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Here is a good one. I put Ondura roofing panels on my tiny house a few years ago. My question being, can I collect rain water off of these things to drink? Honestly they just seam like one large shingle in the shape of corrugated roofing. There webpage describes them as corrugated asphalt roofing. Which sounds like shingles to me. Does anyone have experience collecting water off of them? Should I try it and find out? Or play it safe and collect water off of a small side roof made of metal?

PS: for the record I had no idea that you could not collect water off of a shingled roof at the time. Live and learn I suppose.
 
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Here are some threads that mention "Ondura roof panels":

https://permies.com/t/65544/Built-Stand-Rainwater-Catchment-System

https://permies.com/t/103221/Tiny-House-Build-house-trailer#936553

Maybe you will find an answer to your question or these may be of interest to other folks.
 
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Yeah, the Ondura roofing IS asphalt, just in a different form factor than the standard "mineral surface asphalt shingles". I don't think it has the "minerals" which is tiny gravel stuck to the shingle, which presents a problem of dealing with the loose particles(with some asphalt too) when collecting water. The Ondura has a color coating? which might be paint? I'm not sure how much this reduces the leaching of asphalt into the runoff... it might take less rainfall to "wash" the dirt and bird poop off than standard asphalt shingles...

Since you already have the roof, you might try tasting some water? If it doesn't taste good, you aren't likely to want to drink it... then I'd consider a water test on some collected water, before drinking a lot of it, and make sure they are testing for the asphalt, not just bacteria, or heavy metals, etc... You might be able to filter out something, if you know what's in there.

There might even be seasonal changes if your roof is in the sun, there might be more "flavor" in the summer? So, maybe a good time to test to see the highest levels?

You might be able to paint the roof with something less toxic (still asphalt under there) or cover it with something like greenhouse film (UV stable plastic, not sure how much safer?)
 
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