[Vision2020] rainwater catchment (was: And Now For SomethingCompletely Diffe

Charles Fulford taze_fulford@hotmail.com
Tue, 1 Apr 2003 14:07:50 -0800


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Jason Mills has an above ground cistern constructed of olive barrels
on the corner of A street and Lincoln. Its a Yellow house with =20
a small garage in the back. The system collects rainwater off the roof
of the garage and down into two olive barrels. The two barrels weren't
enough storage as it overflowed during a couple of rains.
Taze =20
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----- Original Message -----
From: Matt
Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2003 11:09 AM
To: vision2020@moscow.com
Subject: RE: [Vision2020] rainwater catchment (was: And Now For Something=
Completely Different!)
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'Downspout diverters' may be used to fill a rain barrel. I'm going to put
one in using a 'fragrant' olive barrel from TriState. If that works well =
I
will probably gang several barrels together for plant watering and therma=
l
mass in a future backyard greenhouse. For front-of-house use I'd like to =
use
a whiskey barrel like those sold at Stookey's

Enviro Energy sells a 150 gallon above ground rainbarrel
(http://www.enviroenergy.com/rainbarrel.htm) and there are some neat look=
ing
ones at http://www.composters.com/docs/rainbarrels.html.

Real Goods lists some books on the subject:
Rainwater Collection for the Mechanically-Challenged =20
http://www.realgoods.com/shop/shop4.cfm?dv=3D4&dp=3D406&ts=3D1080704&kw=3D=
rain
Rainwater Catchment Systems for Domestic Supply
http://www.realgoods.com/renew/shop/product.cfm?dp=3D2101&ts=3D3086713&kw=
=3Drain
Rainwater Harvesting book
http://www.realgoods.com/renew/shop/product.cfm?dp=3D2101&ts=3D3080117&kw=
=3Drain
I'm sure Book People can get these for you, if they don't have them alrea=
dy.
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M@ Lat: 46.74767 Lon: -116.99523 ^_^ =20

-----Original Message-----
From: vision2020-admin@moscow.com [mailto:vision2020-admin@moscow.com] On
Behalf Of Mark Rounds
Sent: Sunday, March 30, 2003 10:05 AM
I was wondering if there was some way to channel that [rain]water into an
above gound cistern for use for watering flower and vegtable gardens and
washing the car and such like stuff?


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>&nbsp;</DIV>'Downspout diverters' may be used to fill a rain barrel. I'm=
 going to put<BR>one in using a 'fragrant' olive barrel from TriState. If=
 that works well I<BR>will probably gang several barrels together for pla=
nt watering and thermal<BR>mass in a future backyard greenhouse. For fron=
t-of-house use I'd like to use<BR>a whiskey barrel like those sold at Sto=
okey's<BR><BR>Enviro Energy sells a 150 gallon above ground rainbarrel<BR=
>(http://www.enviroenergy.com/rainbarrel.htm) and there are some neat loo=
king<BR>ones at http://www.composters.com/docs/rainbarrels.html.<BR><BR>R=
eal Goods lists some books on the subject:<BR>Rainwater Collection for th=
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4&amp;dp=3D406&amp;ts=3D1080704&amp;kw=3Drain<BR>Rainwater Catchment Syst=
ems for Domestic Supply<BR>http://www.realgoods.com/renew/shop/product.cf=
m?dp=3D2101&amp;ts=3D3086713&amp;kw=3Drain<BR>Rainwater Harvesting book<B=
R>http://www.realgoods.com/renew/shop/product.cfm?dp=3D2101&amp;ts=3D3080=
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