[Homestead] cisterns
Gene GeRue
genegerue at ruralize.com
Tue Sep 4 12:14:20 EDT 2007
On Sep 4, 2007, at 10:47 AM, <eureka at hctc.net> <eureka at hctc.net> wrote:
> If you ever get the chance to visit the Lady Bird Johnson
> Wildflower Center in Austin, TX (where I used to work, now
> part of the University of Texas system) you can see the
> nation's largest rainwater collection system.
There is a picture on that site that shows the stone-veneered tank at
the entrance.
> . . . the beautiful and massive spiral observation
> tower (that houses all the construction debris from
> initially building the campus--a great idea--instead of
> filling a landfill) that is also a cistern.
I am currently building 500 feet of water lines in the front yard.
One ditch area--where the leak was--dug very easy and I went deep.
Wonderful spot for future archeologists to sort through my refuse.
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