SUPADIVERTA - syphonic rainwater diverter

WATER TANKS

ADDITIONAL COST SAVINGS

SUPADIVERTA can be height positioned to function as a tanks overflow, legally eliminating difficult plumbing dilemmas and their associated expenses. Moving a tank for sludge removal or maintenance access becomes quicker and easier, a task rarely considered prior to purchase! To enjoy this benefit, install SUPADIVERTA to the downpipe with the top of the filter support wall approximately 5cm BELOW THE BOTTOM of the tanks overflow outlet. DO NOT use a lesser gap unless the overflow outlet has been plugged as backflow through the filter is always higher than the filter support wall. Ensure the mosquito proof mesh fitted to the tank overflow outlet is intact and if possible cover the top meshed inlet with breathable material to restrict sunlight entry. Shade cloth is recommended. DO NOT cover with material that will prevent ventilation. ALL WATER DIVERTED FROM OTHER SOURCES MUST ALSO HAVE THE HEAD BELOW THE BOTTOM OF THE TANK OVERFLOW.
Using SUPADIVERTA in this way:-

• Provides cross ventilation of the tank through the top meshed inlet and overflow outlet.
• Legally and safely diverts water from additional downpipes (remember, it is the water being diverted, NOT the downpipe! ).
• Is ideal for homeowners wanting to position a tank to an area away from the house that may lack a storm-water facility.

NOTE: Water diverted to a tank must pass through mosquito proof mesh with apertures no larger than 1mm. Water tank's bottom gate valves ARE NOT MESHED. For this reason, the water diverted through the SUPADIVERTA'S .75mm filter enters a chamber which is also mosquito proof.

AND MORE COST SAVINGS!
FEED TO A TANK FROM ONE DOWNPIPE IS RARELY ADEQUATE!

Conventional plumbing diverts additional downpipes by two prime methods:

(1) Plumbing the downpipe horizontally along a wall to the tanks inlet strainer. This DRY system is ugly, expensive and not always possible due to `inconveniently’ located windows and doorways!

2) Plumbing a downpipe horizontally along or under the ground, then vertically to the tanks inlet strainer.

This is called a WET or CHARGED system and may result in:

• Expensive and ugly pipework.
• The pipeworks low velocity will not vertically transfer sediment and, unless drained and cleaned, will result in a rapid accumulation of putrid sludge within the pipework (sediment trap).
• If a wet systems outlet is not fitted with a flap valve, the exposed water is at risk of becoming a mosquito haven with mosquito eggs and larvae flushing into the tank the next time it rains!

AQUATREK has seen some DRY systems that also have a mid path WET system. This occurs when the pipework meets an obstruction, for example an air conditioner, and needs to be diverted under that obstruction. The need to then re-plumb to the original height to resume flow to the tanks meshed inlet creates a WET sump - be warned, this is a SEDIMENT TRAP.

In BOTH of the above cases, the diversion of multiple downpipes to a tank with only a single outlet MAY be illegal, for further details, see Water Tanks / Overflow Pipe

HOWEVER :-

By diverting harvested water from additional downpipes with each SUPADIVERTA plumbed with its overflow below the level of the tank overflow, SUPADIVERTA can legally and dramatically increase rainwater harvesting at very low cost. High velocity flow also self cleans the internal pipework.

NOTE: Polypipe comes in different applications. If burying under an area subjected to heavy traffic, AQUATREK advises use of high density polypipe (HDPE) and not the low density (LDPE) garden product.