As seen on the ABC’s New Inventors show dated 15th August, 2007.

 

 

The everydrop water harvester

 

Collects a lot of water. No kidding. Just think about how much rain currently falls on your property that goes into the drain. This could be yours.

Does not need a plumber or electrician to install it. It literally takes 15 minutes to set it all up.

Can be very useful regardless of whether you have a tank or not. Pump the water straight onto your garden if you don’t have a tank, or if your tank is full. Move the pump outlet hose to soak wherever and whatever you want. Wash your paths and then put it on your garden.

If you have a tank/s you can put them wherever you want on your property because this product does not depend on down pipes (and therefore being sited under eaves) to collect water.

Even if you already have a conventional tank, with this product you can catch what your conventional tank misses.

Moving house? Take it all with you. This product is easy to set up and just as easy to dismantle. You can fill your tank without plumbing it to the down pipes, so when you move house, you can just empty your free standing tank and take that with you to your next home!

The pump and controller can be kept in the shed or wherever you like-out of the weather and out of harms way. The only exposed electrical parts are the weather-tight 12 volt leads that run from the controller to the floatation switches. So electrically, the system is safe and simple.

If you take our advice and buy a pressure pump then you can also use the same pump (that you are using for water harvesting) to water your garden and to flush your toilets.

You can also wash your paths and driveways (and other things outside the house). As this water is going into the drain it will be re-harvested. This makes it the ultimate water saver and recycler.

 

 

 

 

 

Ideally, how much water could I harvest?

When it rains, the roof of the house, and concrete and paved paths (being the hard surface areas) will all take water to run off into the storm water drain.  When it rains 1 millimetre, 1 square metre will catch 1 litre of water. So, when it rains 1 millimetre on a property the water that falls on the hard surfaces is lost to the storm water drain. An ‘average’ house with the roof, concrete paths and a driveway covering 700 square metres will direct 700 litres down the drain every time 1 millimetre of rain falls. That’s a lot of water if you can get it.

 

Water tanks under eaves

Homes that have a rain water tank collect water from only one or two down pipes. As houses can have 5, 10 or even more down pipes, it can be seen that with a conventional tank in place, a lot of valuable water is nevertheless being lost. Furthermore, conventional down pipe harvesting tanks cannot collect water run-off from driveways and paths, so even more is being missed.

 

Your typical house; what’s going on now with rain water.

Water falls on roofs. It collects in gutters and falls down thedown pipes. It also falls on the ground and goes down grates. It flows down storm waterdrains and collects into an exit drain. Somewhere along the drain there is usually an inspection pipe of 90mm or 100 mm diameter that allows you to look down into the storm water drain (which is usually laid a metre or so below ground).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The everydrop water harvester components

 

 

 

One part of the product is a (patent pending) drain plug which has a built in overflow. The drain plug goes into your storm water drain and when fitted, causes the storm water to back up. If too much water backs up then there’s an overflow facility to help disperse the excess.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Double Float Switch For the Drain - Eliminates Pump Chatter

 

The double float switch goes into the drain and is designed to eliminate float ‘chatter’. ‘Chatter’ occurs when just enough water is flowing in to switch the pump on, and then as soon as the pump goes on, the water level drops and this then switches the pump off with the cycle immediately repeating itself. Chatter creates more wear and tear on both your pump and Controller. With the double float switch, the pump only goes on when both floats are up and it stays on until both floats are down. This ‘pump down’ arrangement means your pump goes on and off less often saving wear and tear on your system.

Single Float Switch

The single float switch is designed to be placed into your water tank. It is designed to switch off your pump once the water level reaches the float even when there is water flowing in to the drain. In other words it over-rides the drain switch. This option can be ignored by hanging the switch on the shed wall and letting your tank over flow to the garden or other tanks etc.

 

 

Another part of the invention is an electronic controller. It looks like a plastic box with leads. It switches the pump on and off with the help of floatation switches which are placed into the drain and rain water tank

 

 

 

 

The third part of the invention is the water pump. The water pump is any commercial pump that you can buy from any distributor but we would recommend a pressure pump as it offers more flexibility in watering your garden and for toilet flushing.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

How’s it put together?

You position the drain plug at the bottom of the inspection pipe in the lower side of the storm water drain. The long tube is an inflation pipe (which is connected to the rubber ring on the drain plug) and has one end above ground, and it is to this you attach a bike pump and pump in about 3 pounds of air pressure. This inflates the ring on the drain plug underground and seals it in place. You lower the water pump nozzle to near the bottom of the inspection pipe and connect it to the water pump. You connect the drain plug lead to the controller and drop the other end of it into the inspection pipe so that it sits above the bottom of the storm water pipe and also above the suction end of the pump nozzle but below the overflow on the drain plug. You then connect the tank plug lead to the controller and drop the other end of it up to the level at which you want to fill your tank. You run a hose from the water pump outlet to your water tank. You plug the water pump into the controller and the other end of the controller into a mains outlet. It is now all set up and ready to go.

 

 

How’s it work?

When it rains, water accumulates in the storm water drain. It backs up behind the drain plug. The water level rises and then reaches a point at which it activates the drain float switch. The pump starts and draws water out of the storm water drain and into your tank. When the tank is full, the float switch in the tank overrides the pit switch and turns the water pump off. If it is still raining, or if the water is falling faster than the water pump can pump, then excess water automatically flows into the down side of the storm water pipe to be released into the system as usual.
You can also pump water directly onto your garden. Or wash your paths and driveways and the water that goes into the drain is recycled! Stored water can be used for gardens and flushing toilets, but not for drinking and washing. Think about having a pressure pump set-up because it can also be used to water your garden (with pressurized water) and it can also be used to fill your toilet for flushing (but for this you will need a one way valve installed by your plumber).

 

Purchasing Information (AUD)

Controller..............................................................275


Drain Plug..............................................................77
(You must specify if you want a
Drain Plug for a 90 mm diameter
drain or a Drain Plug for a 100 mm
diameter drain. Both are the same
price)


Controller and
Drain Plug package..............................................330


Purchase of Controller Includes

Cables;
Drain switch cable (10 metres) ..............................0
Tank switch cable (10 metres) ...............................0
Cost of additional Cable (per metre)......................2

*All prices include GST

Postage is additional

Example;
I buy the package, (indicating that I want a 90 mm diameter Drain Plug) but I need an additional 5 metres on the Drain switch cable (giving it a total length of 15 metres) and an additional 4 metres on the Tank switch cable (giving it a total length of 14 metres).
Calculated cost is $330 (package cost) plus $18 (additional cost for the extra 9 metres of cable) plus postage of $10.
Total cost equals $358.

 

The Controller is designed to operate from a 240 volt AC power supply.
The water pump and fittings, water tank and bike pump (to inflate the rubber ring on the drain plug) are not included.

Ordering

All orders are taken by e-mail; pupindustries@hotmail.com
Cheques (which must be cleared) and bank transfers are acceptable payment arrangements.
The Controller and fittings are backed by a 30-day, money-back, unconditional guarantee (less postage)

pupindustries pty ltd,
everydrop water harvester
P.O. Box 4006
West Preston, Victoria 3072

 

Contact details

More questions???

Contact pupindustries@hotmail.com and we’ll do our best to help you out.