Charlie Terry

I did a small test of water displacement in sand.  I used a 1 gallon container packed and filled with sand.  I was able to add just shy of a 1/2 gallon of water.

Therefore, if you create a sand cistern with a volume of 1,000 gallons, you can store about 450 gallons of water.  

The cool thing is that the water gets filtered.  No worries about bird poop, dust, bugs, rodents, or other debris getting into your water.

Thanks!

Here are a couple of photos.  It would be very easy to divert runoff from roof and surrounding terrain into the sand cistern.

Does anybody have experience with this.  It is a bit like a recharge well, except it is using sand and gravel as a filter and storage medium.

LINK TO VIDEOS:

https://m.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLm9ZYFBOtDiR-QFGbSrOeztaSMfowMhbH

Could this work in the desert?  Can you just run the water through a filter to make it potable?

Give me your feedback.

Thanks!
Charlie (Chihuahua Desert)