Water collection options

[Pete Grey]

Our water backup after the jerrycans are our three waterbutts.

As our pond needed topping up i used the opportunity to empty the waterbutts and was surprised by the amount of muck in them.

So i jet washed as much of the bungalow roof as i could reach, then cleaned out the gutters, down spouts and rain diverters then washed out the waterbutts.

Then i tipped a couple of litres of THIN bleach in each and sloshed it around, will leave it in for a couple of days before draining out. I needed to replace the bleach anyway as i’ve had it in stock over six months.

After flushing out the waterbutts i will half fill them with fresh water, rain is forecast, when full this gives us 600 litres of backup, that still leaves us the pond as a last resort.

We keep six litre bottles of thin bleach for bulk water sterilisation, as well as tablets.