Harvest Rainwater and Save Big

Unable to rain catch in apartment, but got away with greyater
recycling!Greywater catchment to a barrel was from tub/shower and
washer. With pump and return lines, greywater flushed
toilets.Handpump moved shower/tub water to barrel, handpumped that
back to flush toilet as needed. Excess water irrigated yard via
gravity flow. Catch barrel allowed greywater time to sit and
breakdown elements in it.Could have used filter bucket with filter
cloth and gravel/sand to good effect!

As a permanent structure for harvesting rain water collection at
a reasonalbe cost, one can use reinforced concrete vats
manufactured in a mass scale.Bharati Sharma

As a permanent structure for harvesting rain water collection at
a reasonalbe cost, one can use reinforced concrete vats
manufactured in a mass scale.Bharati Sharma

try:http://epcontainers.net/id1.htmlI've never ordered from
them, but found them yesterday while looking for cheap rain
containers. around $30 for used food grade plastic barrels. guess
what i'm asking for this christmas?

I wouldn't like to use rainwater from my roof for cooking and
drinking, considering that birds use it as a lavatory. But these
two make up a small percentage of water use; if you don't mind
carrying buckets, rainwater can be used for flushing toilets which
accounts for 30 percent of domestic water use in the UK. Over the
last year I have got my metered water usage down to half what the
water company regards as the lowest average consumption for a
single person, and that includes using a washing machine once a
week and a dishwasher every 3 days. I have one 250 litre (about 45
gallons) barrel for the garden and two 100 litre barrels for
flushing toilets, car washing and general outside use.

When watering your landscape in Arizona you will want to
purchase a Hydropoint System from Sprinkler World. This system
works off a GPS system, 17,000 weather stations and NOAA
satellites. It reprograms your controller every day and waters your
landscape according to scientific principals.They have an ROI
calculator on their web site. (www.hydropoint.com) Also check for
rebates in your town. In Peoria, AZ where I live there is a $30
rebate.

for PKozak, who says you have to use a rainbarrel.. i have a
woman friend who uses the largest garbage cans she can find...
she's been doing this for a few years now and she just went out and
bought 6 more today... they were on sale for about $10 each...good
luck on your venture

When placing your rain barrels outside, place a few goldfish in
them during the warmer weather! They will eat the mosquitoe larvae
so you don't have to worry about additional mosquitoes!

For PKozak,I'm not sure where you live, but you may be able to
construct your own rain barrel if there is a distributer of Coke,
Pepsi, or other companies that use food grade 55 gallon+ plastic
barrels in your locale...you may be able get one free if you make
contact with the company's manager. I can provide directions to
construct your own rain barrel if you can obtain a barrel. I can be
contacted via e-mail: sharon_barnes@kcmo.org.

We made a rain barrel a few weeks ago in August. We will use the
water for our lawn, flowers and garden next Spring. We got our
barrel from the Toyota dealership where my husband works. They had
soap in it so we washed it out really good and put a spout in the
screw hole end and cut a hole in the side to fit the down spout
into. It collects rain from our chicken house. The barrel sits on a
wooden saw horse stand that our 12 year son made out of boards.
Wow, it really collects a lot of rain water fast too.

I would love to do this, but the least expensiverain barrels I
can find are around $50 (notincluding shipping!). I have to believe
thati could get them somewhere for less---anyadvice from
anyone?thanks

I have been collecting rain water for about 5 years. I live in
Kansas City, MO, an urban area, and one of the benfits of rain
harvesting in urban communities is that it helps mitigate
stormwater pollution of our streams, rivers and lakes...it is the
green thing to do.I use rainwater to water my flowers, vegetable
garden, water garden, and my rain garden when it gets very hot and
dry during our summers, and my chickens...yes, chickens may be
raised in the city in which I reside - they provide free range eggs
and fertilizer for my gardening needs.Growing up on a farm having a
cistern provided me with the base knowledge for using rain barrels
in the city.