Wow. Impressive. No "muscling into place" when I come to visit; I'm just lettin' ya know right now.
So, is all this anticipated water going for crops and yard? Not drinking water, surely?
I admire your willingness to drive it home. The trailer, as depicted, does not inspire confidence--I don't know if I'd want to be behind this rig on the interstate. But, all's well that end's well.
It's plastic, right? So even though it's heavy enough to require massed muscle to move, it's not really as heavy as it looks. Until it has water in it.
Well, I'm with SMSS. "Ooh, ooh, my back is acting up! Pass me another slice of heirloom tomato, there's a dear."
Where I come from, people would be delighted for me to hijack some of their downstream water. In fact, I had to spend a bundle to get a 170' curtain drain installed to direct water away from my house site. That's the water I want to capture for those dry days in July which sometimes do happen.
Slap Me Silly Sally---no lifting but be prepared to do a haiku.
Huitzil---it was a slightly less than two mile trip. the rental guys assured me the trailer could handle a 400 lb tank.
C. Corax---"muscling" is really an exaggeration. it is plastic and slides very easily. when i tilted the trailer bed the tank slid to the back and onto two boards laid on the ground and it slid easily into place. no dead lift. the whole unloading operation took 10 minutes and 5 of that was untieing the ropes.
cervantes---when researching plastic tanks (google "plastic water tank") i found plastic cisterns intended for burial. i have also helped install concrete septic tanks (new, unused) to be used for water storage. ya got a backhoe for that fancy tractor?
SMSS-- We are using the rain water just for irrigation. I have met some people who use rainwater collection for all of their water needs.
CCorax-- Would you like anything else with that tomato? How about some fresh basil?
Huitzil- When I look at the photo of the trailer, it does seem rather flimsy on those two wheels, to be carrying that load. Good thing it was a short trip.
Seriously? If I lived in Colorado and put a bunch of buckets in my yard during a rainstorm, I could be in trouble?
Seriously. Here's some info right off the Colorado State University Cooperative Extension webpage on Graywater Reuse and Rainwater Harvesting:
"The diversion and use of rainwater is subject to Colorado water law, making it difficult to use without a plan for augmentation that replaces depletions to surface water flows. In most areas of Colorado, the only sure legal way to use rainwater is by positioning roof gutter downspouts to areas you wish to water."
Shocking, isn't it? So Kathy, if you directed your gutter downspouts into the buckets, that might be fine, otherwise...
Hmm. So what if in CO you built a little bitty house with a really expansive roof...?
MMMM....I'd like some mozarella with that please.
No, seriously, you would NOT want to nurse me back to health. Ask Nick. She knows. I demand a stroooooonnnnnnggggg cup o' joe in the a.m. What is life? Without the joe? Do ya really want to know?
Happy Memorial Day, kids. Light a candle for the fallen. They have made life possible, as silly and random as it is.
Thinking of you; loving you; laughing with you.
Oh, my! Fresh basil and fresh tomato sandwiches are my favorite!
I found a site, during one of my eco-friendly housing web searches, on using wind power for irrigation on a small scale. (At least, that's what I think that's what it is about). It's in Spanish. But in case you're interested:
http://www.relata.org.ni/tecnologias.htm
and click on "Bomba de mecate con molino de viento"
Nice! In Australia, some clever person has designed a rainwater-collecting fence. I forget how much it holds, but it's pretty impressive and fairly nice looking. That's the type of "convergence" I can get behind...much more so than watching "American Idol" on a cell phone...
Yay! You got the tank. That was nice that you had guest to help place it.
Great tank! I may have missed it but what sort of pump are you using? Is it submersible? I'm really wanting to begin replacing some of my tit-operated outdoor electrical appliances with solar-powered - a pump, replacing our current one, would be the first such change.
I understand the Colorado law to some extent, but it seems shortsighted and maybe even flat-out wrong, for example, with regard to erosion. If you're collecting water you're preventing erosion. If you have a septic field (or even if not), the water is returning to the aquifer or to the atmosphere. If you're using the catchment to irrigate, the water is returning to the aquifer. So long as the water returns to the aquifer, why would it matter?
Army Corp of Engineers throws dams all over the place to retain and control water for a period. I wonder how personal retention for use during dry periods is any different?
No, on reflection, the Colorado law doesn't make any immediate sense to me.
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www.the-world-around-water.net
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