There are so many benefits to harvesting rainwater, whether for use around the house or on farmland, and there’s no reason why we shouldn’t all benefit from this natural resource. After all, before we began using drinking water to meet all our daily needs, we relied almost exclusively on rainwater for just about everything, from bathing to watering our gardens in dryer periods.
With the declining quality of water in some areas, and rising costs in others, more and more people are turning to rainwater to meet their water needs and finding that, for some purposes, it works even better than the water that comes out of our taps. Softer, chlorine-free rainwater has been found to contain no limescale-causing minerals, meaning it is better for use in appliances like washing machines and other areas around the house – if channelled and stored cleanly, of course. So how do you make sure your rainwater is clean?