oil spills, oil spill equipment training, service and maintenance for the oil co-op service industry. Ken is passionate about having a positive impact on the environment and is also a founding director of BANK-ON-RAIN (2011-2014), whose mission is to create grassroots solutions for rainwater collection for consumption and agriculture in developing areas of the planet.