Subject: [Homestead] Water, was Re: Riot for Austerity! 90% Reduction Emissions Project
Date: Sat, 23 Jun 2007 06:06:16 -0700
In my case the water and the creeks are more than 2000 feet from the
electrical terminus and I am not inclined to run commercial power
down the
mountain side to the gardens.
Have you considered a hillside catchment? Non-potable water should be
pretty easy. Any kind of roof or controlled runoff area into a pond
or tank. I suspect your hills are similar to the Ozarks and hillside
soil is not appropriate to a leak-proof pond unless clay is hauled
up. But there are any number of alternatives, the most exciting to me
a ferrocement structure.