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2250L Rainwater Tank for less than $1000

Posted 13 March 2008 | By | Categories: water tanks | No Comments

Another product from Neco, this Nylex 2250L rainwater tank available for $820 means there’s no reason not to have a rainwater tank in your back yard. This round tank has a diameter of 1400 mm and a height of 1800 mm, is made of polyethylene and includes a tap / gate valve, an inlet with [...]

Greywater Diverter and Garden Irrigation System

Posted 13 March 2008 | By | Categories: grey water | No Comments

Neco have a special offer on their Nylex Greywater Diverta and garden irrigations systems at the moment.  You can pick up this Nylex diverter for $495, 30% off the regular price of $699. This grey water diverter will help you conserve drinking water and help give you a green garden during water restrictions by irrigation [...]

ARID Rainwater Harvest guide available

Posted 06 February 2008 | By | Categories: water tanks | 1 Comment

As of today ARID (Australian Rainwater Industry Development group) has released their 2008 rainwater harvest guide available online and in selected newsagencies around Australia. The rainwater harvesting guide is designed to help make rainwater harvesting less mysterious to the consumer with practical advice and tips on rain water products. The guide also contains valuable information [...]

Get Grey Water to your garden without a water tank

Posted 03 February 2008 | By | Categories: grey water | No Comments

Flo-to-Go is an ingenious system for getting gray water from your shower to your garden without the need to store it in a greywater tank. Flo-to-Go utilises shower water on the garden or lawn and is compact, discrete, simple & low maintenance. FLO-to-GO is a compact and automatic fluid transfer system that helps create an [...]

Handytanks – DIY water tank

Posted 12 January 2008 | By | Categories: water tanks | 2 Comments

These DIY Handytanks not only look cool, but they’re cheap too. The Handytank is a 1000 litre rain-water storage tank made out of a marine grade PVC bladder and supported by a clip together tubular zinc plated steel frame. As you can imagine, these tanks are much easier to transport unassembled and a quick to [...]

AQUS Bathroom Water Saver

Posted 11 January 2008 | By | Categories: bathroom products | 4 Comments

Strangely, water saving innovation seems to be few and far between these days. This blog aims to inform you of any new and exciting water saving products, but it seems to be getting harder and harder to find new and interesting material. The AQUS water saver is one of those great ideas I long to [...]

Rainwater Tanks: CHOICE buyers guide

Posted 02 January 2008 | By | Categories: water tanks | No Comments

For those of you in the market for a new rainwater tank, CHOICE have a comprehensive guide to buying a water tank on their website.� The guide covers the following topics: Benefits Before you Start Outdoor/Indoor/Drinking Tank Facts Costs and Extras Water saving tips Case Studies View the CHOICE guide to buying a rainwater tank.

Removing grease from kitchen waste water

Posted 19 December 2007 | By | Categories: grey water | 1 Comment

Ewater systems has a great new oil and grease remove system for commercial kitchens. The Grease Guardian will remove grease and solids from water before it enters the sewage system, thus reducing the amount of grease and all entering into the sewage system. The Grease Guardian will help commercial kitchens reduce sewage blockages and improve [...]

Brisbane City Council Rainwater Tank Blowout

Posted 04 December 2007 | By | Categories: media water stories | No Comments

The Brisbane Times has reported that the Brisbane City Council has suffered a significant blow out in their budget for rainwater tank rebates. So far rainwater tank rebates have cost Brisbane City Council in excess of $12.6 million, more than they has budgeted for in 2007-08. I’m sure the council isn’t impressed with this, but [...]

Kevin Rudd Scores!

Posted 24 November 2007 | By | Categories: other | 2 Comments

At this stage of the game it looks like Kevin Rudd will be elected as the new Prime Minister of Australia. I hope he keeps his promises in relation to the environment and I hope he fulfills the water saving reforms and water saving product rebate schemes promised. It’s been encouraging to see that the [...]