The RainDrops system allows people to adapt standard plastic bottles to an existing gutter system to collect rain water. The repurposing of these plastic bottles will also give value to many bottles that are otherwise headed for landfills.
A large benefit to using plastic bottles as a water collection system is that it fits in nicely with the process called SODIS, which uses a combination of the suns UV rays and heat to remove pathogenic microorganisms that cause disease. This process is spreading across many developing countries due to its effectiveness and low cost.
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So what about the garbage that gets inevitably gets clogged in your gutters, like leaves and dirt? They’d have to be filtered out and are likely to clog the bottles up as well. Also, the rainwater will have been running off a roof, which is covered with tar and other adhesives along with whatever the roof itself is made. Couldn’t those chemicals contaminate the water and make it toxic?
How nifty! Brilliant.
That would be great if you always have clean gutters and rust proof roofs
THIS IS INGENIOUS!
Am I right to assume this system provides drinking water ?
Seems like a good idea but I fear the amount of weight could rip the gutter system down. Lets just recycle the bottles and get a water barrel instead?
Wash you hands with e-coli bacteria?
Very interesting project. The one issue might be reports that I have heard about commercial water bottles actually only being good to use the first time, and that refilling these bottles degraded the bottle into the water somewhat and has carcinogens in them. Its possible they’ve been yet to be proven, but some research in that department might be necessary before your system could be fully realized. Don’t want to solve one problem while causing another after all.
So for the rain drops system, you basically just release the water after use? I wonder if this wouldn’t be the best water to use on a garden? Nice site, haven’t got to the design part, that’s why I came here lol
Great idea! Why let all that rain go down the drain?
One or two maybe, but a water barrel would no doubt be a better solution. Ten of these on the average gutter and the gutter will be laying on the ground wasting all the water.
wow ; very creative and “double” eco; is there a prototype?
stupid idea.
To store the rain water is great ideea, but this bottle concept is wrong.
We can use a bigger water storage and with a mecanical pump …
this is a fucking terrible idea. not very well thought out. fuck you for wasting money making it.
I think is very clever actually!
in Australia a lot of people use water collected from the roof especially in farms out in the bush. The gutter only needs a simple filter that is very easy to install mine has one of those.It could be good in spots that don’t allow for a water tank.
I wouldn’t drink it, but wash your hands and watering the garden would be great! I assume that once the bottles are full the water goes down, so you could put as much bottles as the gutter can actually hold..
if plastic bottles contain carcinogens why would they be good even the first time? they are probably bad full stop..but still I think the system is very interesting maybe it could come with safe bottles of its own of a different material..?
Interesting design. Especially to be useful in those places, where problems with water. So the technology allows to collect a maximum of water flowing down with a roof.