how to catch water from rain, with little investment on plastic barrel, concrete fundation,downspouts, pvc plumbing, you can catch water for your plants .
under those rocks there is filter, like the ones you use for fish pond filter, the rocks holds the filter down when overflows and debris flot and continues its way out . I got it all finish now and it works beautiful . thanks for yur comments
A guy near where I live sells barrels for $15 ea. They are food barrels. Most contained soy sauce or cooking wine. Look for places that make packaged or canned food. They will receive many of their ingredients in food grade drums and may sell them to you cheap. I've also heard that soda bottlers sometimes sell their syrup drums too.
I like the filter idea, not sure of laying the barrels down on top of each other in the event they shift. I have seen your second video (Ironically seen it first). Nice job!
GOOD system, good job. I really like that fence too. A system like that would help me feel a little more secure, but I think you should also work on a SOLAR electrical system with battery backup, 12, 24 or 48 volt appliances, an inverter that will power things that can't be powered from DC, appliances that can run from either 120 VAC or natural gas or propane, a propane grill for outdoor cooking, a well, chickens for eggs, an indoor wood stove, grow sprouts, an herb garden and veggie garden.
lol lot of water i like the gravel filter only part i do not like is how they are all connected to that spout i would have it so all the water eventually goes to the last barrel just to make sure it all get cycled out eventually for new water but nice system none the less
“What a great genius this water is! It has thousands of different beautiful faces: It is a rainbow, an ocean, a lake, an iceberg, a waterfall, a river, a drop, a fog… What a great genius this water is!” ― Mehmet Murat ildan
Definitely like your system best of all I have seen. However, the overflow on the end should not be back against your foundation. It should be away from the foundation so it does not cause damage. GREAT WORK !!!
What type of roof do you have? Beware of harvesting rain off of old tar-paper roofs that can leach toxins into the water and make it unsuitable for use in vegetable gardens. I believe that you're safe if you have a metal, vinyl or terra-cotta roofing. Cool system overall!
The Philadelphia Water Department put out a small 3 fold flyer once that stated that on 2 specific day about 2 1/2 years apart the average "rowhome" in Philadelphia dispersed about 1300 gallons of rainwater through it's gutter system down into the street sewer system. 1300 gallons is equivalent to 23.6...55 gallon drums. And that's all great and all...but where could the average rowhome store 23 drums that are each 55 gallons in size?
Having a top row barrels is confusing - they do not appear to be part of the collection system. You don't have an overflow system in place that is why all that water is overflowing at the drain box. I would suggest a plastic straight thru, 1/4 turn ball valve instead of a brass goose neck. Good first try
Dear Dagobertoposada, I love this system you have presented here. Quick Questions: How do you keep the excess water from deteriorating the wall /stucco? Has the property experienced any foundational problems where the water soaks the wall? How much rain do you need to fill up your barrels? :)
I noticed one of your main pipes leaking. Why? Also, do you think the water would be potable if your rood were a different material, or would you still have to worry about algae, etc? Nice set-up. Really. I liked your second video, too. I am looking forward to doing this for garden. Thank you for posting. I think it's great that you expanded. With a nice filter, you can probably have enough to shower with, too.
Well, using a gravel filter on the input should remove some of the trash along with the first flush. For myself am thinking of using the water for an off grid so am going to have to filter it a great deal more. Initial water storage > slow sand/gravel filter > long term storage via a pump to 275 gal totes. Of course I would have to filter some more for uses for drinking. Am even thinking about an underground storage tank so I can empty the totes to it for the weather or if I have too much water so the system can accept more.
I'm guessing the smaller pipe is there to vent air and excess water from the barrels, and since they're filled to capacity, the extra water is just discharging from that little vertical pipe section.
Fantastic system. Simple but effective, would be interested to know the pressure you get from outlet tap? I am a plumber looking at ways to design harvest systems in domestic homes and this is one of the best so far well done.
Great catch system. I see you have a leaf filter but no first flush system. If you were to do it again would you add a first flush system? I think it would be easy to add and it would almost completely remove sediment and dirt that are washed into the containment system with the first rain. What do you think?
When was the system installed. When are the months that the barrels have no water? What is the main use for the rain water. Thank you so much for posting. Greetings from the Philippines.
What is the bucket for where the drain spout drains into prior the pvc? Is it filled with rock/gravel? Purpose to filter out sentiment / debris prior to going into barrels? I have some big trees that drop lots of nuts and small debris on my roof and am wondering about how the best way to prevent junk getting into the system. thanks for the response!
But even the city itself would be hard pressed to come up with that kind of money. Then figure that Philadelphia alone has more than 25,000 occupied rowhomes across the entire expanse of the city.
Thanks for this and the following video you did on rain water harvesting - they're both awesome systems! I had a question: the blue barrels that I have can accommodate a 3/4 pvc pipe on the INSIDE of the plug, but the plug itself has very wide threads that don't seem to be compatible with the PVC fittings I'm looking at. Did you have the same type of threads, and if so what fittings did you use to replace the plug and hook up 2-3 PVC to it?
I heard to look for food warehouses that they may have barrels ,Pepsi cola, used too but not anymore ,pickle plants have them ,but they are not near me that I know of
I don't understand two things. No first filter and seems you draft from top of barrels? Or what is top line feeding into home for? I drew up plans for top feed, daisy chained with bottom draft. Thanks for video.
as long as it's being sourced from the roof the hydrostatic head of the water will force it into the barrels. water towers work on the same principle, they're filled with water and are roughly 10 stories high (100 ft), so residential homes get approximately 43 psi water pressure to the tap. (water = 0.433 psi / ft)
+Kenneth Taylor Yes, it is all in filtering and processing. running the water through a 1 micron filter will remove bacteria but not viruses. You would need I believe a .43 micron filter for that and would want a UV sterilizer to be safe. Im building a system that will actually tie into my city water and pump in rain water when available. never loose water and not have to maintain switching anything. My system will not back feed the city water, but supply the majority of the water for my demands.
Can anyone with knowledge of water storage help me? If I wanted a system like this to use for water storage needs (drinking, bathing, etc) would the water be okay outside all year long? Also it regularly gets below freezing where I live. This is only a couple months out of the year and not the entire time. Usually at night.
+CCumby007 you could try building a hoop house and placing your system in it. this would work like a green house and keep the barrels warmer than if they were not covered at all.
trump fixed it with the phony "clean water act" nonsense. he removed that bill --- so gov will stop bothering people. now only those weird states ban such a thing :)
overflow line was not finished at that time, top row of barrel is not connected,. I have not decided to install it due to the chance of an earthquake, here in southern California
Have you had or heard of ANY problems with the plastic barrels splitting or leaking because they are stacked on their sides? I'm starting my system and want to lay them on their sides but one video I saw said the barrels split. .
couple of idea's to help out here; plastic heated swells and contracts with cold/winter freezing - the plastic/rubber could bust; so they need to be out of the sun and bad weather;
Great set up you have there, the only thing is that overflow is a bit close to the house, looks like it might cause damage if it freezes in winter or something.
Very awesome setup... Would be helpful if you either explained what you did as you filmed or put in details on fittings / materials in your info area so people could replicate this. Kudos on the really nicely done system.
under those rocks there is filter, like the ones you use for fish pond filter, the rocks holds the filter down when overflows and debris flot and continues its way out . I got it all finish now and it works beautiful . thanks for yur comments
A guy near where I live sells barrels for $15 ea. They are food barrels. Most contained soy sauce or cooking wine. Look for places that make packaged or canned food. They will receive many of their ingredients in food grade drums and may sell them to you cheap. I've also heard that soda bottlers sometimes sell their syrup drums too.
You talking about IBC totes ?
Dude thats badass. Didnt care about something like this until i started gardening. Looks like a fun project :)
This is a great idea thanks. I think i will hide mine though people can be jerks.
I like the filter idea, not sure of laying the barrels down on top of each other in the event they shift. I have seen your second video (Ironically seen it first). Nice job!
GOOD system, good job. I really like that fence too. A system like that would help me feel a little more secure, but I think you should also work on a SOLAR electrical system with battery backup, 12, 24 or 48 volt appliances, an inverter that will power things that can't be powered from DC, appliances that can run from either 120 VAC or natural gas or propane, a propane grill for outdoor cooking, a well, chickens for eggs, an indoor wood stove, grow sprouts, an herb garden and veggie garden.
i love your filter system!
lol lot of water i like the gravel filter only part i do not like is how they are all connected to that spout i would have it so all the water eventually goes to the last barrel just to make sure it all get cycled out eventually for new water but nice system none the less
I would substitute the hose bib for a full port ball valve. you'll get more volume rather a trickle.
Nice. I have to make something like that maybe this summer time. The overflow seems a bit much. You could made that smaller and hide it.
Thanks Bottmlands , I will check it out but its winter now here in Pittsburgh PA ,not a lot a rain till spring ,Happy holidays
“What a great genius this water is!
It has thousands of different beautiful faces:
It is a rainbow, an ocean, a lake, an iceberg, a waterfall, a river, a drop, a fog…
What a great genius this water is!”
― Mehmet Murat ildan
I feel for your foundation. Good job, but you really need to divert the overflow a foot or two away from the house.
Definitely like your system best of all I have seen. However, the overflow on the end should not be back against your foundation. It should be away from the foundation so it does not cause damage. GREAT WORK !!!
What type of roof do you have? Beware of harvesting rain off of old tar-paper roofs that can leach toxins into the water and make it unsuitable for use in vegetable gardens. I believe that you're safe if you have a metal, vinyl or terra-cotta roofing. Cool system overall!
The Philadelphia Water Department put out a small 3 fold flyer once that stated that on 2 specific day about 2 1/2 years apart the average "rowhome" in Philadelphia dispersed about 1300 gallons of rainwater through it's gutter system down into the street sewer system.
1300 gallons is equivalent to 23.6...55 gallon drums.
And that's all great and all...but where could the average rowhome store 23 drums that are each 55 gallons in size?
very nice it is full
Add a bio-sand filter and you can use this for your drinking supply. This is what I want to do, live off the grid.
fantastic set up, thanks for video.
Can u make a video on how u connected the pvc to the open of the blue barrel?
Nice .. thanks for sharing this with us.. really appreciated..
More Important can I find a trully good woman to share my life with ,I need this more than water or the air I breath ,no one should be alone !
@georgedonnelly it was raining, barrel where full and was overflowing, was not finish anyway. now works very good.
could you do a video showing how you connected each barrel to eachother? maybe give the sizes of pvc you used. GREAT video
FYI, when you bath/wash with rainwater, you need way way less soap/shampoo, and your hair will be sooomuch softer:)
I think your filtering method was an awesome thought. That's seems to be a forgotten method.
0:39 - Is that fitting leaking?
Having a top row barrels is confusing - they do not appear to be part of the collection system. You don't have an overflow system in place that is why all that water is overflowing at the drain box. I would suggest a plastic straight thru, 1/4 turn ball valve instead of a brass goose neck. Good first try
very good and nice dog
Dear Dagobertoposada,
I love this system you have presented here.
Quick Questions:
How do you keep the excess water from deteriorating the wall /stucco?
Has the property experienced any foundational problems where the water soaks the wall?
How much rain do you need to fill up your barrels?
:)
Unreal how simple...thanks!
I noticed one of your main pipes leaking. Why? Also, do you think the water would be potable if your rood were a different material, or would you still have to worry about algae, etc?
Nice set-up. Really. I liked your second video, too. I am looking forward to doing this for garden. Thank you for posting. I think it's great that you expanded. With a nice filter, you can probably have enough to shower with, too.
You've done it now Watson!
Well, using a gravel filter on the input should remove some of the trash along with the first flush. For myself am thinking of using the water for an off grid so am going to have to filter it a great deal more. Initial water storage > slow sand/gravel filter > long term storage via a pump to 275 gal totes. Of course I would have to filter some more for uses for drinking. Am even thinking about an underground storage tank so I can empty the totes to it for the weather or if I have too much water so the system can accept more.
I would have that smaller overflow pipe exit away from the structure, to minimize the potential for water damage.
I'm guessing the smaller pipe is there to vent air and excess water from the barrels, and since they're filled to capacity, the extra water is just discharging from that little vertical pipe section.
planter box , very smart .
Nice idea. Now I know. Tnx
Seems like you have a big leak there. Great piping job!
The filter is great!
Fantastic system. Simple but effective, would be interested to know the pressure you get from outlet tap? I am a plumber looking at ways to design harvest systems in domestic homes and this is one of the best so far well done.
The concrete holding the barrels is sloped
Great catch system. I see you have a leaf filter but no first flush system. If you were to do it again would you add a first flush system? I think it would be easy to add and it would almost completely remove sediment and dirt that are washed into the containment system with the first rain. What do you think?
When was the system installed. When are the months that the barrels have no water?
What is the main use for the rain water. Thank you so much for posting. Greetings from the Philippines.
this is a spectacular setup! i just wish there was an alternative to the PVC, its a terrible leecher of chemicals into the water :/
Wouldn't be better to use some resrvoir-pond instead of that much barrels?
Does the water flow into the tops and the tops act as an overflow to the next barrel? Then the drain on the bottom for draining all the barrels?
What is the bucket for where the drain spout drains into prior the pvc? Is it filled with rock/gravel? Purpose to filter out sentiment / debris prior to going into barrels? I have some big trees that drop lots of nuts and small debris on my roof and am wondering about how the best way to prevent junk getting into the system. thanks for the response!
But even the city itself would be hard pressed to come up with that kind of money. Then figure that Philadelphia alone has more than 25,000 occupied rowhomes across the entire expanse of the city.
Nice setup!!!!!=-)
great idea but now its time to move the system away from the house.
Thanks for this and the following video you did on rain water harvesting - they're both awesome systems! I had a question: the blue barrels that I have can accommodate a 3/4 pvc pipe on the INSIDE of the plug, but the plug itself has very wide threads that don't seem to be compatible with the PVC fittings I'm looking at. Did you have the same type of threads, and if so what fittings did you use to replace the plug and hook up 2-3 PVC to it?
I heard to look for food warehouses that they may have barrels ,Pepsi cola, used too but not anymore ,pickle plants have them ,but they are not near me that I know of
My local car wash gives me the barrels for free. Just make sure to wash them out thoroughly.
Hey Nice JOB!!!!!
Do you drink this water?
Very cool set up - put a fence up
Someone will tax that one day soon
Think I'm kidding
They put meters on well water
Think I'm Kidding
Look it up
I don't understand two things. No first filter and seems you draft from top of barrels? Or what is top line feeding into home for? I drew up plans for top feed, daisy chained with bottom draft. Thanks for video.
I liked it
nice rig.
Where got get cheap bong holes
You could do this. Or you could just put the plants around your house.
:32 - You have a leak, bro! You are going to have foundation problems if not fixed.
How about some narration on where you got the barrels?
very impressive
Nice car~
where can I purchase these barrels
Amazing innovation! KUDDOS!!
@dagobertoposada I did, looks great!
Devin
@como it doesnt look like the top 2 barrels are part of the system in this vid.
Aren't you worried about tar runoff from your roof?
Oh!i wish I can do one for my garden.I could save a lot's water.Where we can buy this blue barrel?
Ana Maria Ruivinho Search craigslist in your area, food grade are better & ez to clean.
I would relocate the gutters, chemicals from the roofing are very poisonous.
doug Welch How would relocating the gutters effect chemicals? Im sure hes using it for gardening, he didnt have a tea cup there.
what about venting ? do you need to vent this ?
what do you use to conect the pipe to the barrels
What do you use this water for?
Ya know, a barrel filled with oil is cheaper than that!
A 1300 gallon reservoir is not all that big...
Where did you get your barrels from?
Do you have a case study on this? thanks
It’s look like you live in Miami
as long as it's being sourced from the roof the hydrostatic head of the water will force it into the barrels. water towers work on the same principle, they're filled with water and are roughly 10 stories high (100 ft), so residential homes get approximately 43 psi water pressure to the tap. (water = 0.433 psi / ft)
Is this in new mexico?
so could you make a system like this to make drinking water? and of course other needs for water. excluding landscaping just wondering.
+Kenneth Taylor Yes, it is all in filtering and processing. running the water through a 1 micron filter will remove bacteria but not viruses. You would need I believe a .43 micron filter for that and would want a UV sterilizer to be safe. Im building a system that will actually tie into my city water and pump in rain water when available. never loose water and not have to maintain switching anything. My system will not back feed the city water, but supply the majority of the water for my demands.
Atom RC thank you for your response very informational
What is the name of that box with rocks on the wall? So i can find the same in a store. Thank you
It's an exterior plastic plant pot.
Can anyone with knowledge of water storage help me? If I wanted a system like this to use for water storage needs (drinking, bathing, etc) would the water be okay outside all year long? Also it regularly gets below freezing where I live. This is only a couple months out of the year and not the entire time. Usually at night.
+CCumby007 you could try building a hoop house and placing your system in it. this would work like a green house and keep the barrels warmer than if they were not covered at all.
@Glen1040 thanks
well I tested the water and it registers at 14 while the cap coming out my faucets registers at 256 so uh water harvesting here I come.
not good bro. your over flow is going to rot your house
0.51 your wasting water.. lol
why waste something you've taken the trouble to harvest?
what an eyesore
It's illegal to harvest the rain, according to Obama...that's why we should all do this.
It isn't illegal to harvest rain and Obama never made a statement about rainwater.
trump fixed it with the phony "clean water act" nonsense. he removed that bill --- so gov will stop bothering people. now only those weird states ban such a thing :)
God gives us rain! Why should i ask someone for permission to collect something they don't produce?
You didn't spell anything wrong :p (or I'm blind)
overflow line was not finished at that time, top row of barrel is not connected,. I have not decided to install it due to the chance of an earthquake, here in southern California
Have you had or heard of ANY problems with the plastic barrels splitting or leaking because they are stacked on their sides? I'm starting my system and want to lay them on their sides but one video I saw said the barrels split. .
couple of idea's to help out here; plastic heated swells and contracts with cold/winter freezing - the plastic/rubber could bust; so they need to be out of the sun and bad weather;
A little commentary would have been nice for those of us that are ignorant to exactly what we a are looking at,but good job.
Great set up you have there, the only thing is that overflow is a bit close to the house, looks like it might cause damage if it freezes in winter or something.
foam in the bottom under the rocks? Never seen a way to get clean water like a tub full of rocks
Very awesome setup... Would be helpful if you either explained what you did as you filmed or put in details on fittings / materials in your info area so people could replicate this. Kudos on the really nicely done system.
He's going to cause water damage to the side of the house. Water making contact a a no go.