Jennifer Wadsworth wrote:
Ah yes, waiting for rain in the desert - I think it takes a drylander to appreciate the thrill of the building clouds and rise in dew point. What are your rain patterns where you are?
We typically get rain from June through September, the rest of the year nothing. We got a small trace in January this year, and a tiny bit in June, but the rains haven't come yet, and things have been suffering. Combined with one of the hottest Junes on record, it's been a hard summer so far. We've had clouds building for several weeks, but its not falling here, way in the distance it rains, but not here.
So yeah, we've been waiting since September of last year, and really watching and waiting for a good month of 110F temperatures.
oh, and I almost forgot, I left the valve open on the irrigation cistern last night and lost almost 2,000 gallons (2 months worth) of water.
https://permies.com/t/37623/rainwater/Rainwater-Tank-fail-safes