How Do You Build A Simple Rain Water Collection System?
Water conservation is a big thing today. We are all encouraged to limit use, and many appliances and fixtures in our homes are designed to minimize water usage. You can build a simple rain water collection system to help reduce your overall water usage, and to keep your runoff localized to your property. The need to reduce water usage: It is no secret that water is a limited resource here on earth. For many generations, we have been using water for everything from generating power to heating or cooling our homes and businesses, to carrying off pollution from our manufacturing processes, and more. Some background on rain water collection: Many people in earlier times (and even today in some cultures) have collected rain water for a variety of purposes. Pioneers to new lands were very conservative, and collected rain water for intermediate plant watering, or even for cattle and other animals. In fact, in earlier days, when air pollution was not an issue, settlers very likely used collect
