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Gene -
Do you know where there might be an illustration (drawing, etc.) of this -
online, perhaps? It sound quite workable, but my "Picture this!" mechanism 
isn't
kicking in this morning.
Sandy

On Mon, 03 Jul 2006 10:33:46 -0500, Gene GeRue wrote:
> 
> I haven't done it but I was planning to do it some years ago so I did 
> the research. What you want is not a screen; you want a diverter. The 
> first rain that falls on a roof must go into a wash barrel with a 
> small drain hole in the bottom. Rain fills that barrel with the dirty 
> stuff that washes off the roof and then the water lifts a float that 
> opens a valve that allows the now-clean water to go into your fully 
> enclosed water container via a pipe between the two barrels. The wash 
> barrel resets itself after the rain by slowly emptying through the 
> little drain hole, carrying the crud with it. There are various rain 
> gutter deflectors that will keep out leaves but allow the runoff to 
> fill the barrel.
> 
> 
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