Rainwater Harvesting Systems, Inc.

Did you know it requires a minimum of 13 gallons of water per day to meet basic human needs?  However, Americans use at least 50 gallons per day on average to meet our current lifestyle.  If you include irrigation water in this calculation, it quickly doubles to over 100 gallons of water per day.  Yet, across America and across the globe, water supplies are increasingly coming under severe stress.

You must ask yourself, "What will I do when- not if - the tap goes dry?"  Being left high and dry without water from a municipal grid is a serious situation that borders on crisis.

Take a moment to imagine and answer this question. Where is the nearest fresh water source you could use for drinking water?  A pond at the local golf course?  Who knows if it's safe to drink?  Would you buy all of your water in bottles from the grocery store?  That could get expensive.  Water delivery?  Where would you put it?  Maybe collect the rain? Now you're thinking!

Independent, sustainable water supplies utilizing rainwater harvesting are the way of the future.  They are safe, easy to maintain and simply smart!  Rainwater is free of chlorine and pollutants commonly found in municipal water grids.  Did you know that a sampling program in the 1990s found 30 different pharmaceuticals and related chemicals in surface water samples (Ternes, 1998) in the U.S.?  These chemicals enter our drinking water supplies when they are flushed down the toilet and they are compounding in our water systems because they never get filtered out!

Take your water future into your own hands.  Start collecting rainwater now!  It's yours, it's free, it's clean and you need lots of it!

To determine the type of pump system you need, consider the end use for the rainwater.  Will it be for garden watering, indoor non-potable fixtures or for drinking water?  Un-purified rainwater should only be used for non-potable applications where there is NO CHANCE of internally consuming the water- which would exclude showers and all sink fixture.   If you plan to bathe in or drink rainwater, you will need a complete drinking water filtration system where all potentially harmful bacteria are killed or filtered out. 

BASIC PUMP SYSTEM:

• Reliable water supply for outdoor non-potable use.
• 3/4 horsepower self-priming pump (110V, 700W, 6A).
• On demand controls.
• Overheat and dry-run protection.
• Mounted on a powder-coated metal frame.
• Attractive rock cover.
• Quick-connect fittings for easy installation.

ADVANCED PUMP SYSTEM:

• Designed for outdoor non-potable use as well as select non-potable indoor uses.
• 10" filter housing with 10 micron sediment filter.
• 1 horsepower self-priming pump (110V, 1000W, 9A).
• On demand controls.
• Overheat and dry-run protection.
• Mounted on a powder-coated metal frame.
• Attractive rock cover.

COMPLETE DRINKING WATER SYSTEM:

• Purifies rainwater to drinking water standards. For indoor water use.
• Sediment and carbon filtration plus ultraviolet light sterilization.
• 1 horsepower self-priming pump (110V, 1000W, 9A), on-demand pressure, overheat and dry-run protection.
• Pressure tank stores purified water for multiple simultaneous uses.
• Pressure gauge included, flow meter optional.
• Mounted on a powder-coated metal frame.
• Housing not included.  Replace UV light annually.

$2,499.00 ea. plus shipping

There are three questions that I would like to ask you about your water supply, which on the surface seem easy to answer, but can reveal a great deal about how we have come to take our water for granted.  Here they are:

1. Where exactly does your water come from?

2. About how much water do you use per month (gallons)?

3. How safe is your drinking water supply?

Can you answer any three of these questions with great certainty?  My guess is that you have some idea about where you water comes from in general, but how much do you know about the quality of the source, the methods used to treat your water and who makes decisions regarding the pricing and restrictions placed on your water supply?

Most likely, you also know about how much you pay every month for your water, but it is uncommon for me to find someone who knows how many gallons they use on a monthly basis.  I find this fascinating.   Please take the time to look at your water bill to determine your monthly water consumption.  For reference purposes, my personal monthly water usage is around 1,500 gallons. What's yours?

You may have heard about recent reports published by the Associated Press citing hundreds of examples of pharmaceuticals showing up in the public water supplies of over 40 million Americans.  Are you one of the millions of Americans consuming drug-laden water from a public supply?  Is your water chlorinated and fluorinated?  Are these chemicals safe to consume over the long term?  Now is the time to seriously consider these questions.

See the 5 questions that I hear nearly every day regarding rainwater harvesting.  >