Ha ha the reason we install rainwater tanks at construction is to provide beuracrats with a job and to assuage their global warming guilt, it serves no other practical purpose 
Don't even install the tank they'll never check because deep down inside even they know its just more pointless green f#ckwiterry 

My new place uses 250 000 + litres of water a year, the f#cktards that make the rules insisted I install a 1000 litre rainwater tank at a cost of thousands because they got scared from watching too many al gore global warming scammer movies, what in the f#ck difference is that 1000 litres going to make in the scheme of things hey? ... f#ck all!, but the green f#ckwits that made that law got a big woody and thats what its all about.

Sh#t for brains they make you hook your rainwater tank up to the toilet to flush it with, better hope that government mandated valve don't fail or you'll have turds in your scotch 

Innocent bystander wrote on Jul 4^th, 2013 at 7:32pm:


Ha ha - full tank farm is set up for all water in - besides - turds go with the overflow...like Julia of the Overflow, always downhill...

(but she'll be fine.. the party will thank her for falling on her sword for the party by giving her a lovely board job or two somewhere to top off her pension, car with driver, gold travel card, secretary for life and so on, and she will pick up the odd lecture and maybe a visiting doctorate or two and pick up a few lazy thou or mil here and there.  She's set - good work if you can get it!)...

This is why you're a lefty oh yeah, serious case of NFI !, go and do the sums and work out how much water the government mandated 1000 litre water tanks save in the scheme of things then you will come to the only logical conclusion ... what a waste of Smacking time. 

Hey,
Rainwater tank’s installation is necessary in new houses because of our weather conditions our water tanks are full at certain times of the year and empty at other times, such as in summers and other periods of low rainfall. At the time of construction of new houses it is easy to fix the tanks in the house rather than adjusting it in already furnished houses and also at that time we have more options to choose from as per our requirements.
     sp@m.com.au

Why we install Rainwater tanks in new houses?

There should be no reason we as the home owner should install unless you don't have mains.

The cost of tanks and install and plumbing into your home far out weigh the cost of mains water

Check your next water bill, the actual cost of water is reasonable but its the cost of supply, sewer and any other levy that makes your bills 2x the price, also check your last 12 months water consumption and then work out the cost in tank to hold all that water....then work out where you would put alllllllll those tanks and then........hope it pours downs with rain once every 2 weeks to keep water in those tanks. If you have limited room can and still want to do your bit for the environment you can purchase a slimline modular for a $1 per Litre.

Its actually cheaper to go to Coles to purchase 10L of spring water at the cost of $5 than install tanks.

So a couple of 1000L tanks is hardly worth your hard earned $$$$

Also if you are on mains and you do install tanks and you are full self sufficient in water use, you will always have the pleasure of receiving your full cost of supply from mains even if you didn't use a drop just because you have a metre;D you would be lucky to see your bill halved.



Oh yeh, and in the case of a draught, thanks to our Labor government we all have a endless supply of fresh water (actually they claim its better than rain water  )from all those new desal plants at the cost of billions, don't forget we will be paying for those too

So why do we need water tanks at home again, my guess is few polies are on the take again.