Yes, rainbarrels do count as technology!
You might not think of them as technology but rain barrels are most definitely technology, albeit old and cute technology rather than new technology.
Whilst you wouldn’t want to be using them to collect water if you live in a fairly polluted area, most of us are fortunate in living in relatively clean areas, even if it is in a city. Collecting the water off your roof will bring in a surprising amount of water to your barrel for most of the year although you’ll not really know in advance just how much that might be as it depends on both the amount of rainfall and the effective area of your roof that you’re collecting from.
So, you may find that you can do anything from occasionally washing your hair to bathing with it now and again (you’d be very unfortunate to be able to bathe every day with it!). Drinking is also an option though if you look at the roof that it’s washing over you might think twice about that and, for the most part, people use it in ways that don’t involve drinking it.
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