Thread: Send her down, hughie!

I would have thought that would have killed route rats and mousesacks.

Originally Posted by trout1105

BOM have revised their forecast and it now looks like we MAY get some light falls Thursday and next Sunday (I'll believe it when I see it).
I still have about 10,000l of rainwater so hopefully that little bit of rain will save me using too much of this on the veggie patch

I usually get about 3,000l per inch (25mm) in my tanks So I need at least 8 inches of rain to fill them all up at the moment and I can't see that happening for another month or so yet.

Just ordered 14,000 litres of water to be delivered tomorrow. Main tank is only one-third full, so we can't rely on rain next week doing the job. Rain would be a bonus.

Originally Posted by DiscoMick

Just ordered 14,000 litres of water to be delivered tomorrow. Main tank is only one-third full, so we can't rely on rain next week doing the job. Rain would be a bonus.

I have carted water this year and the problem with ordering/carting water you end up with that crappy scheme water in your tanks instead of rainwater unfortunately

Originally Posted by trout1105

........ you end up with that crappy scheme water in your tanks instead of rainwater unfortunately

Hi,
Could you run a rainwater only tank with a line to a kitchen tap for cooking/drinking water?
Have seen that in South Australian houses.
Nothing worse than a scummy skin on a cup of coffee,
Cheers

Originally Posted by austastar

Hi,
Could you run a rainwater only tank with a line to a kitchen tap for cooking/drinking water?
Have seen that in South Australian houses.
Nothing worse than a scummy skin on a cup of coffee,
Cheers

I have 3x taps at my sink, hot, cold ( bore water) and rainwater, Dead easy to set up

Hi,
We have a brilliant water supply in Hobart, most of My Wellington is the catchment as well as the upper reaches of the Derwent River.
It is filtered, sterilised etc but seldom smells of Chlorine.
In the camper I have a Hot/Cold mixer tap, but no hot water cylinder. Instead is a pair of filters in series, 5 and 1 micron, or the 1 can be swapped out for a carbon filter.
So "Hot water = Filtered water".
We are fairly choosy with the water put into the tank and have never had to revert to bottled water which some travellers seem to buy.
Cheers

I loathe the whole concept of bottled water. I vaguely remember, years ago, you could by a tin of 'Mountain Air' or something similar. Same scam.

Last night's frost melting off the roof had my tanks dripping from the overflow.........