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A risk of water supply interruption has arisen, so I plan to create a water reserve. I’m going to install a 300-liter tank in the basement. I had an abandoned septic tank; I dug it up and found it to be in excellent condition—it consists of two chambers. The first chamber has a concrete base, two concrete rings (1 m x 2 m), a concrete lid, and a brick access shaft. The second chamber consists of two concrete rings (1 m x 2 m) with a concrete lid and a brick access shaft, but no base. The soil is sandy, and the tank is located 7 meters from the house. There is a sloped overflow pipe connecting the two chambers. I want to divert rainwater from two downspouts into the first chamber; if there is a heavy downpour and the first chamber fills up, the overflow will direct the water into the second (drainage) chamber. Now I need to figure out how to divert the water from the downspouts and how to plaster the concrete shafts.
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