hi, longtime lurker first time poster- thanks for bearing with me! lets get to the point:
here in the catskills we get plenty of rain and all manners of accidental catchment seem to work great. but most of the properties around use wells to supply their water. not sure why...
our water supply is currently an old hand dug well, which has e coli, so we have to blast it with a UV filter and then for good measure we put that water into the berkey for drinking and cooking.
we'd like to collect rainwater for the berkeys for drinking and cooking instead, because who wants to depend on 200 year old well with poop water- we'll happily keep using it for laundry and dishes until we can drill a well, but that's not an item in our short term plans.
our roof is old, our gutters are old, none of it looks good for rainwater catchment so I'm considering building a roof over our back deck which will eventually house a rudimentary little outdoor kitchen. but what kind of tank would be best suited to something like that??
ruled out galvanized tanks because it's wet here and rust could quickly become an issue. considering pillow tanks or a hdpe tank that we could probably cover a bit with masonry to protect from degradation. factors we deal with are ice, snow, wind, heat, humidity, lots of insect life, and many critters. one potential downside to a pillow s is that underneath decks are a clubhouse for every animal, including our own poultry, so I'd worry about it getting damaged.
any ideas? maybe someone in my region has dabbled in this area? thanks-
