In these times, in which water shortages and droughts are more worrisome, one way to collaborate with the improvement of the environment is to reuse rainwater, a small gesture suitable for everyone and that is an ecological benefit and also economic.
Perfect for watering plants:
To begin we will tell you that if you water the plants with tap water, you will often have to add fertilizer to give them a nutrient supply. This is due to the fact that drinking water goes through treatments that suppress the presence of the necessary nutrients for the plants.Improves skin hydration:
After the first minutes of a storm, once the air pollutant particles have been cleaned and purified, the water that falls from the atmosphere is completely pure water with a low concentration of salts, and is free of chlorine and other components chemicals, which makes it ideal for cleaning and moisturizing the skin, better than tap water, which makes our skin drier.Helps regulate room temperature
Although it seems to us that the storm days are gray and cold, the water helps to regulate and stabilize the temperature, during the cold seasons, on rainy days, it usually increases the ambient temperature and is somewhat softer than on clear days with low temperatures zero.In situations you can drink
Rainwater is free of lime and other minerals, being collected before reaching the ground and filtering through the natural runoff of the hydrographic system, does not drag minerals, so rainwater is usually potable. If we want to store and use rainwater, we must bear in mind that after a long period of drought, it is not advisable to collect the first hours of rain, since this water may contain polluting particles that were suspended in the atmosphere.It is good to take care of hair
It may seem annoying, but walking in the rain without an umbrella, causes our hair to get wet with high quality water, it helps eliminate toxic substances that remain in our hair throughout the day, and also makes it grow stronger and soft.