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		<title>Rainwater harvesting trade off against drain requirements</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Sep 2007 11:42:02 +0100</pubDate>
		<author>richy</author>
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			<![CDATA[The 20 sqm cabin in the woods is to have little more elaborate than a water butt for rainwater harvesting and watering the garden, but the drainage requirments to keep BC happy are to be 2.5m cubic M soakaway.      Can I reduce this by getting more serious about harvesting?]]>
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		<title>Rainwater harvesting trade off against drain requirements</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Sep 2007 13:05:38 +0100</pubDate>
		<author>tony</author>
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			<![CDATA[I very much doubt it.]]>
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		<title>Rainwater harvesting trade off against drain requirements</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Sep 2007 13:07:29 +0100</pubDate>
		<author>tony</author>
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			<![CDATA[You could try and argue that 1m^3 soakaway is good enough, but then why do you need one at all? You are in woodland after all.]]>
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		<title>Rainwater harvesting trade off against drain requirements</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Sep 2007 14:54:47 +0100</pubDate>
		<author>Chris Wardle</author>
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			<![CDATA[I didn't think you needed building regs approval for structures less than 30m2.]]>
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