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[Gene GeRue <genegerue AT ruralize.com>]

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.