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Many people like to quantify the benefits of rainwater harvesting and rainwater tanks by using everyday examples such as how many baths they could get from a rain event. The basic calculations below may be surprising to some but even a light rain and average sized roof can yield large quantities of water. This is why we recommend installing water tanks of larger capacity if space and budget allows.
In other words, when you have a big storm over your house, just how much rain are you getting? Let’s say your house sits on a one-half acre lot. And let’s say you get a storm that drops 1 inch (25mm) of rain. You’ve just received 13,577 gallons (51400 litres) of water on your yard. A big bath holds about 40 gallons (150 litres) of water, so if you could save that inch of water that fell you could take a daily bath for 339 days!
In this era of water conservation, many homeowners are putting “rain barrels” or small rain water tanks or drums around their homes to collect rainfall runoff. Essentially, this is just a large bucket to collects water coming off of the roof and down the gutters and downspouts. The water is then used to water gardens and plants. Can you get enough water out of the gutter to make it worthwhile? The answer is definitely “yes”. A typical outdoor trash can holds 32 gallons (120 litres). If you capture the rainfall runoff from a storm that just produces 1/10th of an inch of rain onto a 20 by 30 foot roof, you end up with a full 32-gallon container full of water, with 5 gallons left over.
Source: USGS
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