Sustainable Living: A Guide to Rainwater Harvesting for Beginners

Lana McAra (Rosey Dow): This book delivers. It is practical and usable.

United States on Dec 22, 2021

K. J. Pratt: After a very confusing and contradictory section on methods for plumbing and installing a rainwater collection system, the author states on p. 104, "Hire a professional to install your system..". For a book that touts itself as a "Complete Guide to Collect, Use and Store Rainwater," advising the reader to hire a professional totally misses the point. I bought the book for help on how to do it myself. I have built houses and plumbed them, and I wanted specific help on how to do a system like this. Some of the ideas in the book are total nonsense: Page 136 advises using a pump that creates "5 psi, as this will provide ample pressure for most residential spray heads." This is totally ridiculous. Drip systems require a minimum of 8 psi, and spray heads require much more. If I want to use the water in the house, even for non-potable uses such as toilets and washing machine, I would need something is the area of 40-50 psi. Total waste of money buying this book.

United States on Nov 15, 2021

Amazon Customer: Having tried to read this book, I am surprised by the positive reviews

I now note there are only seven of them, but all fairly recent

I found the book badly arranged - it seemed to jump around from one topic to another then back again, especially the part about water usage and collection

The section on calculating water used and potential water to be harvested was almost impossible to understand as the maths is either wrong or badly explained

It’s really not as complicated as the book makes out

I have now returned it

United Kingdom on Oct 19, 2021

Eric Shoars: Collecting rain water has been been an increasing subject of conversation. Collecting rain water (also known as Rain Water Harvesting) is not as simple as putting a barrel under your downspouts and waiting for the next shower to pass through (unless you're using it simply to water your plants/garden). RWH is a complex matter (much more complex than I had imagined) but can definitely make a difference in using all water responsibly. As one other reviewer noted, the cleanliness of the rain water (especially in urban areas) is a concern but the author lays out how to properly install a system that includes utilized filters and filtration systems so you're not consuming foul water. If you're considering RWH as a real option for your home, I would suggest reading this book before making a decision either way.

United States on Oct 14, 2021

Clos M: The book is well written but the writer forgot to touch on storage of water for those residents of highly industrialized area, think of toxic effluent and gases which can brought back to our storage tank through rain water. My delimma how safe is that water?

United States on Oct 12, 2021

Ejeks: With record breaking disasters in almost every major city you can think of in the developed countries, you will be hard pressed to imagine that these will not result in some form of trouble. Or should I say, lead to another form of disaster. Even with the natural disasters, many cities all around the world are reporting on water scarcity. This book delves into simple solution that anyone can adopt to help them reach clean water sufficiency in no time. It's hard for someone to think about rain as a source for clean water but it’s not far-fetched at all. All you need is the right information how to collect it, process the water and deliver it for everyday use. All that information you can find in this book. I now see and think about rain water differently. For transparency, I got an ARC of this book.

United States on Oct 11, 2021

MariuszMariusz: Great book. thanks to that book I saved a lot of money on water Bills.

United Kingdom on Oct 05, 2021

Tyler Brown: Absolutely love this book! Definitely gives me a more positive and efficient out look on life! :)

United Kingdom on Oct 01, 2021

Beata: I really enjoyed reading this book, which has numerous ideas and suggestions on how to save money on water bills and how to live more sustainable way of life. Full of illustrations. Perfect guide for people who want to go green and be more self sufficient.

United Kingdom on Sep 24, 2021

Eryk: Great book! I learned how to water my garden using only rainwater. Thanks to that I can save money and improve it further. I am also helping the environment in those difficult for our planet days. Harvesting rainwater is a ''must have'' skill in any survivalist inventory. Book expended my horizon massively.

United Kingdom on Sep 21, 2021