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With water scarcity that is in the world, what has been called the water crisis. Becomes very necessary to be conscious utilization and rational use of the same. Does incapie in not interfere it, and that is appropriate, but it is both or more important to be able to collect it when it rains. Rain water is a resource that allows to save up to 50% water in a home, using it for washing machines, irrigation, cisterns of the bater, etc. Which requires a special installation that you can foresee easily in the case of a new building. We think that we are talking about a water without chemical additives or lime, which is noticeable especially in the washing machine, to avoid breakage and lower the consumption of detergents. In Spain if well various rainfall from one place to another as average in a House of normal size (100 m 2 roof) may be collected 90,000 liters year.

This is fundamental to install rain gutters, or rain water collection channels and store it in tanks, and may be these surface or buried, having a wide variety in the market of deposits. With respect to the rain gutters, plastic are losing prominence because of the unsightly, and that with extreme temperatures ranging losing tightness in the juntas(por efecta de dilatacion y contraccion por frio y calor) having leaks and even to twist and break off due to winds or hailstorms. Why are used most other variants: copper natural(utilizado mucho en casas rusticas) Zinc aluminium which at this moment is that gains prominence, since there are machines that manufactured it in situ making tailor-made, without joints even in chucks largas(20 metros o mas), is also more aesthetic, light and non undergoes corrosion, even in maritime areas. And as if it were little it is economical. More information on: original author and source of the article.

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