On average, each person uses 157 litres per day*

Average cost of water in each UK household is 81 pence per day*

The water bill for an average household has increased by nearly 40% since 1989 *

The roof on an average 4-bed family home with a 100m2 roof area is capable of collecting more than 100,000 litres of rainwater each year**

A typical family uses 70,000 litres of water each year on toilet flushing, clothes washing and outside use**

Toilet flushing accounts for one third of all water usage in a household

The water used every day by someone flushing the toilet could supply another 19 peoples drinking water needs for a day

A Cloudcatcher Rainwater Harvesting System can replace up to 50% of a household mains water consumption, and up to 85% on commercial installations

Collecting rain from your roof reduces surface water by approximately 55-65% per plot 

Rainwater harvesting in the UK has increased by approximately 300% in the last two years

* Source: OFWAT 'waterfacts', May 2006
** Source: UK Rainwater Harvesting Association (UKRHA)

 

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