Comments on: A great story of conservation

By: Elegant rain barrels

Elegant rain barrels — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 14:38:29 +0000

Just be sure to find rain barrels which offer a mesh mosquito guard, and also look for barrels which have an overflow valve function to allow the excess water to flow out of the rain barrel and away from your foundation. Hooking a drip hose to this valve is a great way to give your garden or flower bed a constant source of moisture.

By: Rain Man

Rain Man — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 20:14:29 +0000

Want more pressure for that rain barrel? Check this out:

http://cgi.ebay.com/Rain-Barrel-Pump-Electric_W0QQitemZ250223005598QQihZ015QQcategoryZ29522QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

There must be a better way to capture and reuse water…

By: Sponge

Sponge — Sat, 08 Dec 2007 17:51:54 +0000

Hey Zeit, its all folly - why dont folks stop trying to find ways to turn us into Botswana. Better yet, Zeit, I prefer the American way so stop trying to lower the bar please. If anyone wants to lower their standard of living, then I suggest you move. We don’t need to drink from our “roofs” or “tote” water from the “crik” to flush toilets. Also, Zeit, the American way and our culture now allows you Germans to have your cisterns after we kicked Hitlers butt. So, please don’t tell us how to live, you are fortunate our CULTURE cared what was going on under the Reich. Cheers.

By: Sponge

Sponge — Sat, 08 Dec 2007 17:44:42 +0000

We can all look like this guy with our tanks, beard, and ugly water tanks…the USA is not a 3rd world country (yet), let’s keep our cool or this is a picture of your future…not me.

http://www.11alive.com/news/local/drought/article_drought.aspx?storyid=107674

By: Joe

Joe — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 14:46:14 +0000

Carol, first off you are welcome. You can get more information by calling me at 606-465-0310 or emailing me at romerjoe@yahoo.com. As far as this service goes I have a water purification business. We have several different options available which have been tested and proven in situations such as yours. Anyone else who would like information feel free to contact me at either option, I will answer any questions you might have and can also send you literature on our units.
Thanks,
Joe

By: Sue

Sue — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 01:54:48 +0000

For a great basic rain barrel, take a look at the products from http://www.aquabarrel.com

By: Carol

Carol — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 00:45:31 +0000

Thanks for all the information. Joe, how do I get more information about setting up the system that you mention? Is there a certain company that provides this service?
Thanks,
Carol

By: Joe

Joe — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 18:46:25 +0000

Carol in response to your question about whether or not there is anyway to recycle your water for purposes other than watering the lawn the answer is yes there is! I have a water purifier that not only allows you to recycle rain water for in home use but you can also recycle your grey water. This water can be used to water the lawn but also to do the laundry, flush the toilet or even bathe. This system can be set up at the house and is not an eye sore such as a big barrel to catch rain you don’t currently have. This system will be great even if you do see an end to this water shortage.

By: Zeitgeist

Zeitgeist — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 04:31:10 +0000

Correction, that’s “wouldn’t grow”.

By: Zeitgeist

Zeitgeist — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 04:30:03 +0000

“Its all folly especially when the focal point of design is the capture of rain water which we don’t have obviously.”

Such black and white thinking seems to be dangerously commonplace in the American regime. It remains to be seen how such mentalities will fare in the coming system collapse. The rain has not stopped as I understand it. It may not rain as often with the drought but it sure helps to save water when you can. Germany actually gives tax credits to those who install cisterns, and there are filters to make such water suitable for drinking, so to answer Carol’s question more intelligently, yes you can do a great deal more with the water, but it’s a question of getting the technology to do so. I can’t imagine that the market for such technology would grow with people such as yourself seeking to be resonsible citizens.

“Besides, it will just be an eyesore that won’t pass any neighborhood covenants.”

Cultural is a powerful thing; clearly the culture of waste is deeply ingrained in the lifestyles of Americans and old habits die hard. I believe that the mind-state is often a worse factor in such dilemmas than anything nature can bring.

Anyway, the covenant of a few tired, uninspired suburbanites without the will to break from the status quo is hardly a covenant worth honoring. This resourceful older couple is typically German in that regard, and what would you rather drive today, a BMW or a Ford? Somewhere those in the land of plenty lost their sense of resourcefulness, and the plenty disappeared.