Rainwater collected directly from the sky, meaning not collected from any surface such as a roof, can be pure, safe water that is okay to drink. On the other hand, rainwater that has first flowed over a surface can pick up contaminants and debris from animals, plants, and remains which can contain pathogens. Pathogens are… [Read More]
Archives for March 2023
Rain Tanks | Components of a Successful Rainwater Harvesting System
It doesn’t take much to successfully harvest rainwater that is suitable for use around a home or property to water the landscape. At its most simple, all that’s needed for rainwater harvesting is a good surface to catch rain from, a container, and a means to channel rainwater to that container. But by adding a… [Read More]
Rain Tanks | Plastic vs Steel Rainwater Harvesting Tanks
With an increasing awareness on climate change, human environmental impacts, and the need to contribute as part of the solution to water conservation and worldwide sustainability, the practice of rainwater harvesting has seen an increase in public awareness and use among individuals, organizations, farms, and businesses. Along with this increased awareness has risen the question… [Read More]
Rain Tanks | Rainwater Harvesting for Potable Water
Method, Equipment, and Guidelines for Treating Rainwater to Potable Water Initial Quality of Rainwater Water in the atmosphere as it falls as rain is slightly acidic, pure water. Rainwater is surface water from the earth that has undergone a natural distillation process that purifies and removes other elements, chemicals, or contaminants. Contamination, or dirtying, of… [Read More]
How to Clean a Marine Holding Tank
Bottom line, if you are a boat owner with an on-deck toilet that gets used, proper upkeep of the marine holding tank is an important and necessary job. Whenever maintenance is regularly performed, it will make less work of this least pleasant of tasks, because as with many things, the longer you leave something, the… [Read More]
Rain Tanks | Tank Definitions
In rainwater harvesting, a rain catchment system and tank are each made with a select set of parts, equipment, and accessories. In this Rain Tanks Series: Tank Definitions, we will look at and define the different parts of a standard rainwater collection tank. This post will focus primarily on vertical, above ground polyethylene storage tanks,… [Read More]
Rain Tanks | Rainwater Harvesting 101
To define rainwater harvesting: rainwater harvesting is the practice of capturing rainfall and using it as an alternative water source for water-requiring activities around or inside a property. In this Rain Tanks Series: Rainwater Harvesting 101, we will look at a nearly inclusive overview of the rainwater harvesting practice, definition of terms, regularly used equipment,… [Read More]