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Solar Panel Sorta Spin off: Does anyone have a cistern on their house?
Posted on 4/20/14 at 9:28 am
Posted on 4/20/14 at 9:28 am
How effective are these at saving water if you do have one? Been thinking about installing one on my mom's house. She does a lot of gardening so I think that it would benefit her.
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Posted on 4/20/14 at 9:30 am to jmarto1
my grandpa has one for his garden. that's all he uses to water.
Posted on 4/20/14 at 9:31 am to jmarto1
Small fact: cisterns are illegal in some states.
Weird, huh?
Weird, huh?
Posted on 4/20/14 at 9:33 am to VetteGuy
I planned on doing a complete catch water system on my new cabin(till I switched land last second and ended up having city hookups already on the property, so I'm sticking with it for now). I still plan on using all catch water for my greenhouse/aquaponics setup.
Posted on 4/20/14 at 9:35 am to VetteGuy
Did not know that. We had a cistern on our villa in St. Croix. It is a way of life because getting water trucked to your place is expensive. Luckily I grew up in the desert of Las Vegas and you get hammered with energy and water conservation every year in school when I was there.
Posted on 4/20/14 at 9:39 am to jmarto1
It's all about water rights and stuff like that. A lot of western states are making them illegal.
Just find it odd that the law can control rainwater.
Just find it odd that the law can control rainwater.
Posted on 4/20/14 at 9:48 am to jmarto1
those 275 gal plastic totes with the aluminum frames make great cisterns, have 2 of them at my camp. Put them on a platform so they will gravity drain, paint the plastic so algae won't grow
That with a small propane rv type hot water heater and we have all the water we need
That with a small propane rv type hot water heater and we have all the water we need
Posted on 4/20/14 at 9:49 am to VetteGuy
IIRC, in Nevada the ranchers control a lot of the water. The way the law was laid out, if you controlled the source you controlled the water. Something like that at least. It is all about politicians and their friends making money. You should be able to collect rainwater if you want.
Posted on 4/20/14 at 9:54 am to jmarto1
We are building on an island and have a well for water. Daily production is a 250 gal. Minimum, but we want plenty in reserve for the times when we have lots of guests and family. We will have a 2,500 gal cistern fordrinking water from the well and a 250 gal rain catchment cistern for the garden.
Posted on 4/20/14 at 11:27 am to jmarto1
No, seems like too much work to save around $10 a month.
Posted on 4/20/14 at 11:47 am to jmarto1
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We had a cistern on our villa in St. Croix.
OT baller.
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