Approval!

We have recently been approved to construct our full-scale rainwater catchment system on the campus of Natural Bridges High School.  We are still waiting to find out if our specific design will be approved or whether the design needs to be modified.  If our design is approved, the catchment barrels will be placed in the open space visible in the picture above, with underground pipes running to them from the roofs of the classrooms nearby (as described in the post describing wet systems).

Pilot

The completed pilot project.  Since this picture was taken, the barrels have been painted the same color as the shed but it otherwise looks exactly the same.  In this case, the system is harvesting water from the roof of the shed immediately behind the barrels.  A white gutter is visible attached to the upper left corner of the shed.  Attached to the gutter is a brown, corrugated hose which transports water caught in the gutter to the barrels.  A PVC pipe  runs along the bottom of the barrels and is attached to each outlet so that the water level in each barrel is equalized.