Rainwater tanks need maintaining
Rainwater tanks are usually low maintenance but some receive no maintenance at all. If you want to make sure you are collecting good, clean rainwater then some maintenance is required.
How to maintain your rainwater tank
The fact sheet
maintenance and water care gives good advice about how to maintain your rainwater tank effectively.
Rainwater quality and bushfires
The fallout of debris from bushfires can affect the quality of the water held in rainwater tanks. For information on what effect bushfires can have on your rainwater, how to detect what contamination has occurred and how to clean it up see the fact sheet:-
rainwater quality and bushfires.