rainwater collection ideas
I like this creative daisy chain of 50
gallon barrels as a low budget solution for rain water collection in a
suburban setting. This is a picture I found on Flickr.
We've found these types of barrels used for around 8 bucks at some of
the local feed stores, which is most likely cheaper than buying a new
500 gallon container.
I guess the real question in a project like this is how much time and
additional materials will it take in comparison to the easy way?
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About us: Anna Hess and Mark Hamilton spent over a decade living self-sufficiently in the mountains of Virginia before moving north to start over from scratch in the foothills of Ohio. They've experimented with permaculture, no-till gardening, trailersteading, home-based microbusinesses and much more, writing about their adventures in both blogs and books.
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comment 1
I can't tell from the picture...does most of the runoff go into one barrell and the overspill into the others? Interesting idea.
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Fostermamas
— Thu Jan 15 20:41:52 2009
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comment 2
That's exactly what I asked Mark! He wasn't sure, but if you click on the image you can see a slightly larger one which seems to show a downspout from the house feeding into one of the barrels.
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anna
— Fri Jan 16 08:49:19 2009
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