Phil Normandy discusses the benefits of a rainwater collection system to harvest rainwater for use in your garden.
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Howard Rheingold has been called the First Citizen of the Internet. In this book he tours the “virtual community” of online networking. He describes a community that is as real and as much a mixed bag as any physical community — one where people talk, argue, seek information, organize politically, fall in love, and dupe others. At the same time that he tells moving stories about people who have received online emotional support during devastating illnesses, he ackn… More >>
The collection contraption shown in www.youtube.com has been improved by adding the bin lid upside down and drilled with a couple of holes, following a suggestion on the Selfsufficientish forum. This will save me having to cover/uncover the butt to prevent evaporation/allow water collection. Our website: www.transitionhorsham.org.uk (an overdue website redesign is in process) Our ideas place: groups.google.com
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Finally a rain barrel that doesn’t look like a rain barrel! If you’ve put a lot of care into your landscaping have a persnickety homeowners’ association or just don’t love the aesthetics of traditional rain barrels check out the WaterStone Rainwater Collection System.Cleverly masquerading as a boulder the WaterStone rain barrel blends right into your landscape. Unlike an ordinary yard decoration the WaterStone helps you save money reduce your water usage and irrigat… More >>
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Instead of talking about the rights of women, these frontier women grabbed the opportunity to become landowners by homesteading in the still wild west of the early 1900s. Here they tell their stories in their own words-through letters and articles of the time-of adventure, independence, foolhardiness, failure, and freedom…. More >>
Innovative Water Solutions installs two 10000 gallon fiberglass cisterns in a rainwater collection system that will be the drinking water supply for our client. The rainwater harvesting system collects rain water from a 4000 square foot barn. The system has a filtration and disinfection system which creates the potable water from the rainwater. Find out more about rainwater catchment at www.watercache.com
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This is a small book that packs a wallop, with information for readers tired of paying rent and yearning for a suitable home of their own, but who don’t have a huge bankroll to do it. Kelling lays out all the basics: how to analyze your budget and costs; how to find suitable land and a livable travel trailer or RV to use as a permanent home; what kinds of tools you’ll need; and how to construct a septic system, generate power, devise heating and refrigeration sy… More >>
My prototype rainwater collection system. Two 300 gallon liquid containers purchased off Craigslist, 12 VDC pump and solar charger purchased from Northern Tools, a garden tractor battery from a defunct mower and a little PVC pipe and fittings from Home Depot. I probably have $350 into it counting the gutter system. If you already have a gutter…bonus! It takes about a 1/2″ rain to fill one of the containers. I have a couple other ideas I’ll be sharing with you on this site as I post them.
Part One of a new series showcasing some Homesteading and Pioneer living skills. We recently attended a public festival demonstrating some of these “old school” skills. In this video we toured the festival and talked with some of the folks demonstrating these skills. With some of these people we had to kind of “lead” them into talking about the skills via asking obvious questions, etc. Some were really helpful and interested in talking about the skills, a few were downright rude. As your watching this, consider the amount of TIME involved with certain tasks- like putting up a year supply of firewood. In this first video we show them using a crosscut saw and a Bucksaw. It would take you probably weeks to put up a year supply of firewood with these methods. Now it’s important to know these skills and even have of these old school tools and implements, but don’t throw away your chainsaws! Matter of fact, you should take a hard look at your chainsaws and resulting logistics train (spare parts, extra bar, extra chains, files, preserved fuel, fuel mix, bar/chain oil, etc.) after watching this once you realize that you could put up as much wood in probably a DAY that it would take a WEEK or more to put up with hand tools! I’m all for learning these skills and we practice a lot of these skills regularly, but I also think it’s important to stockpile a pile of cheap soap (Ivory 16 bars $3.). Make soap by yourself from scratch- not from a kit- one time and you’ll want to go out and …
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This describes the gravity section of the line which brings the water from the mountain stream to the railway. From Nogal Reservoir to the latter, the capacity of the pipe is equal to the future daily requirements; from the source of supply to the reservoir, the pipe has twice as great a capacity, thereby storing surplus water. This section is 32 miles long, with a 6-mile branch line.
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This short segment features a company in Dripping Springs, Texas, called Tank Town that collects and bottles rain water. Richard Heinichen is the founder and head of Richard’s Rainwater, which is sold across central Texas. He discusses how and why he started the company. We also talk to Ray Franklin, who installed a collection system in his home.
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Motivated variously by the desire to reject consumerism, to live closer to the earth, to embrace voluntary simplicity, or to discover a more spiritual path, homesteaders have made the radical decision to go “back to the land,” rejecting modern culture and amenities to live self-sufficiently and in harmony with nature. Drawing from vivid firsthand accounts as well as from rich historical material, this gracefully written study of homesteading in America from the late… More >>
First we wrote the hilarious (but very instructional) book; now here comes the DVD. This is a clip from the 43 minute video that you can purchase at www.rainwatercollection.com WHY, OH, WHY? Because…Rainwater has a hardness of ZERO. No chlorine. No salt-spewing softeners. No ground-water contaminants. You’ll use less detergent, your skin will feel great, and your heart will soar with freedom and independence. HOW, OH, HOW? It ain’t brain surgery. All it takes for you to install your own rainwater collection system is a combination of common sense, moderate coordination between brain and hands, some money, a good idea where the plumbing supply store is, and this video. You’ll learn how to size your system, position your tank, install a roof washer, glue together PVC pipe, dig trenches, install a filtration system and SO MUCH MORE! Oh the fun you’ll have…
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The companion to the bestseller Back to Basics for country, urban, and suburban folks. Who doesn’t want to shrink their carbon footprint, save money, and eat homegrown food whenever possible? Even readers who are very much on the grid will embrace this large, fully-illustrated guide on the basics of living the good, clean life. It’s written with country lovers in mind—even those who currently live in the city.
The City of Austin will sell you (me) up to four 75 gallon rainbarrels at a cost of $60 each. I thought about it for ten years and finally bought a couple of them last week. It reduced my carbon footprint by a half of a little toe.
John shares with you his suburban homestead where he is growing the majority of his food. Remove your lawn and grow food. Start your victory garden today! See what he has done with only 1/10th of an acre of land.
This is my first YouTube submission, so be kind 
As explained in the video there are 4 55-gallon barrels connected to a manifold. The piping is 3/4″ Schedule 40 PVC. Please leave comments and questions (if you have any). Thanks for watching!
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Design With Water provides a comprehensive primer to planning and design to achieve sustainable water resources—often called water security— applicable to architecture, regional planning, storm water engineering, and landscape design. It focuses upon management of watersheds as natural and designed hydrologic systems to optimize conservation and improvement of water as a resource. It compiles illustrated technical data for rainwater collection, storage, and mana… More >>
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This digital document is a journal article from Building and Environment, published by Elsevier in . The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Media Library immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.
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Safe Rainwater Collection
was compiled and written by Charmaine
Taylor.
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