Water catchment

Although rainwater is a source of cheap and clean water, it also have its drawbacks. These are the main rainwater harvesting pros and cons you need to know.

Isn't rainwater too acidic to drink? Isn't rainwater illegal? How do I know how much I need to collect? We have the answers and more on why rainwater collection is our preferred off grid water solution!

A home improvement project that I’ve always had on my list is installing rainwater tanks in our backyard. When I was living at home, my parents almost never used tap water to irrigate the garden, and always relied on their two 5000L rainwater tanks to look after the garden. Using water from the tap

One of the first things we worked on when we first moved onto our homestead was establishing a water source. Now we have buily several ways of collecting water from the diy stand alone rain collector to the diy garbage can rain barrel to the diy gutterless rain barrel system. We are thinking of adding

When most of us think of rainwater capture, we think of rain barrels, tanks, or cisterns. That’s ok, but it presents a couple of problems—cost and space. Installing a storage system that holds a meaningful amount of water gets expensive. It would also take a proportionally large amount of

Looking to collect some rainwater and maximize your water storage to water your landscape and garden? A stacked rain barrel system is a great way to do this and a fairly easy DIY. This post covers the tools, materials, and how-to for your own three tiered DIY rain barrel system!

Instructions on how to make a DIY charcoal water filter, for survival or as a cheap Berkey alternative, to remove chemicals from water.

High quality stainless steel rain water storage tanks

Rainwater Harvesting 101Got a Question about Rainwater Harvesting? Ask it here.What is Rainwater Harvesting?Rainwater harvesting is collecting the run-off from a structure or other impervious surface in order to store it for later use. Traditionally, this involves harvesting the rain from a roof. The rain will collect in gutters that

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Why Harvest Rainwater? Water is life. Whether you're an experienced homesteader or a beginner, this is a fact you already know. But what if there comes a day when your usual water sources are not readily available? This is a frightening scenario to ponder, but it's better to be afraid and prepared than caught off #WaterPurification #EmergencyPreparedness #OutdoorSurvival #CleanWater #CampingEssentials

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How to Build a 6000 Gallon Water Tank: The idea of "being prepared" can involve so many things in so many different situations. The key is to ask yourself what you cannot, or do not want to, live without. For us, the answer is water. Whether you live off-grid or in the city, having rain…

Essentially, my garden is annoyingly far away from larger sources of water (although I have and do use the hose from the house in the heat of the summer and I do have two IBC totes about 50 yards away connected to the outdoor shed) but I had these smaller rain barrels that could never be adequately filled due to lack of a roof to funnel the free rain water into them. Pinterest at the time didn’t have any good designs so this is what I finagled together. Basically it is a butterfly roof…