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Potable water gutters.
Unprotected gutters quickly collect debris and clog causing the water to channel to all the wrong areas.
Various areas of a home are susceptible to water damage.
However that s not where your filtration ends if you want to pump it back into the house.
Amerimax 6 in x 120 in white k style gutter.
Check out a recent blog where we illustrate what a dirty gutter can look like and the cost to keep your water flow clean without guards.
Amerimax 5 5 in x 10 in brown k style gutter end with drop.
Your gutters drain and divert water away from your home but they can also help you harvest rainwater for later usage.
Leaves are not your only beastie there are far worse such as bird poop that will dissolve into the rainwater.
It is important to find out if the material or the paint used on your roof or in your gutters could contaminate your rainwater.
By utilizing harvested water you can reduce the amount of indoor water usage and save money.
Amerimax 4 in x 120 in white k style gutter.
For emergency or short term use of rain barrel water for drinking boiling is the best way to purify it because boiling kills viruses parasites and bacteria that cause diarrhea.
The above is your pre tank filtration now you need to look at your post tank filtration to make it into drinking water.
Drinkable rainwater can be collected from most roof types including undamaged asbestos colorbond zincalume and galvanized steel.
If you have a potable water system the roof washer has to be drained after a big rain a simple turn of a valve and all filters have to be changed periodically.
Make your gutters do double duty.
Gutters must be kept free of leaves no matter what kind of system you install.
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Instead water flows over the gutters running down the exterior walls and creating a pool of water around the foundation of the home.
You can even use it to flush your toilets which is the highest usage of indoor water.
Stainless steel is considered one of the best solutions to storing clean drinking water.