Rainwater Collection System Part 1: Intro
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- Опубліковано 23 тра 2011
- You can't live without water. A rainwater collection system or collection system is a great way to collect and store water. This is the first of several videos on how I am doing our rainwater collection system. Make sure you watch all the videos in the series for step-by-step instructions.
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Just finished a four tote system for my suburban home. Your videos made the build out go very smooth. I just wanted to say thank you for taking the time.
I'm watching these videos again because I am getting ready to work on my rain collection system and I wanted to steal your second flush idea. I am blown away by how much your yard has changed in less than a year. Remember when you were thinking about getting a pool? I think you made the right choice. Your garden looks great now and will feed your family forever. P.S. L.O.C. ROCKS!!!!!! I have never found a better organic cleaner.
Thanks for the info on all of your topics. I used your set up as guideline for mine as many people have done. I still have a filter problem to work out as my tanks are about 2 inches below the gutter line. I do have the first flush installed too. I have my two tanks stacked in my garage and have had them full for months with no issues. Thank you again for the time and effort you put into sharing this.
i live in southern WV, we get cold (-25) nights in Jan but normally around 0-20 most winter nights, i have not have my bust, the water does freeze inside of them, also make sure they are in direct sunlight during most of the day. I hope that helps! cheers -SirJustyn
Thanks LDS Prepper. My entertainment during the winter was to scour youtube for rainwater reclamation systems. Your 8 part video really got me started. We just installed our first two IBC's this afternoon...on our way to six. Your tip about stretching the black plastic around the top opening is very cool. Thanks again. I have found every one of your posts (I have watched) to be helpful and encouraging.
You inspired me with your water system and I built my own!! Thanks!
Yes. I wrapped mine in black plastic because I didn't want to paint them. It has worked great.
I love your garden!
Awesome! Thanks for sharing.
great find and great idea for the containers
wow you are awesome i wish i was able to purchase some of these things to be ready for emergencies. you are definitely not lazy
Actually, here in Texas, you paint them a dark color to block out the sun, then paint them white again to keep the water cool. You don't want 100+ degree water sprayed on you plants.
That is why I wrapped mine in black plastic. It has worked great.
Thank you very much for sharing. Several people have asked about the freezing.
Thanks for this video series!! I just completed a 2 container setup very similar to yours, but just used one three inch flush tube. I have a T above that flush tube, and have window screen keeping any junk from getting in the containers, so it falls into the flush tube. I would not have been able to complete this project without your instructions here!! Here is a link to pictures of my setup. Hopefully this will save on our water bill which has been 100 per month lately.
i love your garden bro
Love your channel and ALL your videos!! You have inspired me to start the MGM and also install a RCS below my deck this summer during a replacement. My question deal with capacity and how many IBCs I should design for. We are a family of 6 so I plan for a gallon/person a day for preparedness, but I am not sure how many gallons per day are needed per 4x20 grow box if I am using the same source for collection and irrigation. Thanks again and KEEP THE VIDEOS COMING!!!
Two thumbs up! We use the same container to catch rainwater from the roof.
LDSPrepper, thanks for your videos. I've learned a lot and they are great because I can re-play them to recall what I've forgotten.
I was looking through the comments to see what you and others were saying about the possibility of freezing and PVC pipes bursting, etc. because I live in Northern Utah. Seems like it would be a pain to have to drain/disconnect each fall. Now that you have been at it for awhile, do you or others have further thoughts on the "freezing" issue? Is it even an issue?
Please respond soon!
Thanks
Yup, I love the great nation, um, state of Texas too. :)
Interesting 🤔 good points on stackability. I have rain barrels and I had to build a structure to house 3 barrels.. I could easily stack these
I'm just discovering your channel and am so thankful. will you please tell me where you got those beautiful raised garden beds and the screens on top. Thanks so much!
@dafrogtoad I'm definitely going to be covering them. I'm going to use black plastic.
@coltrump Great suggestion. Thank goodness my neighbors have put in swimming pools. I think those are more susceptible to "snatch and grab".
Your raised beds look impressive. Do you have a tutorial?
Could you do a vid on how to open the bottom valve on the tote? After having purchased one to start my water collection system, I don't want to destroy the valve trying to remove the small metal plate under the plastic cover. I don't know if it pops , pryes, or unscrews off of there. I think the tote was emptied with a pump from the top with the valve never opened and it held cooking oil. There is approx 2 gal oil left in the tote and I need to get the valve open before the rainy season ends.
Thank I am going to start mine
Since the totes let sunlight through them, how will you stop mold and bacteria growth? Also is the plastic UV resistant?
Good point. Rain water storage may or may not be legal in your state. So depending what the laws are you could be just fine. I know I am.
@jonlegrange You are 100% correct. Please watch all the videos in this playlist to see how I covered them and setup the systems.
What is the psi of the water coming out of the cube? Have you tested it? I ask because my irrigation system has to be pressurized.
LDS Prepper, I love you Rainwater Collection System. I was wondering if there is any triangle with a number inside it on them anywhere to signify if the plastic is BPA Free. Hoping it has one of those on it somewhere and it's a safe plastic that won't leach chemicals into the water. Thanks! Great ideas! We are going to be ordering our Berkey Water System in a few days. Thanks to your comparison water filtration systems video as that made the decision easy on which system to buy. We had well water and our city just decided to chlorinate and I can smell and taste the chlorine. No way do we want to drink it! I am thinking we should get the 6 gallon Berkey, as we'll probably use that much in cooking and drinking for a family of 4, but I am concerned about size. Which size Berkey do you have?
There was a little settling in the first year but barely noticeable. I was looking for it so I did notice but nothing at all to be concerned about.
LOL, Wow ! its up to 95,000 this morning .You Texasans are awesome!
Blessings to you
where did you get your liquid organic cleaner? Did you use a particular brand and could you clarify exactly how much you used for one 275 gallon tote? Thanks.
@elanapetrovich Excellent. What do you use the water for and do you have algae growing in the totes?
I too use IBC Totes for my main water storage at my country property They work great and fit well in a small pickup, but full they weigh around 1900lbs.
thanks much!
blessings
I love watching your videos, have you ever considered packaging and selling them , Incase UA-cam gets stupid and bans them?
You did an awesome job with your rainwater collection system. Please post your video as a video response here so others will see your video. Your bees look great too.
Thank's for all the imfo,
I probably wouldn't use totes for drinking water that had antifreeze in them. I'd keep looking. Once you find them you'll find they are everywhere.
Just getting ready to start building my system and really excited to find you here. I'm concerned about the stability of the concrete blocks over time. With all that weight have you had any movement?
@MonicaLeader On CL I search for "55 gallon" or "275 tote". I don't look in any category, just "for sale".
Did you have to put a metal roof so to have cleaner water? Because most of these shingles roofs have petroleum in them??
@dgerps I'm putting a first flush system on mine to help eliminate some of the initial debris going into the totes.
If that is the case with the totes you have I'd use different ones. All the totes I have seen are made to stack three high while full. It is a lot of weight but they are designed to hold that weight so it is no problem.
@pkbjorn35 Great question. You can store water in the sun as long as the sun doesn't get into the water. That will cause algae. By covering it with black plastic we avoid that problem.
@mcb476 You are correct. Please watch the other videos in this series to see how I address that issue.
Yes, some states do regulate rainwater capture. I just read an article last week where a man is spending a few months in jail for that in Utah. My totes are out of site from the street so it doesn't look like I'm storing chemicals.
Hi LDSPrepper, thank you for your fantastic videos. I have two questions for you...all the way around my house is roughly 57 inches from the house to the fence. Given that the totes are 48 inches in depth, do you think it can work? After watching your videos, I think it will, but I haven’t seen them placed in front of the wall. Can two people lift them up? How much do they weigh when empty ? 275 gallon? 330 gallon?
Where can you get these 275 gal tanks? I need at least 4 here. We get tons of monsoon rain, in the summer but near-nothing in the Spring and Fall.
do you need a plumber to hook up the rainwater to inside your house??
I'm in Houston. I wrapped mine in black plastic and have never had hot water come out of them.
Have you considered filter with cache basin for debris?
The totes I purchased did not have poisons in them. I hope the ones you buy don't either. Mine had sweeter in them.
In some states like Utah and in some countries like Israel. It is not illegal in Texas where I am. And is legal in most states and countries.
I installed your system 2+ years ago. Posted on various FB pages. Thought I'd ask.
RAINWATER ... and parasites. How to treat? Flush? .... I found two (2) short (1/2-inch), active, RED-dish worms in a rainwater collection system. Didn't take a picture but they look more or less like below but were shorter, possibly indicating a new infestation. It is summer so hotter. Still, have never noticed before.
I installed the system in 2019 and have never flushed it. These are 2X 275 gal IBC's wrapped in black plastic. There are 2 unconnected sets like this. (550x2) In 2019-2020 I used the water for cooking for an entire year, no problems.
I've been watering animals from this system for several years, and I look each day when flushing out a 5 gal food-grade bucket to water animals. I've never before seen the worms but have never seen any ill effects. Today I flushed the bucket 2X and still found parasites each time. I watered using city tap water today.
QUESTIONS:
1) Do I dump and treat the whole every 6 months?
2) Do I take out 5, 10, or 50 gals, treat and then consume for a day, or week, keeping several systems, one treated, one being treated?
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Thanks LDS Prepper. Where can I buy those tots can?
I've come across some of these on Craiglist like you said, but they mentioned they were used to store fluoride. I thought straight fluoride wasn't safe for human consumption. So what would be good to use to clean them if I get them to make sure that there is no fluoride residue or should I avoid using them?
Excellent video...Love the idea. I was told at the prepper’s conf that blue or black help keep the sun out so it won’t grow algae and other stuff. Are you going to paint them our use chemicals?
One of them weighs 1,925 pounds I’m wondering how safe it is to stack ?
Could you put something like an aquarium heater in there to keep the water from freezing in the winter?
How many totes can stack vertically?
Seems like it would be wise to put even the totes, up on blocks or a concrete pad, as a footing, because the concentrated weight of a stack of totes full of water, can sink into the ground unevenly, destabilizing the stack, and possibly make the bottom spigot unusable, over time.
I guess it depends on how much water you start with and how much you can capture when it rains. Typically it rains 4" a month here in Houston. In the drought it rained on average 1" a month. I can capture over 1,600 gallons of water with just 1" of rain. We never ran out of water during the drought using this system.
@moparmanpete Almost a ton a piece. I was very aware of the weight issue when I first started researching. I have seen many stacked tote videos and they all work great. I am putting mine on cinder blocks to disperse the weight on the ground.
I'm very surprised your blocks didn't cut into the ground the first night. You must not have much clay soil there.
I love texas !. I was just over looking at the numbers of states looking to secede from the union. In a 4 day period texas has over 77,000 signers! I would imagine Texas will most likely have a few hundred thousand signers by Dec. 10th . Every time I look there are more & more states putting in petitions to secede from the union .pretty incredible!
blessings ~
It is an interesting thought but I don't see any way of connecting them. Once the top one is inverted there is no room to work between them.
LDS have you ever looked into one of these Atmospheric water generators
@laaayon We did just that. Watch my Garden from a Tree video to see what we did.
Duane, where do you get the totes and barrels from? I am looking in the San Antonio area, might have to go outside of the area to find them.
what exactly do you search for to find them in your local area? and what did you pay for them?
I feel that it best so I got to get a pressure washer rain barrels are legal in Maryland the run off thing ... just some water base glue in it at the bottom I still will pump run off from the ground tho
Wow! Pretty neat. I get the plastic barrels for free, but I can also get the totes for free.
I will have to check into it. I am concerned that algae may grow in it easily.
Hi,
great videos. My question is, what happens if the water freezes in winter/ Will it burst the containers
Blessings~
Aquaponics would fix water issues.
and give you more food to eat
But tasteless and uses chemicals, most of the times. Can't beat growing in soil.
Do you have a steel roof? I have tested my rain run-off and there is bleeb off from the asphalt shingles...we use cheap plastic sheeting and a dedicated gutter on a section of house...I don't know if you plan on drinking the water or filtering it.
i noticed you moved from this location to idaho---great decision
Jeff Thompson Thank you. We absolutely love it here in Idaho. As you may know we are not off-grid and living in the country not city any longer.
@Itaintnutn I'm going to cover them with black 6 mil plastic.
Hey LDSPrepper i'm looking to downsize and live off the grid and was wondering where u got those containers? plz answer!
Do you have your own bee keeps? I thought I saw those on the right as you were walking back to where you started.
@CountryGirlChronicle Congratulations. Unfortunately don't have a parts list. I recommend making a drawing of the system you want and taking it to home depot and get some help from the plumbing department. I'm sorry I couldn't be of more help.
LDSPREPPER. Have you done anything with grey water collecting?
What is the brand name on the LIQUID ORGANIC CLEANER & where can or did you purchase it from...Home Depot, Ace, Lowes don't sell it
craigslist in my neck of the woods suck.....I believe you got lucky indeed. I did get 6 55 gallon drums for free, so I got lucky there... =-)
Amway, the name of the product is LOC (Liquid Organic Cleaner).
Just thought I'd mention that apparently in some states it's illegal/restricted to harvest rainwater. After watching these videos we found someone selling the tanks and bought two to start, then talked to a friend and found out in our state (UT) they made it Legal to harvest rainwater in 2010, but restricted it to only two 100 gallon above ground storage containers (and one 2500 below ground storage).
where did you get those tanks from ?
Dosnt the 1000 liters "drums" need to stay away from the sun if you gonna store water in em?
@LDSPrepper What section of CL would you find them and what are they called for those of us looking on CL in other States/Locations Great prepper video
were do you get those totes???
If a container that is 4'x4x4' freezes then, yes, you'll need to drain it.
@MonicaLeader look for 55 gallon drums most people sell both kinds
Hmmm... are those for potable water (food grade)?
LDSPrepper You mentioned those tanks were used for something previous, but you didn't mention where you got them. I've seen some online but new ones are a bit out of my price range. I was hoping you knew of a place that you could get them used.
Thanks.
+velishan1 He said he got them off of Craig's List.
+Zac M Thanks, Zac.
+Zac M That's pretty impressive, Zac. I probably won't add the nutrients in mine as I want to also have a backup supply of water. Just saw some of those totes on craigs list in my area for about $100 and they are FDA approved and haven't been used for storing stuff that would make them unusable for drinking water storage. Obviously I'll also be running any water I need to drink through a filter after getting them out because I'll be using this as a rain gutter catch too.
Nice
If you are in a drought, then you don't have rain water enough to fill much. I know because I was raised in Nebraska & South Dakota where we had cysterns and water must be hauled in to fill them much of the time. And water has to be hauled in even when rainfall is normal.
I don't know. I live in sunny Houston, Texas.
Lol! Came in handy a few times, didn't it??!!
Try looking for "IBC Totes".
I assume you are going to cover them somehow?...Dunno about where YOU are, but here the sun would turn those into a HUGE perti dish pretty quick...Yeah, I had it happen. Also, on some plastics..the UV is pretty detrimental...thoughts?