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gravity fed water from catchment. - canhle - 02-27-2008
There was a house for sale in Hawaiiinformation website which has gravity fed water, and the catchment tank looked like it was on higher ground than of the house. Has anyonw try this method or know how it works.
canhle
RE: gravity fed water from catchment. - oink - 02-27-2008
Previous thread on this topic: http://www.punaweb.org/Forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=4499&SearchTerms=gravity+fed
What I got from the thread is that it is possible, but it would be impractible to build a system that would produce sufficient pressure to satisfy most people.
Pua`a
S. FL
Big Islander to be.
RE: gravity fed water from catchment. - Hotzcatz - 02-28-2008
You get roughly one half PSI per foot of drop and most folks like to have twenty to thirty PSI water pressure.
RE: gravity fed water from catchment. - canhle - 02-28-2008
Thanks Oink and Hotzcatz
canhle