Rainwater harvesting

Making clever use of rainwater

Mit Regenwasser gewaschene Wäsche trocknet auf Wäscheleine im Garten

With a rainwater harvesting system you can save up to 50 Percent of your daily fresh water consumption. This can be up to 70 litres per person per day (considering using the toilet, washing machine, garden watering and car washing). Given the increasingly expensive and complicated treatment of drinking water, the projected doubling of water prices in the coming years is only logical. So a rainwater harvesting system makes sense in two ways: it relieves and protects not only our environment, but also your finances in the long-term.

Saving drinking water

Save up to 50 % on drinking water

With a rainwater harvesting system, you can save up to 50 per cent of your daily drinking water consumption. This can amount to up to 70 litres per person per day, for example when used for flushing the toilet, running the washing machine, watering the garden and washing the car. In Germany, the average person consumes around 130 litres of fresh drinking water per day. Half of this can easily be replaced by rainwater. For a four-person household, that amounts to over 90,000 litres a year.

Rising prices make the switch worthwhile

Drinking water is scarce and expensive. Treatment is becoming increasingly complex and costly, and it is considered likely that drinking water prices will double in the coming years. Anyone who switches to rainwater today will, to some extent, be shielding themselves from this trend.

Good for the environment and your wallet

A rainwater harvesting system makes sense in two ways. It helps protect the environment and saves you money in the long term. By using rainwater, you save on drinking water, reduce the burden on the public sewerage system and often benefit financially as well. This is because many towns and local authorities encourage rainwater harvesting through grants or by applying a split sewage charge.