Anyone doing rainwater collection?

[SVOboy]

I wonder about it...I want to pick up a huge 55 gallon drum...it seems like you can get them for 5 bucks from various places...any one know where I should try?

Also seems good for the SVO users.

[omgwtfbyobbq]

Just make sure you either have rights to it, or are discreet about it.

[SVOboy]

One site said they got them for 5 dollars each from pepsi...seems like enough of a steal to me already...

[SVOboy]

I'm thinking garden water for now...in the future I'd like to do something like this: http://ersson.sustainabilitylane.com/rainwatr.htm

[Bill in Houston]

You would definitely want to use plastic, I think. I like the idea a lot.

If you wanted to really jazz it up, a small 12v battery, a solar panel, and a small 12v bilge pump would be sweet. But maybe that technology steals the simple beauty of a rain barrel.

Not sure where you would put the barrel, but remember that when full it will weigh about 500 lbs.

[popimp]

That's a good idea. In Japan the Tokyo Metro (city hall or to the japanese Tocho) building's yard was inverted to catch rain water used for flushing toilets and watering plants.

[SVOboy]

That's pretty cool...I was thinking of suggesting it to you since you're so up with water conservation.

[Hockey4mnhs]

yeah we do it to water our garden. its amazing how fast it fills up

[JanGeo]

Keep in mind what happens when water freezes - and what you roof may leach into the water. Also elevate the tank up to the gutter and you have gravity feed - no pump needed.

[Bill in Houston]

Ha haa. Somehow freezing never crossed my mind. :-) Good idea on the gravity feed.