Rain Water Collection – Is It Too Big For A Rain Barrel
Let’s face it, it is very important to know why you’re collecting rainwater, in order to know how big a container you need to store it in. A 50 gallon rainwater barrel will suffice if you are only planning to water a small flower garden. If on the other hand you’re trying to collect enough water to live independent of any other water source, you’ll either need an awful lot of rain barrels, or you’ll need a different kind of container. Collecting large quantities of water is not a new idea, as we’ve had cisterns and large tanks, and even small lakes and ponds that have been used to collect rainwater. Lately there have been some very unique methods for collecting large volumes of rainwater.
After looking at many rainwater harvesting systems I found the RainXchange the most natural. The video will make this much clearer, but I will attempt to describe this. Essentially one digs a large rectangular hole with a very flat level bottom and place milk crate-like boxes in the hole and stack them to form a rectangular space which is wrapped in a waterproof wrapping except for some of the top area. Now you back fill the hole, and then cover the area with stones, flagstones, or some other porous covering, and create fountain or waterfall that will be powered by water pumped from the underground water storage area. The whole thing is connected to your rainwater runoff system providing a unique rainwater harvesting collection system.
While the above is the most natural of these large collection systems, probably the most unique is The Original Rainwater pillow. They are made with storage capacities ranging 750 gallons to 200,000 gallons and they look at giant waterbed. Though it is generally put under a crawlspace or porch, I’ve come up with an alternative idea of building a platform box over it and then either use the platform as a patio, or decorated in some way. This idea I call a pillow pad and I may be the only one who thinks it’s a good idea.
Now one variation of the traditional rainwater barrel is a thin slimline plastic water tank designed to fit under the eaves of the house and fit snugly together for maximum water storage. Sally Dominguez’s Rainwater HOG is one of the most recognized of these. The rectangular shape of these tanks allows them to fit tightly together, maximizing storage space and yet maintaining a neat appearance. So lets revisit our original question, for there are many reasons for collecting rainwater, and your reason affects how you do it. Most of them involve storing water for future use which is why rainwater harvesting appears to have originally come about. One of the largest contributors of water pollution today is rain water run-off which collects poisons and toxins as it runs down the streets on it way to our streams, lakes’ and oceans. Did you know that collecting the rainwater that comes off your roof can help prevent pollution?. However to do this you have to collect nearly all the runoff from your roof and property. Hence the 2000 gallon rainwater barrels
Just as an aside, realize, if you added a reverse osmosis water filter to your ‘water barrel’ system, it might just be possible
to live completely off the rainwater that came off your roof. This chemical free rainwater would be rich in nutrients which would create a healthier lawn or garden.Now the only purpose of this article was to get people thinking and getting new ideas. I hope you got some.
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