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\u00a0 \u00a0 WE \u00a0RETHINK \u00a0WATER<\/span><\/h2>\n
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HOW DOES IT WORK?<\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n

The\u00a0TSWS\u00a0<\/span>Complete End-2-End System is designed as a fully automated plug ‘n play Rainwater Capture System.<\/p>\n

Your Tank is a ThinLinetm<\/sup><\/span>\u00a06000 L (1500 gallons) corrugated Stainless Steel Water Tank. Rain is captured from your roof through your downspout. It is first processed through a Diverter Unit, designed to pass the first 5 gallons of rain to the ground. It diverts that water to your downspout as it normally would. \u00a0The 6th gallon of rain is free of all large debris and sediment. \u00a0This water is then routed into your storage tank.<\/p>\n

\"A<\/a>However, with increasing pharmaceuticals being dumped into drains, these compounds are finding their way into potable water supplies. Increasing use of atrazine, \u00a0an herbicide, and industrial chemicals such as perchlorate and nitrates from fertilizers and manufacturing centers are \u00a0finding their way into our drinking supplies at alarming rates. These compounds are not removed in the filtering stages \u00a0of municipal \u00a0water processing.\u00a0The rcs unit from TSWS<\/span>\u00a0includes a 3-stage filtration unit with UV treatment as the third stage. \u00a0The 3-stage system eliminates most of the compounds known today to adversely affect endocrine health.<\/p>\n

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HOW DOES IT WORK SMART?<\/span><\/strong><\/h5>\n

Our Fully Automated System polls the atmosphere on the hour. When your onboard weather controller is\u00a0confidant of rain, it begins to turn off water directed normally into your tank and instead redirects municipal water directly into your filtration housing once the tank level has been emptied (usually three to four days). \u00a0Your water supply is never interrupted. Your empty tank now is able to fill with rain. Once full, the unit automatically pulls this water into the 3-stage filtration unit and the municipal water is redirected to fill the tank. \u00a0As the tank of rainwater is depleted, the municipal supply takes over as before. \u00a0In this way, the TSWS<\/span> system always ensures a near-full tank should you ever need an emergency supply of approximately 1,500 gallons. In that unlikely event, instead of drinking your water, you can pull it out of our standard American fire hose valve and you have your own fire hydrant good for at least 20 minutes at a rate of 50 gallons per minute.<\/p>\n

Your heads-up display (smartphone et al.) will automatically alert you to \u00a0tank water level, chance of rain, total rainwater captured to date and other reports. \u00a0Consider that a San Francisco Bay annual rain average of 22 inches can provide about 12 tanks of water over a rainy season, assuming our smaller slimline tank sizes (1322 gallon or 1,500 gallon). \u00a0Since the typical family may use 120 tanks per year, this could add up to about 10% of your annual water bill. \u00a0You have effectively put back into the aquifers about 10 % of your annual water use or about 0.05 acre feet (AF). \u00a0Typical families use about 0.5 AF of water per year. \u00a0This is serious conservation. So it is seriously smart.<\/p>\n

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WHY DO I NEED TO DIVERT THE FIRST 5 GALLONS?<\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n

Diverting the first gallons to the gutter flushes all of the dirt and leaves that accumulate over time. The first raindrops fill a slowly rising tube inside the clean rain diverter you see at the right\"A<\/a>. The tube is designed to time the water filling your drainpipe until approximately five\u00a0gallons have been flushed down your spout. None of this water – the first flush – ever\u00a0goes into your rainwater tank. You can see how one works\u00a0 \u00a0in the animation\u00a0here.<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

\"AAbout the sixth gallon is diverted to your inlet located at the top of your Rainwater Tank, since the first five were diverted to your drainage runoff. Unless your roof area has an unusually high amount of leaves and canopy cover, usually the rainwater by this time is at better than 90% pure.<\/p>\n

However, your\u00a0TSWS<\/span>\u00a0system has a UV filtration unit which is the third stage of filtering.\u00a0 This unit detects tannin levels and adjusts \u00a0automatically the intensity of the UV as the rainwater passes through it before\u00a0this water enters your home. In this way\"A, your water is guaranteed to exceed current American potability standards for drinkable water.\u00a0 At your tap your water is likely far cleaner than it was either on your roof as rainwater, or as water from your w\"Aell or municipal\u00a0cold water supply line.<\/p>\n

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CAN I DRINK THE SIXTH GALLON OF RAINWATER?<\/span><\/strong><\/h5>\n

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You can.<\/p>\n

The sixth gallon is diverted to your inlet located at the top of your Rainwater Tank. The first five are diverted to your drainage runoff. Unless your roof area has an unusually high amount of leaves and canopy cover, usually the rainwater by this time is at better\u00a0than 90% pure (potable water standards are met).\u00a0\"A<\/p>\n

However, your\u00a0TSWS<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span>system has a UV filtration unit which detects tannin levels and adjusts the intensity of the UV as the rainwater passes through it. In this way, your water is guaranteed to exceed current potability standards for drinkable water.<\/p>\n

WHY DO I NEED PRE-FILTRATION OF MY RAINWATER?<\/span><\/strong><\/h5>\n

\"A<\/a>Your Rainwater diverter eliminates large particulate while the sediment filters remove suspended particles down to below 10\u00a0microns before the water is filtered to below 1 micron and finaly UV treated. As microbes can potentially be shielded by suspended particles (turbidity) in the water supply, it is necessary to filter the water to remove these \"Asuspended particles. High quality graded density filter cartridges with nominal micron rating of at least 5, 1 and 0.1 microns are contained in your\u00a0TSWS<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>system. Your unit is capable of filtering to 0.1 micron.<\/p>\n

CAN I STORE WATER JUST FOR DRINKING ONLY IN YOUR SYSTEM?<\/span><\/strong><\/h5>\n

\"A<\/a>A \u00a0TSWS<\/span><\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0<\/span>ThinLine Tanktm\u00a0\u00a0<\/sup><\/span>\u00a0stores 1,500 gallons (6000 L) of drinking water. \u00a0This system allows you to draw water for cooking and drinking purposes only through a dedicated supply through your municipal cold water line. \u00a0Assuming 5 gallons per day per 4-person househol,d this provides about 260 days of water or about \u00a0 8.5 months of potable water.\u00a0TSWS<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>recommends that you purchase the RCS101cb filtration unit for water storage for long term drinking use.<\/p>\n

Our\u00a0three-stage filtration system insures that drinking water on demand is potable water free of all organic pathogens, most significant organic compounds \u00a0and many of the inorganic metal contaminants that can arrive at your tap.<\/p>\n

WHY SHOULD I FILTER THE WATER SUPPLY INTO MY HOME?\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/h5>\n

\u00a0Municipalities will disinfect water supplies typically\u00a0using chlorine or ozone. \u00a0However due in part to aging infrastructure which results in over 785 main water breaks every day in the USA, and due to increasing effluents which are reaching our aquifers and lakes which supply our drinking water, a growing class of compounds collectively known as “Disinfection By Products” (DBPs) arrive at the taps inside your home.<\/p>\n

\"A<\/a>Increases in certain cancers among both men and women are directly attributable to even very small, almost undetectable traces of compounds found in today’s water. Even trace levels at parts per billion (ppb), well below acceptable levels, have been found to contribute to the presence of estrogen – imitating molecules which then affect the body’s normal hormone levels. \u00a0This “estrogen-mimicry<\/a>” is prevalent in tap water with\u00a0phthalates and BPA. \u00a0In extremely low doses it is linked to lower birthweights, and lowered fertility among adult human males.<\/p>\n

A simple expedient is a system to disinfect all of the water entering your home, not merely disinfect the five gallons per day that a family of four may drink from one sink in your kitchen.\u00a0 Remember, Clean Water – Healthy Bodies applies over long time periods in the same way that vigorous exercise takes time before its health benefits are seen.<\/p>\n

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HOW IS MY UNDER-SINK RO SYSTEM DIFFERENT FROM THE TSWS SYSTEM?<\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n

TSWS<\/span>\u00a0offers three systems.\u00a0 The first ultrafiltrates all water into your home. \u00a0The system mounts easily alongside a wall of your home on stanchions.\u00a0 All the water into your home, from a well or from your municipal treatment plant is processed by the RCS.\u00a0 There is no tank storage of potable water.\u00a0The advantage is that all of the water to your showers and all of your sinks approaches the purity of\u00a0RO – treated water but you are not wasting the 6000 – 7000 gallons per year of water. \u00a0This lost water from your tap is disposed of while creating RO – filtered water.<\/p>\n

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Consider that while your RO system removes all the dissolved solids from your water supply, it does nothing for shower water. Studies find that people absorb 100 times more chlorine in a ten-minute shower than they do from drinking a gallon (eight 17-oz water bottles) of the same chlorinated water.<\/p>\n

\u00a0A\u00a0second system provides a Stainless Steel Corrugated 6000 L (1500 gal) or 7000 L (1851 gal)\u00a0ThinLinetm\u00a0<\/sup><\/span>water tank for your home.<\/p>\n

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A third system is an End-2-End rainwater system that catches, stores water, then treats and delivers ultra-filtrated water on demand into a home or office building. \u00a0This system can be designed with TSWS<\/span>\u00a0Smart Tanktm\u00a0 <\/sup><\/span>Technology\u00a0maintaining a near-full tank year – round. Please see our photo gallery here<\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/span>for ideas how you may install a system.<\/p>\n

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WHAT HAPPENS AFTER THREE DAYS AND MY TANK IS EMPTY?<\/span><\/strong><\/h5>\n

When taps in the home are opened, the water is drawn from your Rain Water Tank. When a tap in the home is opened, but\u00a0it has not been raining, your\u00a0TSWS<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span> <\/span>System has automatically filled your tank with water from\u00a0your municipal water system or well.<\/p>\n

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\nThis is because we want your tank to remain nearly full 365 days a year (on average 78 percent full per day, every day). In this way you always have an emergency supply of water should you need it. \u00a0It would do you no good to have used all your water and suddenly need an emergency supply of standby water but have an empty tank.<\/p>\n

This is the\u00a0<\/span>TSWS<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>solution. \u00a0Keep it full. Always.<\/i><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

The\u00a0\u00a0“Smart Tank”<\/i>\u00a0option from\u00a0TSWS<\/span><\/span>,<\/span> is a fully automated system which keeps your Slimline Storage tank “near full” year round. In the event of emergencies, your tank’s gate valves are sized to meet California NH \"AFire Code standards so either you or your local fire services can quickly access and pump this water.\u00a0 A full tank provides 24 to 40 minutes when pumped at 50 gal\/minute or 30 gal\/minute, respectively.<\/p>\n

Because your tank is filled every three or four days, there is a large demand on your pump.\u00a0 It is a stainless steel variable speed pump regulated to respond to the pressure drops sensed inside your home.\u00a0 Large\u00a0 sudden demand for water requests the pump to respond quickly at while small demand, such as opening a single tap within your home or office, requests the pump to deliver water at a much slower flow rate.\u00a0 Your pump has built-in automatic pump controller to extend the life of your pump.<\/p>\n

Remember, all water regardless of its source is completely filtered for biological contaminants (UV) and large and small sediment and dissolved solids down to sub micron scale.<\/p>\n

DOES THE TANK WATER GO DIRECTLY INTO MY HOME COLD WATER SUPPLY LINE?<\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n

The\"A<\/span><\/a> beauty of your <\/span>TSWS<\/span>\u00a0<\/i><\/span>System is that even the municipal or well water is filtered and treated by your RCS unit. You can be assured that any contaminants that find their way into your regular water supply from corroded or broken and leaking pipes is filtered and is safe to drink regardless of whether it is rain water or not. All of your water needs are filtered quickly, silently\u00a0 before reaching any tap in your home.<\/p>\n

It is the TSWS\u00a0<\/span>mission to combine high flow rates into your home with even better sub micron filtering as well as conditioning\u00a0 your water for good taste.\u00a0 Existing ion exchange units process drinking water\u00a0 to insure that Calcium, Magnesium and Sodium are in proper amounts to make it tasteful, while other systems \u00a0remove all dissolved harmful contaminants down to 0.0001 micron \u00a0size (viruses) but at very slow flow rates due the small size of the filtering.<\/p>\n

The challenge is to achieve reasonably high flow rates while insuring water free of contaminants known to challenge and compromise the human endocrine system through “hormone mimicry”.\u00a0 At TSWS<\/span>,\u00a0we are combining technologies to provide you the best of all possible water worlds.<\/p>\n

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WHY SHOULD I USE ONLY STAINLESS STEEL IN MY WATER STORAGE SYSTEM?<\/span><\/strong><\/h5>\n

The complete\u00a0TSWS<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>System was designed with superior water<\/p>\n

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quality as our objective. Polymers such as BPA (a chemical monomer used to create plastics, and resins) \u00a0leaches into water exposed to heat or long duration, and is a well known endocrine disruptor and of course found in all poly tanks, plastic water bottles, etc.<\/p>\n


\n<\/span>Many Steel tanks designed for water storage are sprayed with\u00a0Aquaplatetm\u00a0<\/sup><\/span>powder coatings. \u00a0 Aquaplatetm \u00a0<\/sup><\/span>\u00a0and other sources of BPA are ruled out at\u00a0TSWS<\/span>\u00a0in the manufacture of our rainwater tanks. \u00a0 The purest substance your drinking water should touch is the steel interior of your thermos,”\u00a6 or glass without other powder coatings.<\/p>\n

\u00a0The TSWS<\/span>\u00a0rainwater tank has novel rib-strengthening without traditional welds and epoxy sealants.\u00a0 Our Australian manufacturer has perfected this seamless “spot weld” technique applied to the novel SlimLine Corrugated Water Tank shape.\u00a0\u00a0Healthy bodies begin with clean water.\u00a0While a full water tank will be consumed by a typical family in 3 or 4 days, \u00a0even prolonged water storage sitting in pure stainless steel is as healthy as we can make it.<\/p>\n

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  1. A \u00a0Stainless Steel Rain Water Tank\u00a0has a service life well in excess of 40 years<\/li>\n
  2. The reputation of Stainless Steel as a strong, durable and hygienic material is unsurpassed “\u201c in fact it is mandatory for food and pharmaceutical processing plants, hospitals and other sterile areas. You will have peace of mind when it comes to the quality of your water.<\/li>\n
  3. Stainless steel water tanks are fully recyclable<\/li>\n
  4. They look \u00a0great<\/i> in their “Thin profile” shape, fitting those \u00a0“hard-to-fit” places.<\/li>\n
  5. With an extended service life and reduced maintenance costs, they in fact COST LESS than other comparative water storage tanks over the working life of the tank.\"A<\/a><\/li>\n
  6. Steel tanks do not bulge or stretch when full. The strength of steel means the tanks comfortably hold the large forces generated by 5 tons of water. Steel tanks have been around for more than 100 years so the structural long life is a proven fact.<\/li>\n
  7. The\u00a0ThinLine Tankstm\u00a0<\/sup><\/span>are less bulky than round ones for the same volume, and having a smaller footprint, easily can snuggle against a sidewall of a building.<\/li>\n
  8. Steel is recyclable as well. \u00a0Next to glass, this surface is the safest and purest surface for any of your potable water needs. Of course all water within your steel tank is processed in our 3 stage filtration before it ever reaches the tap.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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    CAN MY TSWS RCS SYSTEM COLOR MATCH MY SIDING?<\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n

    We will help you color-match your 1322 gallon (5000 L) tank to your home in order to make the most attractive addition to your property. All 304 Stainless corrugated steel is primed on the assembly line so the exterior is “paint-ready”.\u00a0\"A<\/a>In some cases it is likely the addition of a TSWS\u00a0<\/span><\/span>System will add home value of a few percent. In other cases, it may be that the TSWS<\/span>\u00a0system impacts favorably the rates of your fire insurance.<\/p>\n

    Your TSWS<\/span>\u00a0storage tank (min 1500 gallons) meets minimum fire code standards for quick access in any fire emergency \u00a0by local emergency services as well as by manual pump means.<\/p>\n

    It is kept full every day of the year, whether or not it is raining.<\/p>\n

    \u00a0The addition of an attractive water storage solution to your home complements any fire sprinkler system you may have, or provides a quick fire solution using a small water pump such as the Mercedes Wickman 100.<\/p>\n

    \u00a0HOW WILL \u00a0I \u00a0KNOW THAT MY WATER IS FREE OF ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS?\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n

    At\u00a0TSWS<\/span>,\u00a0<\/span>we install approved\u00a0 NSF Standard 55 Class A UV to treat all of your water at high flow demands. Your unit has Underwriting Laboratory, SA and CE certifications.<\/span><\/p>\n

    The compounds which emulate the hormone estrogen \u00a0comprise a family of endocrine- influencing chemicals which include the plasticizers but also metals such as Arsenic. \u00a0They are particularly affective at very low dose levels. These chemicals “disrupt”,or disturb the pathways for \u00a0hormones in the body\u00a0upsetting the normal function of the thyroid, adrenal gland, testes, ovaries, \u00a0pituitary and even the kidneys.\"A<\/a><\/p>\n

    The filtering accomplished by the\u00a0<\/span>TSWS<\/span>\u00a0RCS unit attempts to reach as many of these compounds as possible.\u00a0 We are striving to improve the detection of very low concentrations of these molecules and removing them from the water that enters your home while providing every tap in your home the water pressure and flo\"A<\/a>w that you are accustomed to. You can learn more here<\/span> <\/a>or here<\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/span>and on other pages of this site.\u00a0 How will you know that your tap water is endocrine-safe? \u00a0TSWS<\/span>\u00a0is developing a 3 TEST Water Pen which is discussed here<\/span><\/a>. Indicators such as these can give you the best indication that plasticizer compounds are at or below the\u00a01 and 10 parts per billion (ppb) levels which are considered safe levels by EPA and International Research programs as of this writing.<\/p>\n

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    WHY SHOULD I UV-TREAT WATER WHICH WAS DISINFECTED AT MY WATER UTILITY?<\/span><\/strong><\/h5>\n

    \"A<\/a>The UV in your system has a “germicidal” wavelength which does not kill pathogens such as Cryptosporidia or legionella but de-activates its DNA so that the organism cannot reproduce.\u00a0 Contaminated water causes diarrhea and death from the parasites reproducing in the intestine.\u00a0 The UV prevents this from happening.\u00a0 The World Health Organization, and UNICEF continue to report year after year from 4 to 6 young children or babies dying each minute from contaminated water – a statistic that could be turned around with appropriate UV treatment of their drinking water.<\/p>\n

    \u00a0The UV unit you own controls the water flow insuring a minimal forty millijoules (mj) of UV energy per square centimeter of water. EPA requirements <\/span><\/a><\/span>vary from 10 – 30 mj? cm^2. \u00a0The “turbidity” or cloudiness of your water is compensated for by detection of the UV dosage and your unit is designed to “slow down” the water flow in order to eliminate the possibility of any “shadowing” affect. \u00a0This affect is where a parasite remains “hidden” by the water’s turbidity and hence escapes a sufficient UV dosage.<\/p>\n

    UV is designed to be of sufficient intensity to surpass NSF\/ANSI standards for\"A<\/a> potable water.\u00a0 The UV energy heats the parasite DNA rendering it useless to reproduce itself, the same way your Microwave energy heats the water molecules within your food molecules thereby cooking it for you.\u00a0 The UV intensity\u00a0 from the Mercury source within your unit creates a strong “germicidal” light that effectively “resonates” with the cellular DNA.\u00a0 You may have done the same thing when you “sing in the shower” and find a certain pitch (frequency) that makes the sound ring especially strongly.\u00a0 Your sound waves “ring” or resonate the crystal structure within your tiles.<\/p>\n

    In the same way the UV “rings” the DNA of Giardia, Coliform, E Coli, Legionella and other pathogenic microorganisms.<\/p>\n

    Rain as it falls to the ground filters the air and, unfortunately, brings down with it organic molecules that include acidic compounds. \u00a0While your unit does not include Limestone to filter out excess acidity in the rain (a problem in Hawaii for instance from Mt. Kilauea) your RCS unit will “de-activate” any and all biologically active compounds that are in this rain.\u00a0 Biological organisms in your water are rendered harmless by disrupting the DNA within these organisms.<\/p>\n

    However, removing dissolved solids that may be in the rain is difficult to do. While your water meets accepted potability standards, making the water safer requires removing dissolved solids and additional filtering. We can remove these kinds of compounds, such as Arsenic, Perchlorate, Atrazine with additional filtering.<\/p>\n

    WHAT SETS CW<\/strong>S\u00a0<\/strong>APART FROM OTHER RAIN HARVESTING AND RAIN WATER COMPANIES?\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n

    SIMPLE:<\/p>\n

    Our Mission is to help reduce routes to cancer and non-cancerous disease by providing pure, clean, safe water to the home, as well as providing a fire-hydrant water supply for unforeseen emergency use. The TSWS<\/span> system is your personal water utility.<\/p>\n