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re: water prices?
24 jul 1997
why not "go off the grid," by collecting rainwater from the roof? richard komp
does this in maine, using a 1000 gallon plastic cylindrical tank on the ground,
and a simple mechanical gadget that discards the first 5 gallons of bird poop,
etc, after a rainstorm begins. a small pump moves water up to a 55 gallon drum 
in the attic as required, in his gravity flow water system. a float valve in 
the tank on the ground might replenish it from the usual water supply in times
of drought. where i live in pa, with about 4" of rain per month, a 1,000 square
foot roof can supply an average of 80 gallons of water per day.

nick