Water Catchment

When it rains it pours. There is little worse than looking out over a barren dry landscape,  having nothing to drink, and remembering all the rain that, a month ago,  washed away neighbors seedlings and soil. There is often adequate water but uncaptured it causes devastating erosion followed by thirst. There are numerous ways it can be captured .

• Swales and terracing
• Ponds
• Trees
• Organic matter
• Tanks are awesome but expensive. For a tank to be installed first a solid, flat foundation needs to be poured. Then the piping and tank attached to a metal roof. The tanks have to have a solid foundation or they will break. Sometimes they break even with a solid foundation. If the job is to be done correctly a filtration system should be installed with UV lights. However without electricity and capitol for fancy filters people make do with chlorine treatments and or boiling.