Water catchment system diy rainwater harvesting

Capture precious runoff in catch basins, barrels, and cisterns

Educational DIY Rainwater Collection System - All You Need to Know shows a rainwater system I put in this past weekend for catching water.

Some posts may contain affiliate links. Filter Rainwater Right in the Barrel as it Was Done a Hundred Years Ago! Graphic: Household-Discoveries-and-Mrs.-Curtis’s-Cookbook New isn't always better! Some of the methods of the past work as well as do the more modern and more expensive methods of today! Now, when it comes to the safety of ...

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

Using harvested rainwater is a popular frugal tactic for obvious reasons: rainwater is free, easy to collect, and abundant. However, it is always a good idea to filter rainwater first since it may have harmful contaminants. No need to fork out cash for an expensive commercial system though. Instead, check out this cool tutorial on Instructables.com for a homemade water treatment train. While

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

Want to collect rainwater at home and save money on water? Build one of these rainwater harvesting systems at home with barrels or tanks.

This Really Large Rainwater Harvesting System a How To Post goes over a system to collect rainwater from the roof of my garage and filter it.

How to Build a Rain Barrel. This could catch the rainwater off a greenhouse or shed.: