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From: Richard Bradshaw (no email)
Date: Thu Apr 17 2008 - 17:39:47 EDT
David,
As of right now, we have a water maker when we are not in a marina, and
have access to bottled water in addition to non-potable dock water which
we put in our tanks. The tank water we add bleach to and then filter
(over 99% out including all the little "critters" that make you sick) it
if we are going to use it to cook also. The result is a very flat
tasting but clean water. That said, we have not used a rain catchment
system but we have seen them in books, etc. and have plans in our future
to make and install one. Our way of thinking is to have multiple
choices of as many things as we can so we can have multiple failures and
still take care of business.
I would think that after the surface of whatever you are using to catch
the rain water in/on is washed off, you could go directly into your
tanks. I'd still do the bleach thing though. With all the "stuff"
floating in the air these days, you never know if the rain will wash it
out or not. Bleach might be a good thing.
Good luck.
--- In , "svraven" <RavensJourney at dot dot dot >
wrote:
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> Everybody talks about them but nobody seems to describe them. I'd like
> to start a thread on Rain Catchment systems: what works, what doesn't,
> do you still treat the water after you get it into your tanks? In
> these days of watermakers, is anyone still using plain ole rainwater?
Rick
S/V La Vita
1987 Hans Christian 33T
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