Aquarius Rainwater Harvesting
Home Range
 The pie chart (Click to Enlarge ) to the left indicates the various areas of consumption of an average domestic water supply from a typical home with 4 people which will use around 100,000 litres per annum of water and over 50% of this (shown in black) is used in applications in which rainwater could be harvested and re-used.
The Aquarius Home System
This is our top of the range harvesting system designed to be installed underground. The Aquarius Home system when installed will harvest your roof water in the same way as the underground Aquarius Garden model. However our Home system is designed and approved to supply internal appliances for toilet flushing and washing machines as well as all the uses of the cheaper Garden model.
The Aquarius Home System offers two systems ZF and VF. Both are Below Ground models.
ZF System will manage roof areas up to 200 sq metres
VF System will manage roof areas above 200 sq metres to 450 sq metres
 Our ZF system detailed in the Black Tank directly opposite, features a high quality Hdpe tank with a proven stainless steel fine mesh 3P filter, to ensure the highest quality of water. The ZF’s filter is located on the inlet of the tank and the outlet from the inlet filter is then connected to the Duo overflow on the outlet. The specially designed Duo overflow skims off pollen and algae that may have gathered on the top water level, it also has a trap moulded in to stop smells from the sewer and prevents vermin entering the tank.
After passing through the inlet filter the water then enters the tank and is then calmed at the base to prevent disturbing the surface of the tank and potentially clouding the tank. As the ZF has a slight fall across it any debris will pass across the filter face and discharge to sewer via the overflow which in this model is connected at the rear by the horizontal inlet filter connection, as stated above.
These systems are all fitted with integral high quality stainless steel pump which have a floating suction inlet fitted which also has a stainless steel sieve filter attached. The float allows the suction hose to intake the cleaner water from a higher level. The delivery hose from the outlet of the pump is connected through underground ducting to the internal wall mounted control system. When the tank is empty there is a low level probe fitted as part of the control system. This probe when activated by a low water level will open the solenoid valve and the tank is then re filled from mains water supply. The control system can then be connected to your specific internal appliances.Combining the same high quality throughout, our VF System offers rainwater harvesting for larger housing applications for roof areas up to 450 sq metres.
 As shown in the main illustration opposite, which features the VF system the roof water primarily passes through the VF filter which is located upstream of the Aquarius tank. Inside the filter housing is a removable high specification stainless steel filter cartridge.
The operation of the rest of the VF System is exactly the same as the ZF System.
Maintenance and accessibility of the filters is straightforward. Both filters are simply removed for cleaning as shown above and opposite left.
 Regal Control System
Both the above systems can be upgraded with a Regal Control System shown directly opposite. Regal Controller’s feature a high specification suction pump rather than a submersible pump as in the standard system. The pump, low level switch, water level metre, solenoid switch and tundish are all integrated into the wall mountable control panel.
We thoroughly recommend the Regal system for furnished or dry areas and applications requiring dual connections.
The Regal controller can be retrofitted to suitable existing storage systems. We recommend a qualified plumber carries out the internal work.
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