It’s good to see an Australian wesbsite hosting services catching on to green website hosting. Digital pacific is offering green website hosting in Australia (aff). Everything that Digital Pacific uses in the operations of our business, including servers, routers and air conditioners are eco powered so not only are you hosting your website on state [...]
A simple rainwater diverter device that diverts rainwater from gutters to the garden. The rainwater that is usually flushed down the storm water pipe can be used on your lawn, garden or diverted to a tank for use later. Using the Rain Tap and a hose, you can provide deep root watering for a particular [...]
I was excited to see these little units for sale at Bunnings a couple of weeks back. The Pump Pod is an all in one rainwater storage barrel with built in pump and hose connections. Hook it up to one of your downpipes then use the stored water to water the garden or wash the [...]
Tankmasta has a great little rainwater calculator to help you calculate how much water could be collected from your roof into a rainwater tank annually. I was out in an industrialized area near Melbourne recently and I was amazed at the about of roof area some factories had with no sight of a rainwater tank. [...]
Rain water tanks come in all shapes and sizes and materials. So what material should your water tanks be made from? This all depends on your budget and whether the tank is above or below ground. Currently Polyethylene tanks are the most cost effective, but you may wish to consider other materials. Polyethylene rainwater tanks [...]
This nifty Canadian device diverts water from your downpipe into any container you like. Not sure if this is available in Australia, however there’s plenty of similar products on the market. Check out The Garden Water Saver website for details.
Australian RainSaver has a nifty rainwater diverter which attaches to your down-pipe and redirects water through hoses to your garden. Check out the RainSaver product page for details.
One millimetre of rain on the average roof generates 250 litres of water. Normally this runs off your property and is wasted. But by fitting a raintap to your gutter downpipe, you can divert that water to your water storage tank, lawn, trees, plants or pool to make maximum use of even light rainfalls. Available [...]
Rainwater Harvest has an ingenious product which will help prevent pollution of your rainwater tank by diverting a small volume of water from a initial downpour. This product helps to remove any bacteria that has build up in your gutters due to rotting leaves, bird and animal droppings and insects. See the Rainwater Harvest’s First [...]
RainBank is an automatic controller for rainwater harvesting. RainBank is produced by Davey Products, an Australian designer and manufacturer of water transfer pumps and pressure systems for the rural, domestic, industrial, pool and spa markets.How it works: When a toilet is flushed or a washing-machine begins to fill the RainBank system detects this demand and [...]
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