posted 14 years ago
I may end up with 55 gallon barrels so my thinking is to create a ground catchment area(say 1000 feet), and divert that into a temporary small container(or even a hole), and when the heavy monsoon rain comes, pump that into my barrels..(or larger tank when I can afford one)
If I can divert the rain from a 1000 square foot area, I could capture @620 gallons per inch of rain..
If I could store it, a year's worth of rain should produce around 4000 gallons.. That should be enough for a small garden anyway..
But I'll start with survival and work my way up from there. Might be awhile before I can handle growing most of my own food in this desert..
And I would filter it through a bio-sand/charcoal filter before drinking..
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