Water Harvesting Scotland

GemmaAcreman

Hello all,

I'm hoping I am in the right place for a bit of advice.  I have done some research online but I find myself going round in circles and I think the best way forward would be a recommendation.

Can anyone recommend a company who set up water harvesting systems?  I am based in Scotland.

Thank you!
Gemma

Solarchaser

Hi Gemma, I dont know the answer im afraid. 
I'm surprised you are looking to harvest water in Scotland though, we generally get enough rain to keep everything wet 😂😂

Seriously though, I just didn't want you to think you were being ignored.

Perhaps explain what your plan is, and maybe someone will be able to help

tacpot12

I can't recommend anyone, but did have a look around online and can see that there is a distinct lack of anyone offering this service north of the border. You appear to have discovered a gap in the market. In the absence of an experienced installer, you are probably better finding someone in related industry who wants to extend their scope. Someone in the solar and conventional heating field might be interested in this. Team them up with expertise from one of the manufacturers of tanks and pumps, and they should have a high chance of delivering a good system. 

Pile_o_stone

I think the consensus on here and other eco forums is that harvesting rainwater, other than rain barrels attached to downpipes, is not economically viable.

EricMears

Pile_o_stone said:

I think the consensus on here and other eco forums is that harvesting rainwater, other than rain barrels attached to downpipes, is not economically viable.

If you're buying in a commercial package,  I'd agree.  However,  my DIY system that stores up to 4 cubic metres of rainwater and pumps it to an attic header tank cost less than £100 to install and saves around £50 per year in reduced water charges.  It also means that in the event of water mains failure (none so far this year but we've probably averaged a couple per year this century) we can continue to flush WCs normally.

Pile_o_stone

EricMears said:

Pile_o_stone said:

I think the consensus on here and other eco forums is that harvesting rainwater, other than rain barrels attached to downpipes, is not economically viable.

If you're buying in a commercial package,  I'd agree.  However,  my DIY system that stores up to 4 cubic metres of rainwater and pumps it to an attic header tank cost less than £100 to install and saves around £50 per year in reduced water charges.  It also means that in the event of water mains failure (none so far this year but we've probably averaged a couple per year this century) we can continue to flush WCs normally.

I assumed that as the OP was asking for a company that installs rainwater harvesting systems, that she was considering buying a commercial package.

GemmaAcreman

Hi all,

Thank you for your replies! I work for a sustainable paper pulp company and I'm based in Glasgow (where it rains an awful lot!!) and we are currently installing new pulper machines so that we can manufacture from within Scotland (reducing both ours and our customers carbon footprint, etc.) which we would like to be run through with harvested rainwater. It's a lot of water a day, around the 1000 litre mark when it's running at full capacity.  In theory, we would like to run everything water related via a harvesting system - except our drinking water. We would like to be a circular as possible within the factory side or the business as well as the offices.  So we would be looking for large water tanks to store rainwater which would be cleaned and then used to create the pulp.

That's a good idea to look for someone in a related field, thank you!   We had someone out who let us down and I really feel like I've hit a brick wall with finding someone based in Central Scotland - and I'm under a bit of a pressure finding someone ASAP.

Thank you for your advise, hopefully I've explained it a bit better!

GemmaAcreman

Solarchaser said:

Hi Gemma, I dont know the answer im afraid. 
I'm surprised you are looking to harvest water in Scotland though, we generally get enough rain to keep everything wet 😂😂

Seriously though, I just didn't want you to think you were being ignored.

Perhaps explain what your plan is, and maybe someone will be able to help

Hi all,

Thank you for your replies! I work for a sustainable paper pulp company and I'm based in Glasgow (where it rains an awful lot!!) and we are currently installing new pulper machines so that we can manufacture from within Scotland (reducing both ours and our customers carbon footprint, etc.) which we would like to be run through with harvested rainwater. It's a lot of water a day, around the 1000 litre mark when it's running at full capacity.  In theory, we would like to run everything water related via a harvesting system - except our drinking water. We would like to be a circular as possible within the factory side or the business as well as the offices.  So we would be looking for large water tanks to store rainwater which would be cleaned and then used to create the pulp.

That's a good idea to look for someone in a related field, thank you!   We had someone out who let us down and I really feel like I've hit a brick wall with finding someone based in Central Scotland - and I'm under a bit of a pressure finding someone ASAP.

Thank you for your advise, hopefully I've explained it a bit better!

silverwhistle

That's interesting! Can't specifically help, but as it's a larger than domestic system it might interest people over a slightly wider area, so perhaps widen your search. Have you tried the Navitron forums? They're mainly a green energy supplier but the forums are (were?) full of people do the self sufficiency thing and often discuss building matters.

GemmaAcreman

silverwhistle said:

That's interesting! Can't specifically help, but as it's a larger than domestic system it might interest people over a slightly wider area, so perhaps widen your search. Have you tried the Navitron forums? They're mainly a green energy supplier but the forums are (were?) full of people do the self sufficiency thing and often discuss building matters.

It's such a cool project, I'm hoping it appeals to someone!  I haven't heard of the Navirton forums but I'll take a look, thank you! 

GemmaAcreman

*1000 litres, per hour - is what I meant!  Sorry for the typo!