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MN Renovator · 01-12-12, 03:23 PM

I don't have an answer for you on turning stored rainwater into potable water in an efficient manner. It seems storing non-chlorinated water that won't be boiled prior to drinking is the challenge. If it were my water and I already had my toilet and laundry taken care of, I'd use it in the summer for gardening but that I realize that doesn't help when you are outside the growing season. Most of my water usage outside of laundry(which is a pretty big user of cold water for me) is hot water usage with showers, cooking, dishwasher, and washing hands consuming heated water. Once you've plumbed into the hot water you've got most of your usage covered. I'm not sure if its worth doing or not, where I am it isn't because the cost of pressurizing it costs me more than what it costs me to pay my city to pump it out of the ground(US$2 per 1000 gallons or 3785 liters) and I use less than 1000 gallons a month. I guess it depends on what your motivations are. Good luck though.

01-12-12, 03:23 PM	#4
MN Renovator Less usage=Cheaper bills Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Minneapolis, MN Posts: 939 Thanks: 41 Thanked 116 Times in 90 Posts	I don't have an answer for you on turning stored rainwater into potable water in an efficient manner. It seems storing non-chlorinated water that won't be boiled prior to drinking is the challenge. If it were my water and I already had my toilet and laundry taken care of, I'd use it in the summer for gardening but that I realize that doesn't help when you are outside the growing season. Most of my water usage outside of laundry(which is a pretty big user of cold water for me) is hot water usage with showers, cooking, dishwasher, and washing hands consuming heated water. Once you've plumbed into the hot water you've got most of your usage covered. I'm not sure if its worth doing or not, where I am it isn't because the cost of pressurizing it costs me more than what it costs me to pay my city to pump it out of the ground(US$2 per 1000 gallons or 3785 liters) and I use less than 1000 gallons a month. I guess it depends on what your motivations are. Good luck though.