{"id":1456,"date":"2020-01-14T04:13:08","date_gmt":"2020-01-14T04:13:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/daveywater.com\/au\/?p=1456"},"modified":"2023-12-13T05:48:18","modified_gmt":"2023-12-13T05:48:18","slug":"smokey-rainwater","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/daveywater.com\/au\/news-community\/smokey-rainwater\/","title":{"rendered":"Smokey Rainwater?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"blog-grey-box\">\n<p>While all rainwater tanks on homes should be installed with first flush diverters, even these devices can\u2019t stop the smoke from infiltrating the water already in tanks.<\/p>\n<p>Some particulate matter washed into the rainwater tanks can be removed by using cartridge filters.\u00a0Particulate removal can be achieved by using a two-stage process.\u00a0 First remove the larger particles with a 20 micron pleated filter cartridge.\u00a0Secondly, follow with a 1 micron depth cartridge such as a polyspun filter cartridge.<\/p>\n<p>While particulate matter in the smoke is part of the problem, the major component affecting the taste and odour is chemical in nature, and thus it is impractical to remove using normal domestic filters.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The most practical approach for taste and odour removal from home rainwater tanks is to pass the water slowly through a carbon cartridge. These cartridges are sometimes mistakenly referred to as filters, but they perform a different function to a filter.\u00a0They fit into the same housings as the filter cartridges<\/p>\n<p>Carbon cartridges rely on chemical absorption to lock up the dissolved gases and impurities thus removing them from the water.\u00a0To do this they rely on exposure time to allow the carbon to do its job.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne of the most common errors when using carbon cartridges\u201d says Maris Romans, Davey Water Products\u2019 Product Manager for Water Treatment \u201cis consumers trying to allow high flow rates through their carbon cartridge. The longer the exposure time the better the absorption of the chemicals will be\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>A good quality carbon block cartridge to suit a 10\u201d large diameter or \u201cJumbo\u201d cartridge housing is best suit to supply one tap at a time.\u00a0A longer 20\u201d large diameter cartridge is sufficient for two outlets at once.<\/p>\n<p>Neither filters nor a carbon cartridge will sanitise the water, so if live organisms or pathogens in the water are a concern other methods of treatment are available.<\/p>\n<div class=\"blog-yellow-box\">\n<p>Davey Water Products offer a range of water filtration, sanitisation and purification products ideal for rainwater tanks.\u00a0These products are available Australia wide via your local Davey Dealer.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/daveywater.com\/au\/find-a-dealer\/\"><strong>Find your local Davey Dealer today.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>For water tanks directly affected by fire retardants see the links below from the various state government websites. You may need to replace your water as it may not be safe for human or animal consumption.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.health.nsw.gov.au\/environment\/water\/Pages\/rainwater-bushfires.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NSW<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0|\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www2.health.vic.gov.au\/public-health\/environmental-health\/environmental-health-in-the-community\/fire-retardants-and-health\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">VIC<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0|\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.qld.gov.au\/health\/staying-healthy\/environmental\/after-a-disaster\/bushfires\/bushfires-and-roof-harvested-rainwater\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">QLD<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0|\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sahealth.sa.gov.au\/wps\/wcm\/connect\/Public+Content\/SA+Health+Internet\/Protecting+public+health\/Bushfires\/Bushfires+and+rainwater+quality\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SA<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0|\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/healthywa.wa.gov.au\/Articles\/N_R\/Rainwater-tanks-after-a-bushfire\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WA<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0|\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dhhs.tas.gov.au\/publichealth\/water\/drinking\/rural\/tanks\/keeping_rainwater_tanks_safe_in_bushfire-affected_areas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TAS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While all rainwater tanks on homes should be installed with <a href=\"https:\/\/daveywater.com\/au\/news-community\/smokey-rainwater\/\"> [&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":1462,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1456","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-community"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.7 (Yoast SEO v27.4) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Smokey Rainwater? 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