Great to hear from you.

I’m going to add water next week from a tanker unless it rains which seems unlikely.

By using my treated sewage to flush the toilet, wash clothes and irrigate the garden the 10,000 litre tank here is effectively doubled in size to a 20,000 litre tank.

But, yes, it’s very dry.

I pay no fixed charges for water or sewer so pay no water bills. There’s a cost benefit calculator on my site where the payback can be calculated, here:

http://archive.sustainablehouse.com.au/books/extras/calculate-costs-savings-for-rain-tanks-sewage/

Do stay in touch. Oh, I’d love your feedback on the honey harvest video if you have a moment?

Michael

How have you gone recently with rainwater? My tanks (10,000L in total) have been pretty much turned off for the last six months. With only 1 day of solid rain, the (efficient) watering of the garden quickly consumed my capacity.

Do you have a fallback when the water tanks run out?

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Also, am I right in thinking that the biggest cost saving is the fee for connecting to the sewerage system?

So if people only install the water tanks, the cost equation would look very different?

Cheers, James