When practicing rainwater harvesting, ensuring consistent, optimal water quality is always ideal. In some applications, such as indoor uses or providing water for animals such as livestock, it is a requirement. Maintaining a steady, high quality rainwater supply will improve the overall health of the system, reduce maintenance needs, and ensure water of the right… [Read More]
Rain Tanks
Rain Tanks | How to Install a Rainwater Tank
Overview of Why Proper Installation is Important A common question asked by people who are new to rain harvesting is how to install a rainwater tank and whether a rain tank requires a prepared foundation base or if it can simply be put on the ground. This is an important question as it ties into… [Read More]
Rain Tanks | Using a Rainwater Harvesting System for Livestock
Rainwater harvesting is the practice of collecting the precipitation that regularly falls on a property for its use as an alternative or supplemental water source and supply in water-requiring activities. In this post, livestock is used to mean all manner of cattle, poultry, swine, sheep, goats, and horses. Installing and using a rainwater harvesting system… [Read More]
Rain Tanks | Why Should I Not Drink Rainwater (Before Treating It)?
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]
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]