| T.R | Title | User | Personal
Name | Date | Lines |
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| 137.1 | whiskey | PISCES::PIERMARINI | | Fri Apr 25 1986 06:50 | 4 |
| 137.2 | Should I Stop Using Sunscreen On Them, Too? | VAXUUM::DYER | Iceberg or volcano? | Fri Apr 25 1986 08:31 | 7 |
| 137.3 | sour | SWATT::POLIKOFF | Arnie Polikoff | Fri Apr 25 1986 18:54 | 2 |
| 137.4 | Rainwater vs other water | AKOV01::GODIN | | Mon Apr 28 1986 16:04 | 20 |
| 137.5 | ...the right rainwater | OLIVER::MEDVECKY | | Wed May 14 1986 12:55 | 7 |
| 137.6 | Zap, you'r fertilizer! | SWATT::POLIKOFF | Arnie Polikoff | Fri May 16 1986 17:04 | 7 |
| 137.7 | | SEINE::CJOHNSON | I believed; therefore I saw! | Fri May 30 1986 09:52 | 9 |
| 137.8 | Lightning = plant life | DRUID::POLIKOFF | | Wed Jun 04 1986 12:49 | 6 |
| 137.9 | Cut down on your water bill. | FUTURE::OPPELT | | Mon Jun 16 1986 12:54 | 21 |
| 137.10 | Asphalt shingle residue? | FSOA::FVANBENNEKOM | | Wed Jul 03 1991 08:46 | 8 |
| 137.11 | | ASIC::RANDOLPH | Tom R. N1OOQ | Mon May 05 1997 11:42 | 5 |
| Yet another attempt at awakening this old note...
What IS the word on roof runoff? I'd kind of like to try collecting it in a
trash can or two for plant watering, but I'm not sure if asphalt leachings
are a bad thing.
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| 137.12 | Minimal storage | FOUNDR::DODIER | Double Income, Clan'o Kids | Mon May 05 1997 16:10 | 10 |
| Not sure about the asphalt leaching part, but a trash can or two is
not very much storage. If you take a small roof section, say 20'x 30', or
240" x 360", you have 86400 sq. in. of roof. If you got an inch of rain
(for easy figuring), you'd have 86400 cu. in. of water.
Since there are 231 cu. in. of water per gallon, this one rain
storm would produce ~374 gallons. That's a bit more than a drop in the
bucket, so to speak ;-)
Ray
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| 137.13 | | ASIC::RANDOLPH | Tom R. N1OOQ | Wed May 07 1997 13:08 | 5 |
| > Since there are 231 cu. in. of water per gallon, this one rain
> storm would produce ~374 gallons.
Well, since we don't have a pool I guess I'd have to let some of that
overflow... Even a basement oil tank doesn't hold that much!
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| 137.14 | Pool wouldn't work either | FOUNDR::DODIER | Double Income, Clan'o Kids | Thu May 08 1997 12:55 | 7 |
| re: Well, since we don't have a pool...
Actually, I had thought of doing something like this myself at one
point. The problem is that the algaecide and chlorine that you put in
pool water didn't sound like good things to water plants with ;-)
Ray
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| 137.15 | | CSC32::M_EVANS | be the village | Thu May 29 1997 19:03 | 11 |
| Living in the rain-starved southwest, I don't worry about using runoff
water from the roof on ornamentals at all. Not sure about food crops,
but I don't grow them at home. "Sunset Magazine," the magazine for
people with more money than I have, has some really good ideas for
water storage, and driplines to get the most bang for your roof runoff.
I am hoping to incorporate some of their ideas when we finish up the
house, if I can get Frank over the "romance" of the old-fashioned
whiskey barrel and siphon. ;-)
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| 137.16 | Algae/mold control ? | FOUNDR::DODIER | Double Income, Clan'o Kids | Wed Jun 04 1997 17:16 | 8 |
| re:-1
Just out of curiosity, what (if anything) do they do to prevent
algae or mold from growing in the storage area. I can think of a few
relatively economical ways to store it, but the chemicals that would
prevent algae/mold would likely be harmful to plants.
Ray
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| 137.17 | | CSC32::M_EVANS | dancing lightly on the edge | Thu Jun 05 1997 09:15 | 8 |
| Mold isn't really a problem in the southwest, except along the coast.
I do know the old fashioned method for dealing with algae/mosquitos had
been gold fish, as they can tolerate pretty esky water and live on
larvae and algae. I don't remember seeing much on groadiness
prevention. I'll see if I can find time to dig through the pile of
Sunsets at home.
meg
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