Make sure it's activated charcoal.
Yeah don't use kingsford it tastes funny haha!
Make sure it's activated charcoal.
My parents live in colorado and they had a rain water collection system on their house for their garden and the sheriff showed up and told them to take it down or they would and they wouldn't be easy about it either.
At three gallons per day for drinking and hygiene, 40,000/3/540 = enough water for 25 people. You got a large family?I'm on full rainwater collection. No public water, no well. We have a 40,000 gallon tank that's full now after the recent rains, and that could last us for about 18 months. The filtration is a sand filter at the tank along with an ozone generator, and two canister filters and a UV light at the house. I haven't actually looked into this, but I suppose you could do without the sand filter if you have a decent filter at the collection point. The ozone is a good disinfectant, but bleach could replace that, I suppose. The final thing is the UV light which kills just about everything and draws about .5 amps. If you can run that and a pump off of some solar, you might have a stand alone system that could sustain you for a while (assuming it rains).
At three gallons per day for drinking and hygiene, 40,000/3/540 = enough water for 25 people. You got a large family?
Yes, there's a coupling on the 10,000 gallon tanks that will fit their hoses. Plus, they're uphill from the house so the pump won't have to do as much work.Scorpion - Have you coordinated with Driftwood VFD to be sure they can hook up to your fire water tanks? And have you considered your own firefighting equipment?
Thanks. It's a pretty simple set up and not that different from smaller systems. But one of the things I'm learning is that it is NOT indefinitely scalable. The 4" pipes coming off the collection roof can only take so much water. In the big storms we had last fall, the water was backing up a bit in the downspouts off the gutters. The 4" inch pipes connect to a single 6" pipe that connects to the tank itself, and even that was blasting water out so hard that it was splashing off the surface of the water in the tank. If I connected the roof on my house to the system, the efficiency would probably drop significantly.Wow ScorpionHunter, that's the biggest water setup I've ever seen. Amazing!
I found this recently. Let me know what you all think. Water Storage Tank, 305 gal. - Tractor Supply Co.
I think i can find a place around my house, garage or yard for it.
That's a good size to start with. 4' x 4' isn't that large, but keep in mind that there's a lot of stuff that will be attached to that tank like pumps and filtration, first flush, etc. As for location, you'll need to route your collection pipes to it and you'll need electricity.