New pond construction
The first pond turned out so well we decided to make another to deal with gutter runoff at the other end of the trailer.
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Gerry --- I hope you didn't think I was picking on you. I generally assume if one person asks a question, 10 other people want to know the same thing.
I appreciate your clarification. But I think that roof water would need more treatment than water from our well, not less. Sure, it has less sediment, but rain tends to pick up bacteria as it goes through the lower atmosphere, while well water tends to have all of that filtered out by the soil.
My main reason not to drink the roof water, though, is pure laziness. Our well water is finally all the way piped into the trailer, and this water would have to be piped 60+ feet to get to our kitchen. I figure if it's not broke, don't fix it.