You can get the blue barrel (2nd hand) at

http://www.barrelanddrum.com/

Less than rm40 (for 2nd hand unit). 210l. Not advisable for drinking water. Should be ok for gardening etc.

Simple rain water harvesting not difficult. Cut the gutter pipe. Install some elbow joint. Buy some barrels. Put a simple filter system.

I did mine for a few hundred ringgit. Bought 8 x 160l second hand barrel to store the rain water.

The issue is the economic cost of the water collected is less than RM3.

Of course in a time of water rationing, i fill it up with tap water n consider it as my reserve !

no lah. That one too complicated. Water pump etc. 400 gal metal tank going for say RM1.7k. water pump say 1k. reinforcement for roof say 0.5k. i say adding up fast.

Rain water harvesting can vary between the simple (a few hundred bucks) to the complex (several thousand).

I'm happy with mine, and ok lah. chip! chip ! water garden only !

i think the govt has a role to encourage rain water harvesting since the market / pricing mechanism is not working properly.

should consider incentive (discount on quit rate and assessment) if have green tech, and legislation and regulation (fine and punishment) if not implemented. Maybe implement over many years and after education campaign. i think MPPJ got an incentive program.

hi - any politicians here - can you please take note !! ;-)

Market misprice water.

Government intervention required....

rhetorics aside, installing solar panels under the FIT program is profitable if;
- you won't sell the property for 21 years.
- you know how to choose solar panels / inverters / installers
- you know if your house is viable (due to direction, angle and shading)

FIT quota opens on 2 May; get ready.....

Hi Harry

Good to meet a like-minded person.

I hv bought several barrels (120l n 160l) second hand. Rm35 each. Cut off my gutter n put some simple pipes to flow the run off water into the barrel.

How do you build your first flush? Can you take a photo?

Thanks.

how good / bad is 'good'? please elaborate.

quite beautiful ! i wonder how much. i see the outlet pipe. i wonder what are they going to use it for, or connect it to.

i use cheap RM36 (second hand) 160 litres blue tank. no filtration. just to water the plants !