Unless you have a green roof, odds are the roof of your home produces quite a bit of rain water run-off. Even though most homes have a gutter and drainage system, the water falling on the surface area of your roof would really be watering a natural landscape area normally. I was wondering how the most common system of gutters could some how be put to better use, and I found one. 

This use is called a rain water tank or rain barrel. This barrel collects the rain that would otherwise be runoff into natural areas of land which normally would not receive such a downpour. If you ever wondered exactly how much water your home sheds off there is a simple equation to do so. This equation is: One inch of rain on a 1000 square foot roof yields 623 gallons of water. That’s a lot of gallons! 

Many rain water tanks are installed to make use of naturally falling soft rain water for home use, to reduce water usage, and to aid a home’s self-sufficiency. In very arid climates, rain collecting barrels are often used to store water during the wet seasons for use during dry periods.. Though many utilize their tanks, which come in many different sizes, to store the water. Later, this reservoir can be used even for watering the lawn through a sprinkler system 

To learn more about water tanks use this link to inform yourself and continue to think green! 

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