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[20kv22home]

Making it Rain

We’d like to thank, yet again, the incredible Johnny Parker, without whom we would have a little more than an empty shell of a home. Last week, Johnny helped us put together our rainwater collection system, in addition to all of the electrical and plumbing help he’s already done for us so far.

The rainwater we collect will be used to flush the toilet, which could save us hundreds of gallons of water usage a year.

The system works as follows:

A gutter directs rain from the north-facing roof plane into a 600-gallon cistern, which sends water through PEX into a small pump box. Once in the box, water travels through a small filter, after which a meter records the amount in cubic feet of water passing through the pump. The rainwater is then pumped through a solenoid valve, which talks to a float switch that’s inside the cistern. The solenoid valve knows when the cistern is empty and when we need city water, as well as when the cistern is full and when use collected water.

As soon as our gutter arrives this week, we will be able to finalize the system and begin our water collection process. During the next four months, we will record how much water we actually saved by recycling rainwater.

Ready for April showers,

The 20Kv22 Team