Thank you for showing us your journey on this beautiful water system you've created. Shows us the important of water and how much we don't value it when we are in abundance, but when tragic events happen like yours, it really shows us the importance! Thank you again!
here in aus.. our water stinks of chlorine.. i fit whole house filters. 20''.. cost about 160 bucks.. regardless of how you filter water, you cant get rid of flouride.. &,,seeing your off grid water.. you still pay the service fee which is about 100 bucks here in aus, every 3 months.. its a rip off..same for elec, gas... every 3 months.. watched a vid in u.s of guy fitting solar to his shack.. cost him upwards of 30k..!!!!.. we pay 6k for a 6kw system.. 15c return, if your lucky, its ave 6c these days. 12 yrs ago, i paid 9k for a 3kw system.. never paid a bill. i got 54c kw back then..@@suburbanbiology
@@justinwalsh8512 The laws were designed to 'protect people from harm of toxins' or something along those lines. This is one of those 'we are going to protect you against yourself even if you don't want it' cases, where the government pushes laws on people just so they can make money from charging them for their safety. ... If you're not a governmental organization, _there's a name for that kind of behavior. And it would be illegal._
@@justinwalsh8512 There's nothing inherently bad about rainwater, but if your water isn't stored or treated properly it can kill you. A town near mine had a Campylobacteriosis (E Coli) outbreak in their well about a decade ago which led to the death of my aunt, it can be really dangerous. If you're on rainwater you need to ensure you boil it before drinking and that the infrastructure is up to par so nothing undesirable is able to leech into the system. It's not that its bad (plenty of farmers around here live on rain water), but if it's a free for all you'll inevitably get someone who doesn't know what they're doing accidentally poisoning themselves because they thought it would be fun to build the water tank next to the pesticide runoff.
@nattyfatty6.0 bro i learned welding from yt.(I bought a cheap machine so probably not gonna use it to build a tank like this). But I don't think you need to get a degree in plumbing etc to be able to know how to use PVC pipes, connect them to a 1000litre pvc tank, cut open the top, put netting so mosquitoes can get in and breed( do this very carefully and dony leave any space bc you can be fined for breeding mosquitoes). Improvise in every thing and find a way to solve small issues with less money and time. I use rainwater for the garden rn but I'll try to improve and use it for myself.
@nattyfatty6.0 Working with PVC is easy and requires very little in the way of tools (you can get by with a tape measure and a hacksaw). The hardest, and most expensive, part of installing the pipe was digging the trenches. It is very rare to need stainless steel pipe like he used.
Man that is quite a project watched it from start to finish... Found really interesting and fun to watch.. there is a lot of money into that thing though don't know how free it really is. .000001 of the population will ever try something like this.
I work in the office for a company that installs these rainwater systems. Here in The Netherlands we build them underground. That way the water temperature stays constant, no algae in the water, and it can't freeze in winter.
That sounds awesome. The cost of this project would’ve tripled if I had gone for an underground tank. Otherwise I would’ve loved to have done that. Thanks for commenting.
@@suburbanbiologyIn Belgium we are forced by law to have one for every new house. Also in the ground. They're made out of concrete so cheaper than a stainless steel tank. When they dig the foundation and sewer pipes and utilities they dig it in one go. But why not just drill a borehole and have a well, it's not a complicated process unless you have rocks. Simpler and no need for a huge tank at all.
Rainwater collection makes so much sense! I remember when I was a kid that a neighbor built a new house with a large side porch. This said porch was built on top of a concrete cistern. All the rainwater from the house roof was directed down there. It really made an impression in my young mind that rainwater could be collected and used! I like that your system can collect from multiple roofs. Great video!
Everyone has rainwater as an option. The problem is that people are dumb cattle who blindly follow codes, rules, and regulations that do not apply to them. These people are often Godless, and slaves to this world and its ways.
title is incredibly misleading considering that this project costs over 3 decades worth of water bills (in materials alone), not to mention the labor, time spent planning, fixing the kinks, etc. the requirement of having quite a bit of extra land that now is occupied with your massive tank, and now the maintenance of your water tank is your job forever too - none of that is "free", interesting vid tho
@@oowaz you can get small form factor ones that just sit wherever your hot water system (unless you’re on gas that’s a way smaller hws) that can range from like under 1000l to 4000 that aren’t a huge space occupation unless you use the side of your house a lot Idk as someone who grew up with it I can’t stand treated water man All you need are gutters pipes the storage unit a pump and to plumb it up to your current system with a bypass valve
I have been involved in the water treatment industry for 39 years and before retiring was once in charge of a large municipal water system in Maryland. I currently work for an organization that helps small rural communities with water and wastewater issues. One of the topics we cover is rain water harvesting and I am very impressed with the system you have designed. I am working with some folks in the US Virgin Islands on rainwater harvesting as there are a few of those islands that have no useable fresh water sources. Thank you for sharing your wonderful video and I am currently living in south Texas as well.
I work in water filtration, rain water is fantastic. Just a few things for other people to keep in mind: - Keep a clean roof, install gutter protectors, use a first flush diverter to dump debris in first run-off - If you live near farmland, there may be pesticide/herbicide overspray, if that's the case you need carbon filtration which adsorbs a range of chemicals - Protozoa, cryptosporidium, giardia, cyclospora are always a risk with tank water, I'd recommend a minimum 1 micron nominal silver impregnated carbon block filtration on drinking water to deal with them - If there are factors which make bacteria or viruses a concern (dirty roof, lots of birds/bats, decaying organic matter), install an ultraviolet steriliser for all water coming in. UV will also take care of protozoa, cyst parasites. - If you use UV sterilisation, you will need a minimum 5 micron nominal sediment filter before it to remove particulates pathogens can hide behind. Forgot to memtion -- acidity can be an issue. Rainwater is naturally acidic and when it sits on plastic it stays acidic. If it is low, it can damage copper water lines, causing pinhole leaks. The copper also enters the water potentially posing a health risk. It can also introduce lead into your water from brass fittings. Test your water's acidity and if it is below 6.2-6.4 or so, consider installing a calcite or calcite/corosex system to buffer the pH back up. If you ever see green/blue staining in your bathroom, it is acidic water stripping copper off your water lines.
I imagine the best bet here would be to swap out his last filter in his line of three with a carbon and install a UV coming out of it, since he can't really install it going into the tank. Personally I'd chlorinate periodically too.
I learned something extremely useful here! > If you use UV sterilization, you will need a minimum 5 micron nominal sediment filter before it to remove particulates pathogens can hide behind. I have a spring on a piece of property I just bought, and currently my setup goes 500 / 200 / 100 / 50 micron spin-down filters, followed by a UV sterilizer, followed by 5 micron cartridge, activated carbon, and 0.5 micron (as one pre-made unit, so I can't easily add UV in the middle). I'm either going to move the UV sterilizer to the end, or, more likely, add a second one after the 0.5 micron. Thank you for sharing your knowledge!
@@suburbanbiology I am curious how often and which tests you do on your water supply to ensure safe water. I imagine a testing station and log book in that pump shed would work quite well.
Excellent YES! Thank you for grounded common sense, elegant methodology ideas. Though I don't know if ozone treatment gets rid or precipitates forever chemicals and such out of rain water. I never had a chance to do this where I live, so I haven't checked into it... but I would if I was living out where we could do this (which I hopefully soon may be!)
Houston here - The grid failure, and more recently 8-days without power from Beryl was a major reason we decided to move back to NY. I can't wait to be on well and septic.
I sincerely hope you guys test your water regularly.. a car factory near my home town has done this for years and they have thus created serious health issues for around 6500 people.. it also did not make the news or papers as part of the settlement made with the employees. They got paid to shut up..
@@kenhiett5266It depends on what you are choosing the property for. I just purchased 11 acres of "worthless" ridgeline property from a rancher for a song. Worthless to the rancher because it had already been logged over and, now that they are discouraging cutting and burning the land down every year here, full of short scrub and unfit for grazing cattle. BUT, what the rancher failed to appreciate was the sweeping ocean and island views. So, the way that I look at it is that I just bought a cabin site with incredible views, it's only a 30-minute drive from my house, and add a couple thousand feet elevation, it will get me out of the lowland heat during the try season. Who cares about the fact that I need to collect rainwater? Not me.
This is my second time uploading this video due to a technical error on my part. I published it in low def accidentally on Friday. I apologize to anyone getting alerted to this for the second time. I'm still learning. Thanks for watching..... again.... if you did.
Great video. Glad I moved to Texas. I had the same issues from that storm. However our grid is better than most. I lived in California and NY. It is amazing when their grid fails. It is blame on everyone other than the government. I was happy last season with the storm we had, noting happened. I was more prepared. Unlike what happens each year in NY and CA.
@suburbanbiology • I like how you say ZERO water bill at the first of the video and making a ZERO with your fingers , But in Reality you spent $30,000 dollars or more to build that didn't you ?
🤣 Got to start somewhere! I feel bad for people who don't know how to install their own toilet paper holder. A journey of a thousand miles starts with a single step. 🤣
We live in rural Queensland Australia. Most people in Qld have water tanks. Mostly for stock, plants, pool top ups, washing and also drinking water. We also have a fire pump to our dam in case we have bushfires.
Yes, You sit atop you tank with a big Zero. Wrong, How much did it cost to build this tank and it sounds like you also need electricity to pump your water. isn't that what the city's problem's was.
@@shadrecklittle4774it’s probably not worth it for anyone. Your states water system will be 20x better than anything you can ever build. Also think of how much water you could get instead of building this. This probably will cost just as much in time as just using the states water
Fun fact before WW2 my Dad told me they used rain water in Holland for all their needs. South side of roof with sun and UV rays was for human drinking. North side that had some moss (slate roofs) was for animals, garden and other uses. cisterns under house had to be cleaned every few years.
My grandmother was still making her tea with rain water, and all other water what she boiled before use, like cooking potato's, until she died at age 97 around 3 years ago
I have a friend here in the Dayton Ohio area who rents a 120 year old house, it still has cisterns in the ground below the kitchen window. The lid is busted on one so its slightly open and i have peed in there multiple times. It is kinda sketchy standing on the lids though, so i dont do it often
Fun fact. My grandpa got captured by the japanese during world war 2. He was put in jail without food and water for weeks and only drank water from the rain pouring at the canals near the windows
Here in Bermuda every house has a concrete water tank under it and we collect rain from our roofs. We are very careful with water as we know its value. No electricity in a hurricane and we can dip buckets into the tank. Love that you are doing this.
1) buy suitable land 2) construct this tank so it's underground 3) build something over the top of it, planters/ grow house/ storage/ garage or living space with solar on top if possible
Heck, if it's only 10 12 feet under you could use a cheap solar pump.....not much head height needed.. not like an expensive cattle farmland deep well solar pump....
THIS! This is what UA-cam was all about and supposed to be all about. What a wonderful video. The passion for the project, the passion for the videomaking, and the passion you have towards craftin is absolutely exceptional. I loved every single second of this video. Cannot wait to see more from you!
with the feed from the roof, it is good to add a slow bleed at the bottommost point, so that water drains from the system when it is not raining, to prevent legionnaires growth in the standing water in the pipes
@@codybersicc7939 it's not so bad imo, i feel as though if it was spruced up any more than it is now it'd create some problems with the structure itself as well as the filtration
Because it can mess up the local water table. Remember water runs in a cycle, by collecting it you are removing it from that cycle. Collecting thousands of gallons of water and just holding it can cause damage to the surrounding ecosystem.
@@sgt.doughnut5918 That is the crux of the issue. Do you owe the rest of the community any of the water that falls on your land? Personally I say that water on your land is yours, but like anything the state has a right to tax some of it. Even a high tax percentage like 50% or half the sq footage of your property must drain to the ground would still mean most rooftop setups would be perfectly fine. Which also implies you should get a tax credit if you don't collect rainwater. After all far more rain falls on a person's property then what they actually use depending on the area. After thinking about it a bit that would be kind of complicated to implement though. You would need separate tabs for water usage, and utility (collection, filtering, pumping) usage. Someone who collects rainwater would still contribute some water to the water table, but would use none of the utilities, so the city would have to cut them a check for the water collected. Problem is there is no way to measure how much water actually made it to the water table. It's just a guesstimate based on uncollected square footage and amount of rainfall. So many other factors play into that it would never be good enough to satisfy any accountants sensibilities.
1.3M views in 5 days shows there is a serious interest in this and that's a promising sign that people are waking up and realizing that we can't count on anyone but ourselves when things go wrong. This is a beautiful system that anyone would be proud of.
$16000 + regular maintenance seems like a big investment. How many years of water bills could you pay with that money? Of course, more independence is awesome, but it sure comes at a steep price.
From Brazil, I congratulate your attitude and determination in building this large rainwater reservoir, because water is life and having it in abundance in a place where it rains only a few months a year is very prudent...may this attitude be multiplied each time more🙌🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷
@@benitoscheck7484 so ein Blödsinn! Das hab ich oben schon einmal auf Englisch erklärt. Er sammelt das Wasser, das sonst auf sein Dach fallen und im Abfluss verschwinden würde. Noch dazu verbraucht er das Wasser und nachdem er es genutzt hat, kommt es wieder in den von euch ach so geschätzten "natürlichen" Kreislauf, der durch eine solche Anlage garantiert nicht unterbrochen wird. Wenn wir mal bei einem Landbesitzer angekommen sind, der Hektarweise Wasserkollektoren aufstellt wie hierzulande die Bauern ihre Felder mit Photovoltaikzellen zugepflastert haben als die Subventionen hoch genug waren, DANN aber erst DANN können wir von schädlicher Wirkung auf das regionale Ökosystem reden.
I am impressed. I am a licensed plumber and know a bit about this type of system. The fact that you pulled this off is amazing. Hopefully all the views helps you on your journey. Keep it up man!
😢Leviticus 18:22 KJV Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination. Ephesians 6:10-18 says, Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might. Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places. Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand. Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness; and your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace; above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked. And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God: praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints. The bible is no old book. You have to really let Christ open your eyes; to see the world in shambles. Many people say it's a religion to lock up people in chains, and say it's a rule book.. why? Because people hate hearing the truth, it hurts their flesh, it's hurts their pride, it's exposes on what things have they done..people love this world so much, s*x, money, power, women, supercars.. things of this world. Still trying to find something that can fill that emptiness in your heart. You can't find that in this world.. only in Christ, the bible is no chains, it's a chainbreaker. Breaking your sins into pieces... Repent now, and turn back to the true Lord only.. God bless. 😢😢😢
coming from a person that had to take adderal for 13 years, you have amazed me my attention span is around 20 seconds and the longest ive ever watched a video was 8 minutes and you found a way to make every second of this video fascinating and exciting, thank you sincerely
Absolutely brilliant my Texas brother. We never lost power during that February freeze and our stock tanks (ponds) allowed us to flush toilets as our water coop cut off all water. I have mad respect for you and I appreciate your filming/editing/posting skills.
@@suburbanbiologywe lost power for a few days in NW Houston. Luckily our in-laws were a few miles away and had power. Curious observation.... you mentioned the number of gallons collected per inch of rainfall per some fixed amount of roof area. Is there any reason that you omitted the discussion of your local annual rainfall versus your household's average water consumption? This would be helpful to mention as it is the primary driver behind the overall viability of a project like this. Excellent video ! Thanks ! Also, get those gutters onto the tank roof itself, and also add the first flush bypass system that others mentioned. Later man
Awesome! I'm in South Africa and I can not understand how a government can tell you that collecting RAIN water is illegal. Dude., good luck even trying to tell people that here. I'm glad it's not illegal where you are. I, and many, many other South Africans have water tanks and/or borehole water setups. For obvious reasons.
@@mysticdre321 That's so bizarre, in this case especially. They've done nothing to create or provide that water, they can't; it's rain. How TF can they want to charge citizens for that? Something they had no hand in creating or supplying whatsoever
Also, If you create your own electricity, i.e., solar, the law states that you have to be on the grid. That way, they can charge you for being on the grid.
The real reason is the threat of it becoming a mosquito breeding ground. Most people don't realize this but if it's made improperly that can be a pretty big obvious problem for not just you but nearby people lol The other reason is the potential for it to disrupt the natural cycle of rain if that makes sense. Essentially if everyone in a region where it rains *a lot* starts collecting rain water there's a potential to cause even less rain in neighboring regions with little to no rain. Regions like South Africa however have no valid argument to not collecting rain water however. I've seen *plenty* of reason for people there to have water tanks properly installed :( it's honestly kinda sad. I still remember seeing a video about people having to take a single jug or 2 to a local pump in a *city* to collect their daily ration of water. In otherwords if your region is dry and arid or no rainfall hardly etc In America you'd be more than allowed even encouraged or incentivized to collect rain water with tanks put together such as the one in this video.
@@mysticdre321 They're supposed to pay you if you generate enough power that it's sending more back than you're consuming. If they're charging you just for being there I'd look more into that it sounds sort of illegal.
I mean, this whole channel is bs. The entire "off-the-grid" content creation thing is a giant grift. These kinds of solutions are hugely inefficient and aren't really an option for 99.9% of people. It's hilariously impractical and just outright silly but it gets views.
18:20 for future reference you can always hold the smaller pipe that You’re trying to find the angle necessary to cut, above the large pipe and then use a pen to mark the angle from the bottom of the smaller pipe using the top of the larger pipe as a reference to keep it aligned
Only a small tip. Put a flush valve on the city water. That pipe will have stand still water and create ligionella bacteria. If you ever would need the city water you can flush the deadwater before you tap it into your house. Keep up the good work.
Good tip. I'm curious about legionella in standing water. I scarcely recall hearing about it when copper pipes were the standard for plumbing. It may be totally unrelated or even poor observation on my part. But it seems there have been increased instances of the problem since copper pipe became less common and plastic pipe became the standard. I understand standing water being an issue and copper being somewhat antimicrobial. To me it seems plausible that the more budget friendly option may come with harder to calculate health hazards. Town supply water is exorbitantly priced and tastes horrible. I'm lead to believe much of what it is treated with is more about protecting the delivery infrastructure than it is about the quality of water or people's well being.
The underground pipe has a drain at the low point. I'm thinking of hooking up a pump do the drain port so I can pump the water into the tank if it seems a drought is coming. That way the pipe sits empty rather than full.
Prevent is better then cured. Legionnaires' (LEE-juh-nares) disease is a serious type of pneumonia (lung infection) caused by Legionella (LEE-juh-nell-a) bacteria. People can get sick when they breathe in small droplets of water or accidently swallow water containing Legionella into the lungs. So a flush valve of 2$ is worth?
18 years old here, im starting medschool next year but seeing these videos inspire me. I like the idea of having my own private space to build and have my own place which shouts who I am. Thankyou for being inspiring
Sorry to spoil it for you, but sooner or later you will realize that medical profession has been long hijacked by the greedy pharma cartel which now controls all med schools, so instead of teaching how to cure and reverse disease, they indoctrinate med students and train them to push synthetic drugs, which, in turn, are designed to keep patients perpetually sick and medicated. If you are truly called to help people, conventional medical training is NOT going to teach you that. Look into alternative medicine, especially pay close attention to alternative methods that are viciously attacked by mainstream medical cartel. Homeopathy is one of those modalities. I highly encourage you to look into it and study the real history of medicine (not the Rockefeller’s version of it). Hope you will make the right choice. Good luck to you!
Hey there. Interesting Project. I'm a municipal engineer where we use SDR 35 PVC all the time for things. One thing I thought I'd mention is the fact it's susceptible to UV degradation. (sunlight). Being in Texas, I'm sure you get quite a bit of that ol' sunshine. You may want to cover the exposed PVC with something to keep the sunlight off it and prolong the life of the system.
Hi thanks for weighing in. I didn’t show it but all of the vertical pipes got a coat of paint to match either the house or the workshop. Hopefully that extends their life. Thanks for your support and for subscribing!
We have rainwater tanks too. We just dig PVC pipes under the ground which works because the top of the tank is still below gutter level. The PVC allows joins which weave around the front of our house. We have very fine mesh at the water entry to stop fine dirt, leaves and insects. We have a filter after the pump then further filtration at our drinking tap inside. No water bills and we can add extra tanks to the overflow as we desire.
I live next door. I drilled a hole at the bottom of the tank and hooked up a hose, and ran it into my yard. I'm saving a lot on my water bill. I water all my plants, and my kids get the hose and have water fights. This is a great product, and I highly recommend it.
This has been in my mind for years. To use the house we live in as a complete rain catcher complete with water cleaner. My family and everyone around me has the same mindset, a good job means you're successful and no other thing makes you a success. All the while I've had this in mind. For me to learn knowledge like this, that instead of working for someone else to make money to pay the water bills, I'd work to learn how to collect water, clean and disinfect the water, and how to harvest the water for use. Same with electricity. I don't want to work to pay the electricity bill, I want to learn how to generate, direct, and use the electricity. Not just for myself, but for my kids and for all my descendants forever. This will be massive in the next couple of years. Good on you for creating this! It looks amazing!
Same. For me, self-sufficiency isn't about having enough money, it's about having everything I need for a decent life without having to toil at a soul-sucking job. Money doesn't make me happy. It's just that money is promoted as a replacement for everything that actually makes us happy- making us more and more dependent on it. There is abundance of everything. Only lack is money- whose supply and value is controlled.
Several notes from a water resources engineer: 18" of water column for a 4" pipe does not appear to be enough to scour grit from the buried pipe. You're going to loose capacity by running the pipe in surcharge over time. cleanouts should be located at each end of the underground section so that you can have it jetted when it inevitably gets clogged. Also, the above ground portions of your pvc need to be painted to prevent UV embrittlement.
he just wasted his money on a water system,water is cheaper then electricty or gas :)))if he was a farmer and your farm is close to a dessert maybe great idea...
@@rembrandrembrand its a survivalist thing. how many people will ever need an air raid shelter built under their house in america? almost no one, some people will still demand them for the ease of mind though
@@rembrandrembrand He had clearly mentioned the reason in the video which its not Money or taxes but the scarcity of water which his family went through.
@@rembrandrembrandtell me you're a clown who judges other people's financial decisions as if they are your own, without actually telling me you're a clown who likes to judge other people's financial decisions as if they're your own.
I have a family of six. 3 loads of laundry a week. I use the washer but I hang dry the clothes. Reducing the amount of hot air release from the dryer x3 a week; Also releasing water vapor from the clothes.
If you had installed the tank underground, you could also use the tank as a geothermal heat sink where you would use the cooler underground water to cool your house and circulate it back to the tank. In the cooler season, the tank would hopefully be warmer than outside air and allow you to preheat outside air coming into the house so you could save on the heating bill as well as the cooling bill. :)
😢😢Leviticus 18:22 KJV Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination. Ephesians 6:10-18 says, Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might. Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places. Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand. Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness; and your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace; above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked. And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God: praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints. The bible is no old book. You have to really let Christ open your eyes; to see the world in shambles. Many people say it's a religion to lock up people in chains, and say it's a rule book.. why? Because people hate hearing the truth, it hurts their flesh, it's hurts their pride, it's exposes on what things have they done..people love this world so much, s*x, money, power, women, supercars.. things of this world. Still trying to find something that can fill that emptiness in your heart. You can't find that in this world.. only in Christ, the bible is no chains, it's a chainbreaker. Breaking your sins into pieces... Repent now, and turn back to the true Lord only.. God bless.
Nice work ! We live on an island in the Caribbean and collect water from our roofs and pipe it undergroiund to above ground concrete cisterns. Clean, safe water is going to become VERY important as the years fly by. You have done a stellar job with your system !
@@SirD1 The family has been using our cistern water for 15 years and we are 'fairly' normal. The drinking water is processed through reverse osmosis and the rest is just 5 micron whole house filter system. We used to drink out of the creek on the farm with no ill effects so I am really sure our cistern stored rain water will not harm us.
@@SirD1 You start with gutter guards to keep coarse debris out of your gutters and a first flush diverter to divert finer dust and soluble air pollution away from your tank. Then if you have someone in your household with an immune disorder or other specific health concerns, you can add further filtration and UV sanitising - but Aussies have been living on rainwater tanks for generations without even the gutter guards and first flush diverters, and we didn't get sick from it. It's a lot cleaner than creek water, and humans lived on creek water for a hundred thousand years before we started building permanent dwellings.
I hate to say it but in our modern world with all manner of crap in the air, rainwater is NOT an optimal source! Plus there is all kinds of crap on the roof. So unless you live far from “civilization” it’s not the best!
California actually encourages it in rural areas. The issue is the all the permits for the filtering of water as it goes inside gets quite intense. Outside water is fair game and is deemed grey common use.
WARNING: Water collection like this has some restrictions depending on the state you live in so make sure you check for any before diving in. Most states do not have restrictions, but that may change in the coming years as the Colorado River dries up and water shortages become more common around the world. Cool idea though, love seeing custom jobs like this.
@@gshepherd6141 I would agree with the premise that people should be able to be self sufficient and hold their own water. I would still probably go for some regulated middle ground though where you can't have Nestle opening up huge water collection systems in Nevada or something to catch millions of gallons of rain water to divert to their own use. I'm not sure the practicality of that, but I know something similar happens in Australia.
For anyone thinking of doing this, my parents live exclusively on rainwater and there are quite a few expenses hidden. These are a pain to clean, you will need to keep all the water collection points (usually around the roof) clear from blockage, you will have to watch out for dead animals and birds potentially dropping into the tank and then there is ongoing cost of filters to clean the water + generators to keep it all pumping. It is also not a guaranteed source, depending on needs you may still need to get a truck out 1-2 times a year to top up the system. That will cost thousands. From what I have gathered, it seems far easier to just stay connected to the water grid, but its up to you.
It might be surprising to some people that using an infrastructure that is set up to deliver to thousands or millions of people is in the end much cheaper and more reliable then creating the same infrastructure but improvised and on a much smaller scale without proper knowledge and experts for an individual house. These projects are great for totally remote living and to create UA-cam content, but that's about it.
@@moos5221 That sums it up. living in Germany this is completely unnecessary, all big countries have so good water supply that no one ever needs to think about stuff like that.
@@moos5221This is why I (living in germany) see this used very commonly for "utility water" (dont know what to actually call it), so everything except drinking or cooking. Mostly to water your plants and maybe clean stuff outside. This way, most of the infrastructure to turn it into water that is save to drink isn't required. Some filters on the gutter that are cleaned every two years is enough.
Small farmers in certain areas (Oregon, for one) are not allowed to use water for their farms. They can't grow food unless they collect water themselves.
I’m a solar representative in Texas, I’ve been in solar Sales for 8 years now and this has to be one of the best explanation and representations of how solar and Net Metering works.
If freeze should become a problem, installing a water circulation pump, preferably downstream of the filters, should give you extra buffering. The one thing missing is a quality test rig, which could be useful if ever any environmental event (Popacatapetl blowing volcanic ash your way, or a neighbour crop-dusting your roof by accident, for example) were to happen.
My worry is not the build/construction or pumps, my worry is the plans that are coming from the people in Davos. They are the reason why this is happening to the world. In their vision, the western world needs to be reset because the financial system is imploding. They want a CBDC and in order to do that, they will have to demolish everything the western world has to offer. Hens the flooding o Europe and the US with illegals, the raising of taxes, wars and the climate change agenda. The weather is being manipulated and part of the great reset that will happen before 2030 (agenda 2030) By that time you to own nothing and be happy. Everything you build in order to sustain yourself during a future crisis will be taken from you before 2030 People in Europe and the UK are waking up to this fact and finally start to realize this isn't a conspiracy theory anymore. They fight the camera's and barriers intended for cordoning off cities/districts, also known as 15 minutes cities. They want to scare us with climate change in order to trick us into giving away rights and possessions in order to "be saved" by the very people that invented the climate hoax. Around the 1500's the small "ice age" started, during the next few centuries the temperatures decreased with about 2 degrees Celsius, since the 1900's we are returning to our normal temperature (+2 degrees) this is what they like to call global warming. It's not global warming, it's a natural cyclus. So are we (the world population) the problem? Get this: All the people that are currently on this earth (8,045,311,447) fit inside New York City with room left for 500.000.000 more. Please go to Google and type in New York City . . . go to the map, now zoom out until you see the entire goble, you see that tiny spec, that's the space the entire world population takes up, our "carbon footprint". You still believe that the world population is the problem? We have to stop the great reset and then we don't need water tanks anymore.
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yea and then he makes a mistake, people get sick and sue the crap out of him. He is no water resources engineer, not a chemist... and these big water reservoirs need constant control of many chemical and bacteriological aspects to run smooth. Not talking of the costs of the material, working hours, spare parts and so on.
Where I live you can only do this if you get the training and certification to have onsite water tanks and water cistern maintenance practices. And I live in Texas....so...
Thanks for doing this channel, man. You've inspired me to take a stronger approach to truly owning my property and tackling some projects in the far reaches of my ability/comfort zone. I appreciate the content!
I want you to know, you are an epitome of humanity at its purest level. Thank you for building this and sharing. I hope you continue to make all sorts of innovations, or improvements to whats out there~ We need more people willing to share their creativity and inspire others, but just keep going, You're doing great!~
Thank you so much. I am honored by your kind words and I will try to live up to them. Thanks for your support and for being a part of this whole thing!
This is a common occurrence in Hawaii. I grew up with catchment water my entire childhood. Easily filtered and cleaned with a reverse osmosis system and a network of filters, including UV (you don't want to risk water born illnesses). I can't imagine having to pay for water... I've spent my entire life not worrying about that as a utility expense.
@@thedbcooperforumyea where i live they do. Even if you don’t use any electricity still you get a bill every month. Most countries are just like the mafia
In India normally we harvest rain water underground below the house itself and we add those filters to the feeding pipes, so gravity does most of the work. These days it is mandatory in all new buildings to harvest rain water. But this storage above the ground is unique.
I will never forget the feeling of waking up the morning after the storm blew through and simply not believing what I was seeing outside. Certain parts of Texas get a good bit of snow every year, but not the South-East. Yet there it was, a veritable winter wonderland of sorts right outside my front door. I am still grateful that my area never lost power, because my iced out driveway made it impossible for me to drive anywhere - and yes, I tried; my car could NOT climb the slope. I ended up making a few treks with my dog over the next few days to visit family and friends while we waited on the world to thaw out. My pipes froze, because it turns out leaving them dripping a bit does NOT help with that kind of deep freeze. But fortunately I had a stock of distilled water for my CPAP machine, and I was able to haul water from a friend’s house for the pets. Met a lot of good people when I was out on my walks who were trying to help folks; fellas with jacked up trucks who could plow through anything, driving around and helping pull vehicles out of ditches and make sure everyone had what they needed. The sense of community was amazing. Despite a busted pipe flooding my master bath once everything thawed, I still look back on the experience fondly, possibly with rose-tinted glasses.
@@sheldondinkleberg6525 we had a remarkably mild spring and early summer. I remember talking to my Dad about it at the time and he said “we’ll pay for it come July.” Boy was he right 😂
i've never heard of leaving a faucet dripping to prevent freezing pipes, seems like having a valve open would let more cold in and cause more freezing. but i guess every situation is different. i have an idea for a water tank like in this video, but instead of only collecting rain water, it can melt snow too. maybe using excess heat from electronics or waste water
I just completed an underground cistern project for my barn, so I would have water for animal use, and also a bathroom. Burried 800 gallon tank, and use roof water for filling. Used submersible 110 volt pump, and pressure tank. Sock type filter on gutter pipe catches debri. Works great.
You sir are the water conservator King. I live in a town where people complain if they have to reduce outdoor water usage during a dry spell. Using water we capture is a great win. Congrats on your setup. Amazing.
Very well thought out system. Appreciate the info on filter specs as I may need that if I ever plan to use my water for home drinking use. I retired a few years back, and am a Chemical engineer, quite capable to design a system, but the accumulated info you give here is MUCH appreciated. My tank is coming to around 37,000 gallons when full. It is not nearly as complex as your system but it is not meant to completely replace my normal water source, at least not yet. My home is in a very remote island in the Philippines, and almost NOTHING is easily obtained if we cannot make it ourselves. Hence, our tank is concrete structured as we can get the blocks and cement easily here. We have around 4000 square feet of roof draining into the tank, via two 4" PVC drains. Because our weather here has actually suffered a rather deep drought about 5 years back, we built this system as an emergency supply for times when we need to have water. Local springs, approximately 125 feet above the level of home helps when water flows naturally here, but we still require to pump it up to our home as it is about 60 feet below our house at the allowed tapping point according to the local supply folks with our local semi government administrators... It is complicated here, as is most everything. I do fluid flow designs and system start ups on refining plants and power facilities on occasion, but am 90% retired. Really liked the way you got the elevations set and functional. Not many folks can do that. Kudos for getting it right. We have the "upstream" end of the El Niño phenomena and it is supposed to be possible to be on the drought side this year. Hoping for the best. I will build my own filter system if it comes down to it. Thanks for the encouragement... OH... and if you can pick your favorite fruit tree species and put the overflow pipe with a small line to near this fruit tree, it will grow at around double or triple the rate automatically without any help. Here we use it to grow up our Mahogany trees.
@@MR-backup Well, actually no, not worried at all. One of the plants I ran was a plant that made EDC, the precursor to Vinyl Chloride, and shipped it across the street to a PVC production plant. There are things far more likely to be an issue than PVC. It is a very long chain polymer, that has essentially NO solubility in water. And the bad parts of PVC you have likely read about are the remnants of the VCM Vinyl Chloride. In the PVC and the way it is processed, no Vinyl is left, it is "over reacted" intentionally in the process. Been exposed to VCM and EDC both, Arguably worse as EDC than VCM as it is more "in your face" at the plant because it is similar to gasoline as a liquid not a gas.
Bro your knowledge on the logic where the water is dirty and clean part led me to subs to you. You knowledge is important for those who are looking into this idea. Thank you.
Thank you for saying! And yes it's reassuring to know where the water comes from now. No more boil notices here :). Thanks for watching and for being subscribed!
No. Its fantastic BS. He is mistaking wishing for reality. Far too insular a mind-set to be practical. Do not be 'inspired' to follow his example. He is a self-posessed lunatic with a delusion of adequacy. Seek out and develope your own grip of reality, don't be fooled by so-called 'professionals' or peopple like him who talk a good fight, but are delusional.
What a great thing you did there. I sent to build a 10k gallon rain water tank for my mom's house in Guatemala, it only helps for about 6 months because that's what a rainy season lasts. Other countries in the world all they have is rain water, here in the us we take for granted everything that we have.
People always seem to forget the leadership wants you to take these things for granted. If you don't you're a lot harder to control and point to narratives etc. And they also ignore there are other countries that cant thrive because those same governments/western countries won't let them unless it's under their discretion.. Other instances activists show up, build the thing, get praise for it and then leave without ever teaching the people how to maintain it, because if they do maintain it these people cant play savior, cant ask for donations for such a cause. Its really sick how selfish everything is for a few people ruling over thousands, millions and billions
The amount of effort, money, time and space this takes up is quite high, it's a good example of why we develop complex infrastructure, this type of thing is achieved much more efficiently at scale than everyone needing what is basically a water treatment plant in their yard.
Amazing video, your handyman skills are unbelievable. With what your capable of doing, I could never see you being out of work. Am in the UK, we never have any problems like you in Texas. But I have to say it again, impressive work.
You know. I was excited to watch your video untill you mentioned the LeftWinger conspiracy theory about climate change. Give me all your money so i can change the climate. makes me wonder if your a transplant from California. Super obvious you were talking about how its illegal to collect rain water in California. Wich is a major complaint there. Dont get me wrong, the topic is interesting but keep that AOC/ Gretta Thunburg fear mongering to your self. @suburbanbiology
You could also get the land surveyed and get a deep water well installed. It's gonna run you around $6,000-$7,000 possibly, but it's a one and done kinda deal usually. Edit: Here in TN there are no laws against rainwater collection, it is even encouraged by local government as it helps out the utility companies and their customers save money and water.
Yeah I was going to say a well is probably a more economical option long term. This tank option is only feasible in warmer climates. You’d need a big enough property to build it (or bury it), regular cleaning would be no small task. I’d almost recommend a first stage filter like a pool filter that allows backwash and flush to clear the bigger contaminants. It would cut down on filter replacements for sure. Would be interesting to have a full water panel test down to see how this tank system holds up after a year or so. Definitely need a filter that removes aerosol contaminates like aluminum and boron from the aerial geoengineering projects they conduct over us now (cloud seeding, etc).
Agreed, a well is a more elegant and reliable water source in most cases (although in my experience it will cost 10s of thousands of dollars at least) It sounds like this guy lives in city limits which might mean that he isn’t allowed to drill on his property
I have been on rain water for 11 years now, in regional Queensland in Australia. Water collated from the roof goes though the many filter systems. The last filter has a cartridge, which purifies water to the quality of bottled water from the shop. To avoid problem of water standing in pipes, all gutters around the roof have a small angle to allow for the flow. It is the same for the pipes which go into the main tank and then to spare tanks below the property. Thank you for the video.
@@zedinislourenco most place has very small water capability. you woudnt be able to feed the whole house with them. also it can be too deep to reach the water. most very high pressure pump only works 30meter deep. some place have the water table 200meter down.
@@Francois_Dupont the price drill a wáter hole mai be the same price of recolect a wáter Rain you are wrong the wáter pomps Consum 1100w to 2500w of electricity this sistem have electricity consum
This was an excellent video, your attention to detail and thoroughness will definitely lead you to becoming not just a content creator who is enjoyable to watch, but as legitimate reference material for people wanting to do something similar.
Thank you for your kind words. I certainly hope that these videos will help encourage other people to have confidence in moving forward with their own projects. Thanks for your support!
Those air vents between the tank and the pump house should be closed with expanding foam or pieces of insulation you would otherwise throw out, this gives better chances for the water inside the pipes to not freeze. Great video, also you should know water in motion is harder to freeze, so a return to the tank for unused water should be considered.
do u mean - keep the water flowing at all times? not very feasible unless u have unlimited pump power. just saying. but the extra insulation idea is good to me. jmho would you perhaps be telling us how they do it in siberia or greenland, or those areas around the artic?
@@dcs4555 in the areas with low temperatures pipes are laid under the frost line (how deep the ground freezes). In Texas it is 5", however in arctic regions, it can be up to and more than 100", in those regions pipes are either buried deeper with a lot of insulation, or run insulated above ground and heated.
In areas where there's extreme cold, people are advised to keep the water running to prevent the water main from bursting. With 1 or 2 freezes a year, it seems worth it to least exhaust all options to avoid replacing pipes every time there's a freeze, which will happen more frequently and be more severe when they happen, because of global warming.
Projects like these are a much needed and pleasant break from the fast-paced world that we live in. Sometimes it's nice to slow down and to appreciate the small things in life - like water.
I agree with almost everything you said, except - water is no small thing. I guess we often take it for granted if all we have to do is turn on a tap to get good drinking water...(I live in the driest state on the driest continent in the world) ;)
Have watched your channel for a while,awesome job on this system! You are a talented person and can see you put a lot of thought into the build process to achieve the best possible results first,then fine tune. Hats off to you.
Thank you for watching and commenting. I try to plan but always wind up fine tuning. Kind of like the 85% rule. When I think I’m 85% sure I’ve got it right I start building. I fix the remaining 15% later. Otherwise I would never start anything. Thanks for your support and for subscribing!
In the Philippines when it rains, we just ran outside and enjoy the outpour, and put out the drums to collect water - eazy peazy, zero expenditure, lol. But really this is a really nice job, wow! Thanks for sharing.
You are amazing and a very good tractor operator... everything from the design to laying the foundation and the metal work you did by yourself 😮💯...very inspiring sir 💯
I really appreciate the mention of safety mechanisms such as UV, reverse osmosis, and distillation to remove particulates, microorganisms, and chemicals.
As a guy who is apart of a nerdy engineering family. This is genius! Its absolutely great for the environment too. Because the resources that we have on earth are meant to be reused in some sort of way shape or form! +1 Subscriber buddy, hopefully your channel will reach to the moon!
"As a guy who is apart of a nerdy engineering family. This is genius!" I suggest you revisit the definitions of 'Nerd' and 'Genius'. And there is no 'meant to', but it is generally 'sensible to'.
@@bikerfirefarter7280I see nothing wrong with what he said grammatically and it’s pedantic and condescending to critique in that way. Fully agree about natural resources, however.
You'll have to watch out for freezing if you have any water left over in that valley/ditch of the sewer piping coming from your roof to your tank. I also noticed that you didn't have any visible sleeving or insulation in the buried part of your pipe which could cause freezing ground/groundwater to crack the pipe if the dirt is right up against the buried part.
With this size of a thermal mass freezing wont really be an issue with internals. Externals with a little insulation should be enough. Having said that, I'd add a few things. UV lamps to run 1 hour a day. That emits a little heat. IR lamps on a thermal switch to get a head a serious 10 day freeze or Texan glaciation.😉😉🤣🤣 An internal water heater mounted at the top of the wall above the water would recycle waste heat to the air inside. This will be helpful to melt snow off the roof which is the real weakness in this design. But in a serious snow fall you'll spend every waking hour pulling the snow off before it can accumulate. Make you tools in advance! Basically a giant squeegee!
He lives in southern Texas, he doesn’t have too much to worry about with all that thermal mass. As long as you protect it from drafts it’s not going to have much impact on things. And the frost line in that area is about 6” deep. The downspout pipes of that size will likely only ever freeze about 50% max. It’s a different story in northern Texas, we can get -15 degree temperatures in the dead of winter due to our much higher altitude and massive wind chill effects. To do similar I would have to go down 24” below grade, put a thermal barrier in, and drain the downspouts dry each November.
@@hannibalsdiner1365 good luck with that, with extremes being more frequent lately ;) "On February 11-20, 2021, a historical winter event occurred that set many records, including being the first billion-dollar weather disaster of that year. A deep freeze impacted parts of the continental United States (CONUS), remarkably engulfing the entire state of Texas. "
I mean this is super awesome and all, and im sure we would all love to do this. But the build cost alone of this was roughly equal to a lifetime supply of water for a small to medium home. Then you have future costs of wear and tear/maintenance/power for the pumps ect ect not to mention the difficultys when you add in freezing for the upper half of the country. Great video. Certainly nice to see how to do it the right way. I am looking into a much smaller supplemental/emergency supply that is considerably more affordable using a 400$ pool.
I agree - my water bill annually is only $720. From the components and tools and tank, it seems it cost about 15 years of municipal water costs, including a few random plumber visits.
That's not the point. If you don't have to rely on your local government for water, you don't need to worry about outages and potential contaminants. In some areas, this is invaluable.
Water catchment system may be invaluable but my (and most peoples) bank account at this moment is very much valuable. If your goal is the water and its a dire circumstance there are much easier/cheaper ways to get that. See "dig a hole lay tarp and LifeStraw" 25$. Leaves some room for other preps, included but not limited to defending this magnificent shiny water tank. If your main goal is to make a youtube video that inspires envy, and your funding is bottomless, well the sky is clearly the limit.
As a Virgin Islander let me just say: this is the LAW in the VI. Simplistically: for every square foot of roof, you have a cubic foot of cistern. Period. The more bedrooms and stories, the bigger the cistern. 30K is NORMAL in the VI. There is NO public water, and we live within our means. I had a heart attack when I moved to the Big Island and saw someone hosing down their driveway! Water is precious! You should take a trip there to see how we do it: divided in two, guppies and frogs do a lot of the cleaning, where we place the out-take, cleaning the cisterns (which is why we have two!), checking the water, how it’s great to have your own water supply in case of hurricanes (Puerto Rico had none and suffered in Irmaria, but we were fine) how great your skin and hair feel when cleansing with rainwater, how it would solve the “stormwater runoff problem” in the States. I could go on and on. Never seen a Big Islander do this! Go visit the VI and see an entire population that lives sustainably and freely. 😊
Wonderful to see city folks doing things like this! The video is excellent, thank you for sharing the details of your system and what worked/didn´t work for you. Very helpful.
Thank you for commenting. If we could develop a system that required less metal (like a stone lined hole in the ground with a tank liner inside of it) I could imagine an infrastructure where most people have their own water supply rather than pumping it in from 20 miles away. Thanks for subscribing!
Thank you for showing this.....Some people just don't understand how precious ''Liquid Gold ''is..And so many take advantage of it till there's NO MORE!!
Really cool project and I love the idea of having a sustainable independent water supply! Something to note if anyone isn’t aware, RO filtered water lacks electrolytes and minerals that your body usually gets so it tastes pretty “dry” for lack of a better way of explaining. Magnesium sodium and calcium are often in water and what you’re tasting In spring water that distilled water lacks. You can add it back in with a special filter stage that adds trace minerals.
@@ralfulrich6254 Distilled water has been liberated from dissolved or suspended solids, it will test at 0 or 1 ppm on a TDS meter. My rain water tests at 6ppm. There are also chemicals that rain water can pick up, bacteria finds it's way in to the water primarily in the tank.
@@ralfulrich6254 Regardless, you will never drink rainwater that is 0 ppm. I drank exclusively distilled water for years, and still do drink quite a bit of it. Some people have ingested it for 50-60 years- they're fine. Primarily, minerals you get from food, not water. I do occasionally put mag, potassium and river salt in my water I take to work due to my job being physical.
In NZ about 15% of all properties , particularly rural and semi rural, have plastic or concrete water tanks. Most are 25,000 or 30,000 litre, (6,000 to 7,000 imperial gallons). We are rural and have a 25,000L and 10,000L plastic tank. We have a small house with one bathroom and save all the water from the roof. We’ve only brought water 4 times in 24 years.
This video was extremely refreshing. It's clear you took a lot of consideration with this build, and I'm appreciative that you not only showed us but explained your logic as well
As long as we don't take the setup costs yes free water. We have solar power and a decent size battery and also 6 x 10 thousand poly rainwater tanks and after 10 years then it will be ''free''. Likes and Subscribed.
In Australia we prefabricate these tanks and have been doing it for years. We also have blow moulded plastic tanks and just about every household in Australia has them. I’ve got 2 tanks right beside our house that hold 3000L each and in our front garden another two that hold the same and this is in a suburbia. I only use it to water the garden.
I live 500 feet from the Chesapeake bay and have well water, don't think I will ever run out. Used to spend summers on an island off the coast of Maine. We had rain barrels and such but any water you needed was brought with you because you are not drilling a water well in granite. Your system would have been paradise.
This is groovy. I live in a part of the world where we have so much water that people think twice about moving here due to the quantity of rainfall. Even so, this is really interesting to watch and a good bit of knowledge to keep filed away in the back of my mind in case I ever end up in a more arid location. Cheers friend.
Thank you for showing us your journey on this beautiful water system you've created. Shows us the important of water and how much we don't value it when we are in abundance, but when tragic events happen like yours, it really shows us the importance! Thank you again!
Thank you for showing us your journey on this beautiful water system you've created. Shows us the important of water and how much we don't value it when we are in abundance, but when tragic events happen like yours, it really shows us the importance! Thank you again!
Thank you for your thoughtful comment. You summarized the message I was trying to spread with this video very well. I appreciate your support!
Awesome film. Just curious… could you also collect water from the roof of the water tank?
here in aus.. our water stinks of chlorine.. i fit whole house filters. 20''.. cost about 160 bucks.. regardless of how you filter water, you cant get rid of flouride.. &,,seeing your off grid water.. you still pay the service fee which is about 100 bucks here in aus, every 3 months.. its a rip off..same for elec, gas... every 3 months.. watched a vid in u.s of guy fitting solar to his shack.. cost him upwards of 30k..!!!!.. we pay 6k for a 6kw system.. 15c return, if your lucky, its ave 6c these days. 12 yrs ago, i paid 9k for a 3kw system.. never paid a bill. i got 54c kw back then..@@suburbanbiology
You remind me of my university colleagues
it was cool but the exterior is a straight eyesore
its crazy that doing this in some states is illegal. Collecting rain water should never be illegal.
How could it be illegal?
@@justinwalsh8512 The laws were designed to 'protect people from harm of toxins' or something along those lines.
This is one of those 'we are going to protect you against yourself even if you don't want it' cases, where the government pushes laws on people just so they can make money from charging them for their safety.
... If you're not a governmental organization, _there's a name for that kind of behavior. And it would be illegal._
@@justinwalsh8512 There's nothing inherently bad about rainwater, but if your water isn't stored or treated properly it can kill you. A town near mine had a Campylobacteriosis (E Coli) outbreak in their well about a decade ago which led to the death of my aunt, it can be really dangerous. If you're on rainwater you need to ensure you boil it before drinking and that the infrastructure is up to par so nothing undesirable is able to leech into the system.
It's not that its bad (plenty of farmers around here live on rain water), but if it's a free for all you'll inevitably get someone who doesn't know what they're doing accidentally poisoning themselves because they thought it would be fun to build the water tank next to the pesticide runoff.
@@Volvith thank you for the insight
Thank you for the insight
Amazes me how much free stuff costs these days .
Costs about as much as a huge steel tank, which is not cheap.
@nattyfatty6.0 bro i learned welding from yt.(I bought a cheap machine so probably not gonna use it to build a tank like this). But I don't think you need to get a degree in plumbing etc to be able to know how to use PVC pipes, connect them to a 1000litre pvc tank, cut open the top, put netting so mosquitoes can get in and breed( do this very carefully and dony leave any space bc you can be fined for breeding mosquitoes). Improvise in every thing and find a way to solve small issues with less money and time. I use rainwater for the garden rn but I'll try to improve and use it for myself.
@nattyfatty6.0 Working with PVC is easy and requires very little in the way of tools (you can get by with a tape measure and a hacksaw). The hardest, and most expensive, part of installing the pipe was digging the trenches. It is very rare to need stainless steel pipe like he used.
Man that is quite a project watched it from start to finish... Found really interesting and fun to watch.. there is a lot of money into that thing though don't know how free it really is. .000001 of the population will ever try something like this.
@@EnigMK3the pumps tubes and filters are probably the most expensive parts
I work in the office for a company that installs these rainwater systems. Here in The Netherlands we build them underground. That way the water temperature stays constant, no algae in the water, and it can't freeze in winter.
That sounds awesome. The cost of this project would’ve tripled if I had gone for an underground tank. Otherwise I would’ve loved to have done that. Thanks for commenting.
@@suburbanbiologyIn Belgium we are forced by law to have one for every new house. Also in the ground. They're made out of concrete so cheaper than a stainless steel tank. When they dig the foundation and sewer pipes and utilities they dig it in one go.
But why not just drill a borehole and have a well, it's not a complicated process unless you have rocks. Simpler and no need for a huge tank at all.
@@kristofp72many houses in the northeast have wells.
@@kristofp72 cause Europe sits on fairly soft clay-like dirt that is way easier (and cheaper) to dig out...
I’m in Seattle in the USA and we have places that are doing this now
Rainwater collection makes so much sense! I remember when I was a kid that a neighbor built a new house with a large side porch. This said porch was built on top of a concrete cistern. All the rainwater from the house roof was directed down there. It really made an impression in my young mind that rainwater could be collected and used!
I like that your system can collect from multiple roofs. Great video!
Glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for commenting and for subscribing!
Technical/engineering skills will never go out of fashion. Absolutely brilliant!
Thank you for your kind words. And thanks for subscribing!
Duhhh.. everything is about making something for us humans
What major would that be under ? Just curious
@@suburbanbiologycan you fill it with molasses? Preferably past the safe storage limit? That would be cool to see
As an australian
It stuns me that people around the world don’t have rainwater as an option
Everyone has rainwater as an option. The problem is that people are dumb cattle who blindly follow codes, rules, and regulations that do not apply to them. These people are often Godless, and slaves to this world and its ways.
Some countries don't get enough rain throughout the year :(
title is incredibly misleading considering that this project costs over 3 decades worth of water bills (in materials alone), not to mention the labor, time spent planning, fixing the kinks, etc. the requirement of having quite a bit of extra land that now is occupied with your massive tank, and now the maintenance of your water tank is your job forever too - none of that is "free", interesting vid tho
dont have enough space or rain here so it would be pointless
@@oowaz you can get small form factor ones that just sit wherever your hot water system (unless you’re on gas that’s a way smaller hws) that can range from like under 1000l to 4000 that aren’t a huge space occupation unless you use the side of your house a lot
Idk as someone who grew up with it I can’t stand treated water man
All you need are gutters pipes the storage unit a pump and to plumb it up to your current system with a bypass valve
I have been involved in the water treatment industry for 39 years and before retiring was once in charge of a large municipal water system in Maryland. I currently work for an organization that helps small rural communities with water and wastewater issues. One of the topics we cover is rain water harvesting and I am very impressed with the system you have designed. I am working with some folks in the US Virgin Islands on rainwater harvesting as there are a few of those islands that have no useable fresh water sources. Thank you for sharing your wonderful video and I am currently living in south Texas as well.
Thanks for commenting. I appreciate your support, especially given your background. Thanks for being a part of this!
Your welcome and if you have any water treatment questions or concerns in the future, please reach out to me.@@suburbanbiology
I'm glad someone is doing that. It's absurd that a country that gets that kind of rain would not have access to fresh water.
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This is amazing thanks for showing us how to do stuff like this.❤
Imagine having a husband or a father with such clever pair of hands like this guy!
I would love to have a clone of him just for me. My Ex couldn't change a light bulb w/o help 😂
Mine too @@smhart3278
@@smhart3278 Bloody hell. What was that catch when you first hooked up ? 😂😂
@tinaforbes1059 He had an extra large appendage, but that soon after marriage failed to function as well 🤣
@@smhart3278 Good on you girl. Better offer elsewhere, and why not 😁 .
I work in water filtration, rain water is fantastic. Just a few things for other people to keep in mind:
- Keep a clean roof, install gutter protectors, use a first flush diverter to dump debris in first run-off
- If you live near farmland, there may be pesticide/herbicide overspray, if that's the case you need carbon filtration which adsorbs a range of chemicals
- Protozoa, cryptosporidium, giardia, cyclospora are always a risk with tank water, I'd recommend a minimum 1 micron nominal silver impregnated carbon block filtration on drinking water to deal with them
- If there are factors which make bacteria or viruses a concern (dirty roof, lots of birds/bats, decaying organic matter), install an ultraviolet steriliser for all water coming in. UV will also take care of protozoa, cyst parasites.
- If you use UV sterilisation, you will need a minimum 5 micron nominal sediment filter before it to remove particulates pathogens can hide behind.
Forgot to memtion -- acidity can be an issue. Rainwater is naturally acidic and when it sits on plastic it stays acidic. If it is low, it can damage copper water lines, causing pinhole leaks. The copper also enters the water potentially posing a health risk. It can also introduce lead into your water from brass fittings.
Test your water's acidity and if it is below 6.2-6.4 or so, consider installing a calcite or calcite/corosex system to buffer the pH back up. If you ever see green/blue staining in your bathroom, it is acidic water stripping copper off your water lines.
I was thinking he should use a "first flush diverter" but I didn't know what it was called or if it existed.
I imagine the best bet here would be to swap out his last filter in his line of three with a carbon and install a UV coming out of it, since he can't really install it going into the tank. Personally I'd chlorinate periodically too.
What about bird droppings?
I learned something extremely useful here!
> If you use UV sterilization, you will need a minimum 5 micron nominal sediment filter before it to remove particulates pathogens can hide behind.
I have a spring on a piece of property I just bought, and currently my setup goes 500 / 200 / 100 / 50 micron spin-down filters, followed by a UV sterilizer, followed by 5 micron cartridge, activated carbon, and 0.5 micron (as one pre-made unit, so I can't easily add UV in the middle).
I'm either going to move the UV sterilizer to the end, or, more likely, add a second one after the 0.5 micron.
Thank you for sharing your knowledge!
Not if that rain water has barium , strontium and aluminium in it.
Have you considered sending your excess solar energy into your water tank to create ozone and purify the water?
Wow next level thinking.
Could do. I might if we have any issues
my understanding is that ozone injection requires a venturi and a pump running to circulate.
@@suburbanbiology I am curious how often and which tests you do on your water supply to ensure safe water. I imagine a testing station and log book in that pump shed would work quite well.
Excellent YES! Thank you for grounded common sense, elegant methodology ideas.
Though I don't know if ozone treatment gets rid or precipitates forever chemicals and such out of rain water.
I never had a chance to do this where I live, so I haven't checked into it... but I would if I was living out where we could do this (which I hopefully soon may be!)
Houston here - The grid failure, and more recently 8-days without power from Beryl was a major reason we decided to move back to NY. I can't wait to be on well and septic.
From a guy who lives solely from rainwater- you did a great job and made a really good system. Good video quality and narration. Stay blessed sir.
Awesome, thank you! Means a lot coming from a fellow rain person 🙏🏼
I sincerely hope you guys test your water regularly.. a car factory near my home town has done this for years and they have thus created serious health issues for around 6500 people.. it also did not make the news or papers as part of the settlement made with the employees. They got paid to shut up..
I've chosen my property poorly if something like this is necessary.
But why??
Water is the easiest thing to come across isn't it???
@@kenhiett5266It depends on what you are choosing the property for. I just purchased 11 acres of "worthless" ridgeline property from a rancher for a song. Worthless to the rancher because it had already been logged over and, now that they are discouraging cutting and burning the land down every year here, full of short scrub and unfit for grazing cattle. BUT, what the rancher failed to appreciate was the sweeping ocean and island views. So, the way that I look at it is that I just bought a cabin site with incredible views, it's only a 30-minute drive from my house, and add a couple thousand feet elevation, it will get me out of the lowland heat during the try season. Who cares about the fact that I need to collect rainwater? Not me.
This is my second time uploading this video due to a technical error on my part. I published it in low def accidentally on Friday. I apologize to anyone getting alerted to this for the second time. I'm still learning. Thanks for watching..... again.... if you did.
Would you be able to post the water filter you are using?
@@SurenCao mm km 'll
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Great video. Glad I moved to Texas. I had the same issues from that storm. However our grid is better than most. I lived in California and NY. It is amazing when their grid fails. It is blame on everyone other than the government. I was happy last season with the storm we had, noting happened. I was more prepared. Unlike what happens each year in NY and CA.
So how much did it cost you to build this?
I never saw you report that...
@suburbanbiology •
I like how you say ZERO water bill at the first of the video and making a ZERO with your fingers ,
But in Reality you spent $30,000 dollars or more to build that didn't you ?
And I'm over here being impressed that I installed a new toilet paper holder last week.
😂 may it serve you well 🙏🏼
Thanks for sharing I'll remember how you started🙂
2 funny 😅
😂😂😂
🤣 Got to start somewhere! I feel bad for people who don't know how to install their own toilet paper holder. A journey of a thousand miles starts with a single step. 🤣
We live in rural Queensland Australia. Most people in Qld have water tanks. Mostly for stock, plants, pool top ups, washing and also drinking water. We also have a fire pump to our dam in case we have bushfires.
Australia is ahead of the curve on rainwater collection from what I’ve gathered in these comments.
@@suburbanbiology Australia had a drought in the 2000's that forced these methodologies.
the amount of work from research, to construction, to video production. it's just incredible
Thank you for appreciating!
Yes, You sit atop you tank with a big Zero. Wrong, How much did it cost to build this tank and it sounds like you also need electricity to pump your water. isn't that what the city's problem's was.
Now they just have to learn to make descriptive titles instead of nonsensical click-bait bullshit titles.
It's worth it
@@shadrecklittle4774it’s probably not worth it for anyone. Your states water system will be 20x better than anything you can ever build. Also think of how much water you could get instead of building this. This probably will cost just as much in time as just using the states water
Fun fact before WW2 my Dad told me they used rain water in Holland for all their needs. South side of roof with sun and UV rays was for human drinking. North side that had some moss (slate roofs) was for animals, garden and other uses. cisterns under house had to be cleaned every few years.
Yup. Used to be you built cisterns before the house! SW US hot-dry climates.
My grandmother was still making her tea with rain water, and all other water what she boiled before use, like cooking potato's, until she died at age 97 around 3 years ago
I have a friend here in the Dayton Ohio area who rents a 120 year old house, it still has cisterns in the ground below the kitchen window. The lid is busted on one so its slightly open and i have peed in there multiple times. It is kinda sketchy standing on the lids though, so i dont do it often
@@guatf1 Go Granny-she Rocked It! Glad you had a long time with her!
Fun fact. My grandpa got captured by the japanese during world war 2. He was put in jail without food and water for weeks and only drank water from the rain pouring at the canals near the windows
Here in Bermuda every house has a concrete water tank under it and we collect rain from our roofs. We are very careful with water as we know its value. No electricity in a hurricane and we can dip buckets into the tank. Love that you are doing this.
That sounds like a brilliant and resilient infrastructure. Thanks for sharing!
I love Bermuda! How many scooters do you have at home haha? I rented one when I was there last.
I wish I was young and strong again! You must make your mom extremely proud!
1) buy suitable land
2) construct this tank so it's underground
3) build something over the top of it, planters/ grow house/ storage/ garage or living space with solar on top if possible
Heck, if it's only 10 12 feet under you could use a cheap solar pump.....not much head height needed.. not like an expensive cattle farmland deep well solar pump....
Why the hell do you have to buy land, it's naturally provided, the guys you're buying it from didn't pay for it, land is free
@@Mdksupreme1if only it was that simple😆
@@Mdksupreme1- I think, realistically, you’re paying to prevent other people from coming and taking it away from you.
I would want the water elevated. There's a reason we have water towers.
THIS! This is what UA-cam was all about and supposed to be all about. What a wonderful video. The passion for the project, the passion for the videomaking, and the passion you have towards craftin is absolutely exceptional. I loved every single second of this video. Cannot wait to see more from you!
UA-cam was supposed to beabout dating
jotit..............o
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yall was glazing
how much you pay for a water bill tho, price of his project covers 35-40 years of city water supply in my town
@@a420dro Not to mention premium land space. It's really just a rich boy's project rather than being practical.
It's good as a yt video tho'.
step 1: own land
Step one check your states restrictions on collecting rain water. Many states restrict it.
@@lisaadams474 Over here in Australia we can collect water, but we have to pay tax on it... yeh, wrap your head around that, paying tax on rain.
@@akaraven66 pure greed
@@lisaadams474 such a free country. how ironic
@@akaraven66so they own the rain ? F them
with the feed from the roof, it is good to add a slow bleed at the bottommost point, so that water drains from the system when it is not raining, to prevent legionnaires growth in the standing water in the pipes
I love how everyone in the comments adds tips to help make sure all bases are covered for your water tanks longevity. You guys are awesome😊
En France ils ont voté une loi qui interdit l'utilisation et la collecte des eau de pluie
it was cool but the exterior is a straight eyesore
@@codybersicc7939 it's not so bad imo, i feel as though if it was spruced up any more than it is now it'd create some problems with the structure itself as well as the filtration
I would install one of these, but im scared somone would steal the tank during the night.
Don't forget to bring a towel! Towlie - RIP
Its crazy that in some places collecting RAIN WATER is illegal.
In Australia it’s illegal not to collect rain water.
What absolute drivel! @@danatkins8240
Because it can mess up the local water table.
Remember water runs in a cycle, by collecting it you are removing it from that cycle. Collecting thousands of gallons of water and just holding it can cause damage to the surrounding ecosystem.
@@sgt.doughnut5918 That is the crux of the issue. Do you owe the rest of the community any of the water that falls on your land?
Personally I say that water on your land is yours, but like anything the state has a right to tax some of it. Even a high tax percentage like 50% or half the sq footage of your property must drain to the ground would still mean most rooftop setups would be perfectly fine.
Which also implies you should get a tax credit if you don't collect rainwater. After all far more rain falls on a person's property then what they actually use depending on the area. After thinking about it a bit that would be kind of complicated to implement though. You would need separate tabs for water usage, and utility (collection, filtering, pumping) usage. Someone who collects rainwater would still contribute some water to the water table, but would use none of the utilities, so the city would have to cut them a check for the water collected. Problem is there is no way to measure how much water actually made it to the water table. It's just a guesstimate based on uncollected square footage and amount of rainfall. So many other factors play into that it would never be good enough to satisfy any accountants sensibilities.
@sgt.doughnut5918 That isn't true or logical. This water would still be used by his household. It would just be stored with the public reserve.
1.3M views in 5 days shows there is a serious interest in this and that's a promising sign that people are waking up and realizing that we can't count on anyone but ourselves when things go wrong. This is a beautiful system that anyone would be proud of.
Or it could be people apreciating the comedy aspect of a delusional individual.
@@bikerfirefarter7280 You're the only negative comment I've seen scrolling down so far, so I doubt it.
$16000 + regular maintenance seems like a big investment. How many years of water bills could you pay with that money? Of course, more independence is awesome, but it sure comes at a steep price.
we dont have problems like you do in the u.s.. get rid of biden.. ausie..
@@lynth this would only pay off after like 30 years lol
So kind of like a giant above ground pool, but with metal roof and few other things sprinkled in . Sweet
Pretty much 😂
"A hedge against drought, zombies, and climate change." Man's got his priorities straight, that's for sure!
drought means no rain no rain no water
In addition, in order of probability.
@@davidbybee9930 the water in that massive tank will last long enough
and only 1of those things happen.
Living in Texas all of this is too real.
From Brazil, I congratulate your attitude and determination in building this large rainwater reservoir, because water is life and having it in abundance in a place where it rains only a few months a year is very prudent...may this attitude be multiplied each time more🙌🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷
Thank you for your support! I agree with your philosophy on water. 🙏🏼
Es fehlt dadurch allerdings den Pflanzen und Tieren vor Ort
@@benitoscheck7484nein, es wird nur das vom dach gesammelt im video
@@benitoscheck7484 so ein Blödsinn! Das hab ich oben schon einmal auf Englisch erklärt. Er sammelt das Wasser, das sonst auf sein Dach fallen und im Abfluss verschwinden würde. Noch dazu verbraucht er das Wasser und nachdem er es genutzt hat, kommt es wieder in den von euch ach so geschätzten "natürlichen" Kreislauf, der durch eine solche Anlage garantiert nicht unterbrochen wird.
Wenn wir mal bei einem Landbesitzer angekommen sind, der Hektarweise Wasserkollektoren aufstellt wie hierzulande die Bauern ihre Felder mit Photovoltaikzellen zugepflastert haben als die Subventionen hoch genug waren, DANN aber erst DANN können wir von schädlicher Wirkung auf das regionale Ökosystem reden.
I am impressed. I am a licensed plumber and know a bit about this type of system. The fact that you pulled this off is amazing. Hopefully all the views helps you on your journey. Keep it up man!
😢Leviticus 18:22 KJV
Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination. Ephesians 6:10-18 says, Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might. Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places. Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand. Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness; and your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace; above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked. And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God: praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints. The bible is no old book. You have to really let Christ open your eyes; to see the world in shambles. Many people say it's a religion to lock up people in chains, and say it's a rule book.. why? Because people hate hearing the truth, it hurts their flesh, it's hurts their pride, it's exposes on what things have they done..people love this world so much, s*x, money, power, women, supercars.. things of this world. Still trying to find something that can fill that emptiness in your heart. You can't find that in this world.. only in Christ, the bible is no chains, it's a chainbreaker. Breaking your sins into pieces... Repent now, and turn back to the true Lord only.. God bless.
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How is it being a plumber? I’m a young guy and was looking into it
coming from a person that had to take adderal for 13 years, you have amazed me my attention span is around 20 seconds and the longest ive ever watched a video was 8 minutes and you found a way to make every second of this video fascinating and exciting, thank you sincerely
Absolutely brilliant my Texas brother. We never lost power during that February freeze and our stock tanks (ponds) allowed us to flush toilets as our water coop cut off all water. I have mad respect for you and I appreciate your filming/editing/posting skills.
Thank you for saying. I appreciate your support! That was a crazy couple days. Next time will be different.
@@suburbanbiologywe lost power for a few days in NW Houston. Luckily our in-laws were a few miles away and had power. Curious observation.... you mentioned the number of gallons collected per inch of rainfall per some fixed amount of roof area. Is there any reason that you omitted the discussion of your local annual rainfall versus your household's average water consumption? This would be helpful to mention as it is the primary driver behind the overall viability of a project like this. Excellent video ! Thanks ! Also, get those gutters onto the tank roof itself, and also add the first flush bypass system that others mentioned. Later man
Awesome! I'm in South Africa and I can not understand how a government can tell you that collecting RAIN water is illegal. Dude., good luck even trying to tell people that here. I'm glad it's not illegal where you are. I, and many, many other South Africans have water tanks and/or borehole water setups. For obvious reasons.
Here in America, if the government cant tax you for it, it's illegal
@@mysticdre321 That's so bizarre, in this case especially. They've done nothing to create or provide that water, they can't; it's rain. How TF can they want to charge citizens for that? Something they had no hand in creating or supplying whatsoever
Also, If you create your own electricity, i.e., solar, the law states that you have to be on the grid. That way, they can charge you for being on the grid.
The real reason is the threat of it becoming a mosquito breeding ground. Most people don't realize this but if it's made improperly that can be a pretty big obvious problem for not just you but nearby people lol
The other reason is the potential for it to disrupt the natural cycle of rain if that makes sense. Essentially if everyone in a region where it rains *a lot* starts collecting rain water there's a potential to cause even less rain in neighboring regions with little to no rain.
Regions like South Africa however have no valid argument to not collecting rain water however. I've seen *plenty* of reason for people there to have water tanks properly installed :( it's honestly kinda sad. I still remember seeing a video about people having to take a single jug or 2 to a local pump in a *city* to collect their daily ration of water.
In otherwords if your region is dry and arid or no rainfall hardly etc In America you'd be more than allowed even encouraged or incentivized to collect rain water with tanks put together such as the one in this video.
@@mysticdre321 They're supposed to pay you if you generate enough power that it's sending more back than you're consuming. If they're charging you just for being there I'd look more into that it sounds sort of illegal.
"It's that easy" that looked insanely hard!!
and insanely expensive. Nothing "free" about this water.
@@thierryfaquet7405 definitely cheaper in the long run lol
Yes but you dont have such large water container @@thierryfaquet7405
I mean, this whole channel is bs. The entire "off-the-grid" content creation thing is a giant grift. These kinds of solutions are hugely inefficient and aren't really an option for 99.9% of people. It's hilariously impractical and just outright silly but it gets views.
18:20 for future reference you can always hold the smaller pipe that You’re trying to find the angle necessary to cut, above the large pipe and then use a pen to mark the angle from the bottom of the smaller pipe using the top of the larger pipe as a reference to keep it aligned
Only a small tip. Put a flush valve on the city water. That pipe will have stand still water and create ligionella bacteria. If you ever would need the city water you can flush the deadwater before you tap it into your house.
Keep up the good work.
Good tip. I'm curious about legionella in standing water. I scarcely recall hearing about it when copper pipes were the standard for plumbing. It may be totally unrelated or even poor observation on my part. But it seems there have been increased instances of the problem since copper pipe became less common and plastic pipe became the standard. I understand standing water being an issue and copper being somewhat antimicrobial. To me it seems plausible that the more budget friendly option may come with harder to calculate health hazards.
Town supply water is exorbitantly priced and tastes horrible. I'm lead to believe much of what it is treated with is more about protecting the delivery infrastructure than it is about the quality of water or people's well being.
Maybe he wants legionnaires disease
The underground pipe has a drain at the low point. I'm thinking of hooking up a pump do the drain port so I can pump the water into the tank if it seems a drought is coming. That way the pipe sits empty rather than full.
Prevent is better then cured.
Legionnaires' (LEE-juh-nares) disease is a serious type of pneumonia (lung infection) caused by Legionella (LEE-juh-nell-a) bacteria. People can get sick when they breathe in small droplets of water or accidently swallow water containing Legionella into the lungs.
So a flush valve of 2$ is worth?
@@suburbanbiology He means the city water between the mains pipe and the first valve you have on your city water line will become stagnant
18 years old here, im starting medschool next year but seeing these videos inspire me.
I like the idea of having my own private space to build and have my own place which shouts who I am.
Thankyou for being inspiring
doctors are needed everywhere, so you'll be able to live wherever other humans are. :)
Sorry to spoil it for you, but sooner or later you will realize that medical profession has been long hijacked by the greedy pharma cartel which now controls all med schools, so instead of teaching how to cure and reverse disease, they indoctrinate med students and train them to push synthetic drugs, which, in turn, are designed to keep patients perpetually sick and medicated. If you are truly called to help people, conventional medical training is NOT going to teach you that. Look into alternative medicine, especially pay close attention to alternative methods that are viciously attacked by mainstream medical cartel. Homeopathy is one of those modalities. I highly encourage you to look into it and study the real history of medicine (not the Rockefeller’s version of it). Hope you will make the right choice. Good luck to you!
First things first, get a good grip on reality.
Woah! Medschool @ 18?!
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Hey there. Interesting Project.
I'm a municipal engineer where we use SDR 35 PVC all the time for things. One thing I thought I'd mention is the fact it's susceptible to UV degradation. (sunlight). Being in Texas, I'm sure you get quite a bit of that ol' sunshine. You may want to cover the exposed PVC with something to keep the sunlight off it and prolong the life of the system.
Hi thanks for weighing in. I didn’t show it but all of the vertical pipes got a coat of paint to match either the house or the workshop. Hopefully that extends their life. Thanks for your support and for subscribing!
We have rainwater tanks too. We just dig PVC pipes under the ground which works because the top of the tank is still below gutter level. The PVC allows joins which weave around the front of our house. We have very fine mesh at the water entry to stop fine dirt, leaves and insects. We have a filter after the pump then further filtration at our drinking tap inside. No water bills and we can add extra tanks to the overflow as we desire.
I live next door. I drilled a hole at the bottom of the tank and hooked up a hose, and ran it into my yard. I'm saving a lot on my water bill. I water all my plants, and my kids get the hose and have water fights. This is a great product, and I highly recommend it.
WHy would you steal your neighbours water, and then admit to doing it on youtube???
lol@@poopybutthole5294
@@poopybutthole5294 joke went so far over your head i'm pretty sure that the u.s government thought it was a ufo
@@poopybutthole5294 It's a joke
It's a joke, that they are near the original poster and stealing their water.
This has been in my mind for years. To use the house we live in as a complete rain catcher complete with water cleaner. My family and everyone around me has the same mindset, a good job means you're successful and no other thing makes you a success. All the while I've had this in mind. For me to learn knowledge like this, that instead of working for someone else to make money to pay the water bills, I'd work to learn how to collect water, clean and disinfect the water, and how to harvest the water for use. Same with electricity. I don't want to work to pay the electricity bill, I want to learn how to generate, direct, and use the electricity. Not just for myself, but for my kids and for all my descendants forever. This will be massive in the next couple of years. Good on you for creating this! It looks amazing!
Self reliance is a VERY valuable thing. I wish you the best in your journey 🙏🏼 thanks for commenting!
Same. For me, self-sufficiency isn't about having enough money, it's about having everything I need for a decent life without having to toil at a soul-sucking job.
Money doesn't make me happy. It's just that money is promoted as a replacement for everything that actually makes us happy- making us more and more dependent on it. There is abundance of everything. Only lack is money- whose supply and value is controlled.
My family is the same with regard to h9w they evaluate success
Several notes from a water resources engineer:
18" of water column for a 4" pipe does not appear to be enough to scour grit from the buried pipe. You're going to loose capacity by running the pipe in surcharge over time. cleanouts should be located at each end of the underground section so that you can have it jetted when it inevitably gets clogged.
Also, the above ground portions of your pvc need to be painted to prevent UV embrittlement.
As the owner of a water storage tank company I second @alexanderx33. Guy knows what he’s talking about!
he just wasted his money on a water system,water is cheaper then electricty or gas :)))if he was a farmer and your farm is close to a dessert maybe great idea...
@@rembrandrembrand its a survivalist thing. how many people will ever need an air raid shelter built under their house in america? almost no one, some people will still demand them for the ease of mind though
@@rembrandrembrand He had clearly mentioned the reason in the video which its not Money or taxes but the scarcity of water which his family went through.
@@rembrandrembrandtell me you're a clown who judges other people's financial decisions as if they are your own, without actually telling me you're a clown who likes to judge other people's financial decisions as if they're your own.
I have a family of six. 3 loads of laundry a week. I use the washer but I hang dry the clothes. Reducing the amount of hot air release from the dryer x3 a week; Also releasing water vapor from the clothes.
If you had installed the tank underground, you could also use the tank as a geothermal heat sink where you would use the cooler underground water to cool your house and circulate it back to the tank. In the cooler season, the tank would hopefully be warmer than outside air and allow you to preheat outside air coming into the house so you could save on the heating bill as well as the cooling bill. :)
😢😢Leviticus 18:22 KJV
Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination. Ephesians 6:10-18 says, Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might. Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places. Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand. Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness; and your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace; above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked. And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God: praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints. The bible is no old book. You have to really let Christ open your eyes; to see the world in shambles. Many people say it's a religion to lock up people in chains, and say it's a rule book.. why? Because people hate hearing the truth, it hurts their flesh, it's hurts their pride, it's exposes on what things have they done..people love this world so much, s*x, money, power, women, supercars.. things of this world. Still trying to find something that can fill that emptiness in your heart. You can't find that in this world.. only in Christ, the bible is no chains, it's a chainbreaker. Breaking your sins into pieces... Repent now, and turn back to the true Lord only.. God bless.
that would be neat!
sounds logical
Maintenance though. Also pumping water from underground requires a lot more energy
Solar panel and some batteries costly but could work@@timofeifilippov9558
Nice work ! We live on an island in the Caribbean and collect water from our roofs and pipe it undergroiund to above ground concrete cisterns. Clean, safe water is going to become VERY important as the years fly by. You have done a stellar job with your system !
Thank you for your kind words and appreciation. And thanks for subscribing!
How do you ensure it's safe and clean?
This would be my preference over rain barrels and tanks. A cistern, because it's underground and you keep the top space for anything.
@@SirD1 The family has been using our cistern water for 15 years and we are 'fairly' normal. The drinking water is processed through reverse osmosis and the rest is just 5 micron whole house filter system. We used to drink out of the creek on the farm with no ill effects so I am really sure our cistern stored rain water will not harm us.
@@SirD1 You start with gutter guards to keep coarse debris out of your gutters and a first flush diverter to divert finer dust and soluble air pollution away from your tank. Then if you have someone in your household with an immune disorder or other specific health concerns, you can add further filtration and UV sanitising - but Aussies have been living on rainwater tanks for generations without even the gutter guards and first flush diverters, and we didn't get sick from it. It's a lot cleaner than creek water, and humans lived on creek water for a hundred thousand years before we started building permanent dwellings.
The fact that it is illegal to collect water that falls from the sky is insane.
It's usually cited as illegal because of "safety concerns".
All that goes out the window though, if you install and store the water correctly.
Obama Administration made it legal the Supreme Court recently reversed that legislation.
I hate to say it but in our modern world with all manner of crap in the air, rainwater is NOT an optimal source! Plus there is all kinds of crap on the roof. So unless you live far from “civilization” it’s not the best!
It's crazy and wrong the govmt don't own rain or snow lol
California actually encourages it in rural areas. The issue is the all the permits for the filtering of water as it goes inside gets quite intense. Outside water is fair game and is deemed grey common use.
Thank you for recognizing that our weather is changing and is negatively impacting all of us regardless of personal beliefs.
WARNING: Water collection like this has some restrictions depending on the state you live in so make sure you check for any before diving in. Most states do not have restrictions, but that may change in the coming years as the Colorado River dries up and water shortages become more common around the world. Cool idea though, love seeing custom jobs like this.
yeah, because they don't want you to be self sufficient.
@@gshepherd6141 I would agree with the premise that people should be able to be self sufficient and hold their own water. I would still probably go for some regulated middle ground though where you can't have Nestle opening up huge water collection systems in Nevada or something to catch millions of gallons of rain water to divert to their own use. I'm not sure the practicality of that, but I know something similar happens in Australia.
good point@@teamcoltra
Land of the free.
Ducking insane to see that, as an Australian
People like this need more praise and recognition over those who are murders and scammers
The truthfully sentence I ever saw
Amen!
For anyone thinking of doing this, my parents live exclusively on rainwater and there are quite a few expenses hidden. These are a pain to clean, you will need to keep all the water collection points (usually around the roof) clear from blockage, you will have to watch out for dead animals and birds potentially dropping into the tank and then there is ongoing cost of filters to clean the water + generators to keep it all pumping. It is also not a guaranteed source, depending on needs you may still need to get a truck out 1-2 times a year to top up the system. That will cost thousands. From what I have gathered, it seems far easier to just stay connected to the water grid, but its up to you.
It might be surprising to some people that using an infrastructure that is set up to deliver to thousands or millions of people is in the end much cheaper and more reliable then creating the same infrastructure but improvised and on a much smaller scale without proper knowledge and experts for an individual house. These projects are great for totally remote living and to create UA-cam content, but that's about it.
@@moos5221 That sums it up. living in Germany this is completely unnecessary, all big countries have so good water supply that no one ever needs to think about stuff like that.
@@moos5221 THIS
@@moos5221This is why I (living in germany) see this used very commonly for "utility water" (dont know what to actually call it), so everything except drinking or cooking. Mostly to water your plants and maybe clean stuff outside. This way, most of the infrastructure to turn it into water that is save to drink isn't required. Some filters on the gutter that are cleaned every two years is enough.
Small farmers in certain areas (Oregon, for one) are not allowed to use water for their farms. They can't grow food unless they collect water themselves.
I’m a solar representative in Texas, I’ve been in solar Sales for 8 years now and this has to be one of the best explanation and representations of how solar and Net Metering works.
Very nice, but might want to install “First Flush” Chambers off the gutters before they get to the primary inlet tubes to your tank.
If freeze should become a problem, installing a water circulation pump, preferably downstream of the filters, should give you extra buffering. The one thing missing is a quality test rig, which could be useful if ever any environmental event (Popacatapetl blowing volcanic ash your way, or a neighbour crop-dusting your roof by accident, for example) were to happen.
My worry is not the build/construction or pumps, my worry is the plans that are coming from the people in Davos. They are the reason why this is happening to the world. In their vision, the western world needs to be reset because the financial system is imploding. They want a CBDC and in order to do that, they will have to demolish everything the western world has to offer. Hens the flooding o Europe and the US with illegals, the raising of taxes, wars and the climate change agenda. The weather is being manipulated and part of the great reset that will happen before 2030 (agenda 2030) By that time you to own nothing and be happy. Everything you build in order to sustain yourself during a future crisis will be taken from you before 2030
People in Europe and the UK are waking up to this fact and finally start to realize this isn't a conspiracy theory anymore. They fight the camera's and barriers intended for cordoning off cities/districts, also known as 15 minutes cities. They want to scare us with climate change in order to trick us into giving away rights and possessions in order to "be saved" by the very people that invented the climate hoax. Around the 1500's the small "ice age" started, during the next few centuries the temperatures decreased with about 2 degrees Celsius, since the 1900's we are returning to our normal temperature (+2 degrees) this is what they like to call global warming. It's not global warming, it's a natural cyclus.
So are we (the world population) the problem?
Get this: All the people that are currently on this earth (8,045,311,447) fit inside New York City with room left for 500.000.000 more. Please go to Google and type in New York City . . . go to the map, now zoom out until you see the entire goble, you see that tiny spec, that's the space the entire world population takes up, our "carbon footprint". You still believe that the world population is the problem?
We have to stop the great reset and then we don't need water tanks anymore.
or chem-trails
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Just isolate the walls so it doesnt freeze and in order to prevent from algy and viruses use oxygen tablets and a circulation pump.
@@skybiz4520 what are you talking about? Just curious.
This knowledge alone is a business idea. I would pay good money to have this guy consult in a water tank installation.
yea and then he makes a mistake, people get sick and sue the crap out of him. He is no water resources engineer, not a chemist... and these big water reservoirs need constant control of many chemical and bacteriological aspects to run smooth. Not talking of the costs of the material, working hours, spare parts and so on.
Where I live you can only do this if you get the training and certification to have onsite water tanks and water cistern maintenance practices. And I live in Texas....so...
Thanks for doing this channel, man. You've inspired me to take a stronger approach to truly owning my property and tackling some projects in the far reaches of my ability/comfort zone. I appreciate the content!
I’m honored to have had an influence in motivating you. That is the aim of this channel. Thank you for sharing your thoughts with us all.
I want you to know, you are an epitome of humanity at its purest level. Thank you for building this and sharing. I hope you continue to make all sorts of innovations, or improvements to whats out there~ We need more people willing to share their creativity and inspire others, but just keep going, You're doing great!~
Thank you so much. I am honored by your kind words and I will try to live up to them. Thanks for your support and for being a part of this whole thing!
This is a common occurrence in Hawaii. I grew up with catchment water my entire childhood. Easily filtered and cleaned with a reverse osmosis system and a network of filters, including UV (you don't want to risk water born illnesses). I can't imagine having to pay for water... I've spent my entire life not worrying about that as a utility expense.
Most cities don't allow this and still bill you if you use no water..
I’ve spent my entire life turning on a two and having potable water. I can’t imagine having to collect and filter it.
@@patty109109 sounds like a you problem. You won't survive.
@@thedbcooperforumyea where i live they do. Even if you don’t use any electricity still you get a bill every month. Most countries are just like the mafia
@@patty109109 just so you do not care doesn't mean others do not care as well, Patts.
In India normally we harvest rain water underground below the house itself and we add those filters to the feeding pipes, so gravity does most of the work. These days it is mandatory in all new buildings to harvest rain water. But this storage above the ground is unique.
I will never forget the feeling of waking up the morning after the storm blew through and simply not believing what I was seeing outside. Certain parts of Texas get a good bit of snow every year, but not the South-East. Yet there it was, a veritable winter wonderland of sorts right outside my front door. I am still grateful that my area never lost power, because my iced out driveway made it impossible for me to drive anywhere - and yes, I tried; my car could NOT climb the slope. I ended up making a few treks with my dog over the next few days to visit family and friends while we waited on the world to thaw out. My pipes froze, because it turns out leaving them dripping a bit does NOT help with that kind of deep freeze. But fortunately I had a stock of distilled water for my CPAP machine, and I was able to haul water from a friend’s house for the pets. Met a lot of good people when I was out on my walks who were trying to help folks; fellas with jacked up trucks who could plow through anything, driving around and helping pull vehicles out of ditches and make sure everyone had what they needed. The sense of community was amazing.
Despite a busted pipe flooding my master bath once everything thawed, I still look back on the experience fondly, possibly with rose-tinted glasses.
Did you build a snowbro?
SETX keeps breaking heat records man. lmao
@@sheldondinkleberg6525 we had a remarkably mild spring and early summer. I remember talking to my Dad about it at the time and he said “we’ll pay for it come July.” Boy was he right 😂
i've never heard of leaving a faucet dripping to prevent freezing pipes, seems like having a valve open would let more cold in and cause more freezing. but i guess every situation is different. i have an idea for a water tank like in this video, but instead of only collecting rain water, it can melt snow too. maybe using excess heat from electronics or waste water
I just completed an underground cistern project for my barn, so I would have water for animal use, and also a bathroom. Burried 800 gallon tank, and use roof water for filling. Used submersible 110 volt pump, and pressure tank. Sock type filter on gutter pipe catches debri. Works great.
the amount of work u put in shows through ur video views man, this is content everybody young and old needs to see. thank u for this
You sir are the water conservator King. I live in a town where people complain if they have to reduce outdoor water usage during a dry spell. Using water we capture is a great win. Congrats on your setup. Amazing.
Thanks for your support! I appreciate it!
Very well thought out system. Appreciate the info on filter specs as I may need that if I ever plan to use my water for home drinking use.
I retired a few years back, and am a Chemical engineer, quite capable to design a system, but the accumulated info you give here is MUCH appreciated. My tank is coming to around 37,000 gallons when full. It is not nearly as complex as your system but it is not meant to completely replace my normal water source, at least not yet. My home is in a very remote island in the Philippines, and almost NOTHING is easily obtained if we cannot make it ourselves. Hence, our tank is concrete structured as we can get the blocks and cement easily here.
We have around 4000 square feet of roof draining into the tank, via two 4" PVC drains. Because our weather here has actually suffered a rather deep drought about 5 years back, we built this system as an emergency supply for times when we need to have water. Local springs, approximately 125 feet above the level of home helps when water flows naturally here, but we still require to pump it up to our home as it is about 60 feet below our house at the allowed tapping point according to the local supply folks with our local semi government administrators... It is complicated here, as is most everything.
I do fluid flow designs and system start ups on refining plants and power facilities on occasion, but am 90% retired.
Really liked the way you got the elevations set and functional. Not many folks can do that. Kudos for getting it right. We have the "upstream" end of the El Niño phenomena and it is supposed to be possible to be on the drought side this year. Hoping for the best. I will build my own filter system if it comes down to it.
Thanks for the encouragement... OH... and if you can pick your favorite fruit tree species and put the overflow pipe with a small line to near this fruit tree, it will grow at around double or triple the rate automatically without any help. Here we use it to grow up our Mahogany trees.
Being the CE you are, you do not see any long term (50 year+) issues with using Poly Vinyl Chloride for your potable water conduit?
@@MR-backup Well, actually no, not worried at all. One of the plants I ran was a plant that made EDC, the precursor to Vinyl Chloride, and shipped it across the street to a PVC production plant. There are things far more likely to be an issue than PVC. It is a very long chain polymer, that has essentially NO solubility in water. And the bad parts of PVC you have likely read about are the remnants of the VCM Vinyl Chloride. In the PVC and the way it is processed, no Vinyl is left, it is "over reacted" intentionally in the process.
Been exposed to VCM and EDC both, Arguably worse as EDC than VCM as it is more "in your face" at the plant because it is similar to gasoline as a liquid not a gas.
Be sure to paint any exposed above ground PVC. The sun (UV) will make it brittle and prone to shattering.
Can we talk about how capable this man is? 😮...
We live in Florida, NE coast. We bought a big LPG generator some years ago. It’s so nice when our electric goes out.
Bro your knowledge on the logic where the water is dirty and clean part led me to subs to you. You knowledge is important for those who are looking into this idea. Thank you.
This is really cool! You have to appreciate all the work that went into this. Love having security for your family!
Thank you for saying! And yes it's reassuring to know where the water comes from now. No more boil notices here :). Thanks for watching and for being subscribed!
@@suburbanbiology heck yeah man! All your projects are super cool. I think the first one I saw was your mass heat bench.
How do you clean water after being stored for along time .
No. Its fantastic BS. He is mistaking wishing for reality. Far too insular a mind-set to be practical. Do not be 'inspired' to follow his example. He is a self-posessed lunatic with a delusion of adequacy.
Seek out and develope your own grip of reality, don't be fooled by so-called 'professionals' or peopple like him who talk a good fight, but are delusional.
What a great thing you did there. I sent to build a 10k gallon rain water tank for my mom's house in Guatemala, it only helps for about 6 months because that's what a rainy season lasts. Other countries in the world all they have is rain water, here in the us we take for granted everything that we have.
People always seem to forget the leadership wants you to take these things for granted. If you don't you're a lot harder to control and point to narratives etc. And they also ignore there are other countries that cant thrive because those same governments/western countries won't let them unless it's under their discretion.. Other instances activists show up, build the thing, get praise for it and then leave without ever teaching the people how to maintain it, because if they do maintain it these people cant play savior, cant ask for donations for such a cause. Its really sick how selfish everything is for a few people ruling over thousands, millions and billions
The amount of effort, money, time and space this takes up is quite high, it's a good example of why we develop complex infrastructure, this type of thing is achieved much more efficiently at scale than everyone needing what is basically a water treatment plant in their yard.
Amazing video, your handyman skills are unbelievable. With what your capable of doing, I could never see you being out of work. Am in the UK, we never have any problems like you in Texas. But I have to say it again, impressive work.
Thank you very much! I appreciate your support. Thanks for commenting and for subscribing.
You know. I was excited to watch your video untill you mentioned the LeftWinger conspiracy theory about climate change.
Give me all your money so i can change the climate.
makes me wonder if your a transplant from California.
Super obvious you were talking about how its illegal to collect rain water in California. Wich is a major complaint there.
Dont get me wrong, the topic is interesting but keep that AOC/ Gretta Thunburg fear mongering to your self. @suburbanbiology
You could also get the land surveyed and get a deep water well installed. It's gonna run you around $6,000-$7,000 possibly, but it's a one and done kinda deal usually.
Edit: Here in TN there are no laws against rainwater collection, it is even encouraged by local government as it helps out the utility companies and their customers save money and water.
Yeah I was going to say a well is probably a more economical option long term. This tank option is only feasible in warmer climates. You’d need a big enough property to build it (or bury it), regular cleaning would be no small task. I’d almost recommend a first stage filter like a pool filter that allows backwash and flush to clear the bigger contaminants. It would cut down on filter replacements for sure. Would be interesting to have a full water panel test down to see how this tank system holds up after a year or so. Definitely need a filter that removes aerosol contaminates like aluminum and boron from the aerial geoengineering projects they conduct over us now (cloud seeding, etc).
Agreed, a well is a more elegant and reliable water source in most cases (although in my experience it will cost 10s of thousands of dollars at least)
It sounds like this guy lives in city limits which might mean that he isn’t allowed to drill on his property
I have been on rain water for 11 years now, in regional Queensland in Australia. Water collated from the roof goes though the many filter systems. The last filter has a cartridge, which purifies water to the quality of bottled water from the shop. To avoid problem of water standing in pipes, all gutters around the roof have a small angle to allow for the flow. It is the same for the pipes which go into the main tank and then to spare tanks below the property. Thank you for the video.
Thanks for sharing your system summary. Sounds like a well designed setup. Australia is definitely ahead of the curve from the comments I’ve seen.
Its more iasy if you dril a wáter driler hole the sub soil wáter its more clen
@@zedinislourenco most place has very small water capability. you woudnt be able to feed the whole house with them. also it can be too deep to reach the water. most very high pressure pump only works 30meter deep. some place have the water table 200meter down.
@@Francois_Dupont the price drill a wáter hole mai be the same price of recolect a wáter Rain you are wrong the wáter pomps Consum 1100w to 2500w of electricity this sistem have electricity consum
This is my first video that I watch in its entirety.... Yes I will subscribe
This was an excellent video, your attention to detail and thoroughness will definitely lead you to becoming not just a content creator who is enjoyable to watch, but as legitimate reference material for people wanting to do something similar.
Thank you for your kind words. I certainly hope that these videos will help encourage other people to have confidence in moving forward with their own projects. Thanks for your support!
Those air vents between the tank and the pump house should be closed with expanding foam or pieces of insulation you would otherwise throw out, this gives better chances for the water inside the pipes to not freeze. Great video, also you should know water in motion is harder to freeze, so a return to the tank for unused water should be considered.
do u mean - keep the water flowing at all times? not very feasible unless u have unlimited pump power. just saying. but the extra insulation idea is good to me. jmho would you perhaps be telling us how they do it in siberia or greenland, or those areas around the artic?
@@dcs4555 in the areas with low temperatures pipes are laid under the frost line (how deep the ground freezes). In Texas it is 5", however in arctic regions, it can be up to and more than 100", in those regions pipes are either buried deeper with a lot of insulation, or run insulated above ground and heated.
In areas where there's extreme cold, people are advised to keep the water running to prevent the water main from bursting. With 1 or 2 freezes a year, it seems worth it to least exhaust all options to avoid replacing pipes every time there's a freeze, which will happen more frequently and be more severe when they happen, because of global warming.
Projects like these are a much needed and pleasant break from the fast-paced world that we live in. Sometimes it's nice to slow down and to appreciate the small things in life - like water.
I agree with almost everything you said, except - water is no small thing. I guess we often take it for granted if all we have to do is turn on a tap to get good drinking water...(I live in the driest state on the driest continent in the world) ;)
@@pipfox7834hip hip😊
Your creativity and energy are unmatched! Keep making these amazing videos.
Have watched your channel for a while,awesome job on this system! You are a talented person and can see you put a lot of thought into the build process to achieve the best possible results first,then fine tune. Hats off to you.
Thank you for watching and commenting. I try to plan but always wind up fine tuning. Kind of like the 85% rule. When I think I’m 85% sure I’ve got it right I start building. I fix the remaining 15% later. Otherwise I would never start anything. Thanks for your support and for subscribing!
In the Philippines when it rains, we just ran outside and enjoy the outpour, and put out the drums to collect water - eazy peazy, zero expenditure, lol. But really this is a really nice job, wow! Thanks for sharing.
You are amazing and a very good tractor operator... everything from the design to laying the foundation and the metal work you did by yourself 😮💯...very inspiring sir 💯
There was a time when guys had a subscription to Popular Mechanics magazine.
I really appreciate the mention of safety mechanisms such as UV, reverse osmosis, and distillation to remove particulates, microorganisms, and chemicals.
As a guy who is apart of a nerdy engineering family. This is genius!
Its absolutely great for the environment too. Because the resources that we have on earth are meant to be reused in some sort of way shape or form!
+1 Subscriber buddy, hopefully your channel will reach to the moon!
"As a guy who is apart of a nerdy engineering family. This is genius!"
I suggest you revisit the definitions of 'Nerd' and 'Genius'.
And there is no 'meant to', but it is generally 'sensible to'.
it was cool but the exterior is a straight eyesore
@@codybersicc7939 It has nothing to recommend it. It is a monument to a waste of effort, money and materials.
@@bikerfirefarter7280 ...
@@bikerfirefarter7280I see nothing wrong with what he said grammatically and it’s pedantic and condescending to critique in that way. Fully agree about natural resources, however.
You'll have to watch out for freezing if you have any water left over in that valley/ditch of the sewer piping coming from your roof to your tank. I also noticed that you didn't have any visible sleeving or insulation in the buried part of your pipe which could cause freezing ground/groundwater to crack the pipe if the dirt is right up against the buried part.
With this size of a thermal mass freezing wont really be an issue with internals. Externals with a little insulation should be enough. Having said that, I'd add a few things. UV lamps to run 1 hour a day. That emits a little heat. IR lamps on a thermal switch to get a head a serious 10 day freeze or Texan glaciation.😉😉🤣🤣 An internal water heater mounted at the top of the wall above the water would recycle waste heat to the air inside. This will be helpful to melt snow off the roof which is the real weakness in this design. But in a serious snow fall you'll spend every waking hour pulling the snow off before it can accumulate. Make you tools in advance! Basically a giant squeegee!
He lives in southern Texas, he doesn’t have too much to worry about with all that thermal mass. As long as you protect it from drafts it’s not going to have much impact on things. And the frost line in that area is about 6” deep. The downspout pipes of that size will likely only ever freeze about 50% max.
It’s a different story in northern Texas, we can get -15 degree temperatures in the dead of winter due to our much higher altitude and massive wind chill effects. To do similar I would have to go down 24” below grade, put a thermal barrier in, and drain the downspouts dry each November.
@@hannibalsdiner1365 good luck with that, with extremes being more frequent lately ;)
"On February 11-20, 2021, a historical winter event occurred that set many records, including being the first billion-dollar weather disaster of that year. A deep freeze impacted parts of the continental United States (CONUS), remarkably engulfing the entire state of Texas. "
I mean this is super awesome and all, and im sure we would all love to do this. But the build cost alone of this was roughly equal to a lifetime supply of water for a small to medium home. Then you have future costs of wear and tear/maintenance/power for the pumps ect ect not to mention the difficultys when you add in freezing for the upper half of the country.
Great video. Certainly nice to see how to do it the right way. I am looking into a much smaller supplemental/emergency supply that is considerably more affordable using a 400$ pool.
Not to mention size, I know I certainly don't have the land for a tank like that, hell any tank really
I agree - my water bill annually is only $720. From the components and tools and tank, it seems it cost about 15 years of municipal water costs, including a few random plumber visits.
i feel like you guys didnt listen to the more important reason why he wanted to get his water from off grid
That's not the point. If you don't have to rely on your local government for water, you don't need to worry about outages and potential contaminants. In some areas, this is invaluable.
Water catchment system may be invaluable but my (and most peoples) bank account at this moment is very much valuable. If your goal is the water and its a dire circumstance there are much easier/cheaper ways to get that. See "dig a hole lay tarp and LifeStraw" 25$. Leaves some room for other preps, included but not limited to defending this magnificent shiny water tank. If your main goal is to make a youtube video that inspires envy, and your funding is bottomless, well the sky is clearly the limit.
As a Virgin Islander let me just say: this is the LAW in the VI. Simplistically: for every square foot of roof, you have a cubic foot of cistern. Period. The more bedrooms and stories, the bigger the cistern. 30K is NORMAL in the VI. There is NO public water, and we live within our means. I had a heart attack when I moved to the Big Island and saw someone hosing down their driveway! Water is precious! You should take a trip there to see how we do it: divided in two, guppies and frogs do a lot of the cleaning, where we place the out-take, cleaning the cisterns (which is why we have two!), checking the water, how it’s great to have your own water supply in case of hurricanes (Puerto Rico had none and suffered in Irmaria, but we were fine) how great your skin and hair feel when cleansing with rainwater, how it would solve the “stormwater runoff problem” in the States. I could go on and on. Never seen a Big Islander do this! Go visit the VI and see an entire population that lives sustainably and freely. 😊
Wonderful to see city folks doing things like this! The video is excellent, thank you for sharing the details of your system and what worked/didn´t work for you. Very helpful.
Thank you for commenting. If we could develop a system that required less metal (like a stone lined hole in the ground with a tank liner inside of it) I could imagine an infrastructure where most people have their own water supply rather than pumping it in from 20 miles away. Thanks for subscribing!
@@suburbanbiology Interestingly, cisterns were once very common.....nothing new under the sun.
Thank you for showing this.....Some people just don't understand how precious ''Liquid Gold ''is..And so many take advantage of it till there's NO MORE!!
Really cool project and I love the idea of having a sustainable independent water supply!
Something to note if anyone isn’t aware, RO filtered water lacks electrolytes and minerals that your body usually gets so it tastes pretty “dry” for lack of a better way of explaining. Magnesium sodium and calcium are often in water and what you’re tasting In spring water that distilled water lacks. You can add it back in with a special filter stage that adds trace minerals.
So RO is essentially equivalent to distilled in that manner?
@@Astroqualiarain water is distilled, all it finds on the way down is dirt and bacteria
@@ralfulrich6254
Distilled water has been liberated from dissolved or suspended solids, it will test at 0 or 1 ppm on a TDS meter. My rain water tests at 6ppm. There are also chemicals that rain water can pick up, bacteria finds it's way in to the water primarily in the tank.
@@carl8568 rain water leaves the cloud also with 0 ppm. Drinking water needs minerals it collects sinking through the ground.
@@ralfulrich6254
Regardless, you will never drink rainwater that is 0 ppm. I drank exclusively distilled water for years, and still do drink quite a bit of it. Some people have ingested it for 50-60 years- they're fine. Primarily, minerals you get from food, not water. I do occasionally put mag, potassium and river salt in my water I take to work due to my job being physical.
In NZ about 15% of all properties , particularly rural and semi rural, have plastic or concrete water tanks. Most are 25,000 or 30,000 litre, (6,000 to 7,000 imperial gallons). We are rural and have a 25,000L and 10,000L plastic tank. We have a small house with one bathroom and save all the water from the roof. We’ve only brought water 4 times in 24 years.
I'm so glad I live in a state that encourages this practice, not just ignores it!
The real test is to take the filtered water to a lab and see their results. Microplastics and PFAS can still be an issue.
thats what I was hoping to see
Let alone man made acidic rain.
This video was extremely refreshing. It's clear you took a lot of consideration with this build, and I'm appreciative that you not only showed us but explained your logic as well
I’m glad you found it informative. Thank you for commenting for subscribing!
As long as we don't take the setup costs yes free water.
We have solar power and a decent size battery and also 6 x 10 thousand poly rainwater tanks and after 10 years then it will be ''free''.
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In Australia we prefabricate these tanks and have been doing it for years. We also have blow moulded plastic tanks and just about every household in Australia has them. I’ve got 2 tanks right beside our house that hold 3000L each and in our front garden another two that hold the same and this is in a suburbia. I only use it to water the garden.
I live 500 feet from the Chesapeake bay and have well water, don't think I will ever run out. Used to spend summers on an island off the coast of Maine. We had rain barrels and such but any water you needed was brought with you because you are not drilling a water well in granite. Your system would have been paradise.
This is groovy. I live in a part of the world where we have so much water that people think twice about moving here due to the quantity of rainfall. Even so, this is really interesting to watch and a good bit of knowledge to keep filed away in the back of my mind in case I ever end up in a more arid location. Cheers friend.
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Thank you for showing us your journey on this beautiful water system you've created. Shows us the important of water and how much we don't value it when we are in abundance, but when tragic events happen like yours, it really shows us the importance! Thank you again!