An article on rainwater harvesting.
One of the most essential things to do that completely disappeared from modern designs though, in exchange for an expensive and unhealthy tap water.
https://synergeticdesign.substack.com/p/how-to-use-rain-water
@leo Thinking about rainwater a lot recently...
For my own place or just generally for gardening... so some good points were here that centralised consideration I had...
though for the individual I think it's more interesting (the business groups / gov will always want control and make profit to run a meter- even if it was free to start with because we can't have that free stuff encouraged and beware they will stop you or will hijack it ! So that's why I wouldn't push for 'businesses' to busy themselves with hunting profit from it but let those people DIY)
Second thought less connected to water directly but in the same light:
If it's not taxable / profitable then the government aren't interested
AND actually might be the opposite of tolerance (intolerance and shut anything popular down) which is why I think it has to be a people's revolution on the lower-key / more independent / individual scale)
3rd thought - it's not amount of water that's a problem (I tested it 1 day and got lots) it's more for me about
- "Where to store it"
- "how to rig it around existing other designs"
A different answer for everyone perhaps, but for me it's a question "what container to store it - plastic buckets worked and not really wanting guttering (drips actually work well already in a line) but perhaps large tubs seem best or something that fills up)... haven't found a solution and metal gutters might not suit me or I have some thoughts about wind swinging them off... so I'm am thinking a well or some how funneling it below ground but without pipes... :)
indeed you mention these consideration I'm literally going to need help with:
- cool place to store water
- water stagnation
- ways to pump water (without electricity for me)
- possible cisterns / positions
In conclusion :)
Water is abundant but plastic containers are not :) and the will of those seeing you get for free without them tests people
(actually I'll probably find some plastic of something lying around or make it... maybe from cob lol... hmmm)
I ALWAYS FIND A WAY :]
I like the picture at the end...
but for my DIY house I think something outside the house or underground... maybe even a pond or something to bucket out from but tunnel small streams overland...!
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Solutions based on clay, mortar, sometimes complementing a stone masonry, are long to set up but work very well (where I live, some are several centuries old).
Be careful though with anything that is completely buried, maintenance is often difficult, which is why I have drawn semi-buried cisterns on the diagram.
A dwell can work too if there are no pollutants nearby.
If you ever use plastic or metal cisterns, you can place stones in the bottom to mineralize the rainwater.