permaculture

["roxann" <roxann@ancientearthwisdom.com>]

trying again - for some reason my reply went to the individual rather than 
the list.

  
>  i would definitely become as self-sufficient as possible with your water 
> supply. 5 years doesn't seem like a long time to break even with it, for 
> such an important thing as water. we have a gravity fed water system, with 
> only a 1500 gallon storage tank and the water just overflows once the tank 
> is full. i'd like to install several more tanks, even though our spring has 
> never gone dry, just in case we need extra one day. i want the water to 
> eventually go where it usually does, as i'm sure the trees and wildlife in 
> the area depend upon that outflow of water, but i'd like to channel it as 
> many ways as possible before i let go of it. so, no matter how many tanks i 
> fill, eventually once they're all filled, there will still be an overflow. 
> we don't use as much as it flows, so that is a good thing.
>  
>  roxann, NW Arkansas