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  • From: "roxann" <roxann@ancientearthwisdom.com>
  • To: "permaculture" <permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: [permaculture] rainwater storage economy
  • Date: Thu, 06 Apr 2006 20:37:02 +0000

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



  • [permaculture] rainwater storage economy, roxann, 04/06/2006

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