Posted on 02/11/2012 2:52:42 PM PST by orsonwb
In the first installment of this two part series, we examine the factors that are influencing how individuals, major corporations, and other countries, are rethinking the most basic, yet vital resource all, water. In part two, we take a detailed look at an increasingly popular alternative to the municipal water system, Rainwater Harvesting. Part two further explores the pros and cons, basic components, and key factors to consider in designing a rain water harvesting system...
(Excerpt) Read more at howdogardener.com ...
DURANGO, Colo. — For the first time since territorial days, rain will be free for the catching here, as more and more thirsty states part ways with one of the most entrenched codes of the West.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/29/us/29rain.html?adxnnl=1&adxnnlx=1329002557-LAyiWoKKbCo6BxtP5QG8Pg
In a little town near me, a municipal water system was recently put in due to a gas pipeline break years ago. Now there are a few families being sued because they refuse to destroy their wells. (Not cap, destroy)
The people don’t want to pay for wash water and lawn water etc but do accept the city water for drinking.
Has anyone done a study on what is leached off of shingles...especially the asphalt kind with the algae growth inhibitors?
I would do a ping to the gardening list but I don’t own the tread any more, although I do have the up dated list, I don’t want to step on JustaDumbBlonde’s territory. She did not post the thread this Friday because she is up in Montana on Vacation. If she had asked me to guest post the thread again I would have.
The viruses present in bird droppings are a big concern too.
Ping.
When I grew up in Michigan we had cisterns. What’s with this politically correct rainwater harvesting BS?
That’s the king’s water.
Bump for later
I was about to say, I live in Michigan and anything above ground would be frozen right now. A Cistern would be the answer, but you would need a pump to get it out.
As some have said - harvesting rain water in certain states is illegal. What falls from the skies is theirs. I think that people should sue those states that don’t collect all of it. Pure waste. (sarc. off)
Bump,,,,
In the 90s I lived in a rural area just west of Austin. Everyone in my subdivision relied on well water. My neighbor build an expensive new house with a rain water collection system. It worked great the first year, when we kept having floods. Then it basically stopped raining for the next several years and he had to truck in water every other day.
In Central Texas, we average about 30 inches of rain per year. The only problem is that it has never rained 30 inches of rain in a year. Generally, you will get 50 inches one year (most of it the result of one hurricane hitting the Gulf) and 10 to 20 inches or less for the next several years.
***With the drought here in Texas, found this to be interesting.***
Hey, here’s a Texas inventors product. I think it’s pretty neat.
news story which shows product:
http://tinyurl.com/7nr3hpm
website with Terry LeBleau’s droughtmaster product, and other inventions/products:
http://www.droughtmasters.net
The old farmhouse I have back in Michigan has a brick cistern underneath the kitchen, it even had terra cotta pipes leading out to where the old downspouts were. Why they had this I have no idea, because you can drive a well point down 12ft. anywhere and hit water.
I think Washington state has just passed such a law.
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