>>> IT IS DIY FRIDAY AND TODAY
WE ARE TALKING ABOUT RAINWATER
COLLECTION SYSTEMS.COLLECTING
AND USING RAINWATER HAS SEVERAL
BENEFITS INCLUDING REDUCING
YOUR CONCEPTION OF GROUNDWATER
AND KEEPING POLLUTANTS OUT OF
OUR RIVERS AND STREAMS.
HER TO SHOW US HOW TO CREATE
OUR OWN SYSTEM IS ROB LEONARD.
GREAT TO SEE YOU AS ALWAYS
>> GREAT TO BE HERE.
>> THIS LOOKS PRETTY SIMPLE.
THERE I SAY IT .
>> IT CAN BE.
IT ALL COMES DOWN TO WHAT
ANYONE'S ALTITUDE MIGHT BE WHAT
THE RESOURCES AR
THEY HAVE A LOT OF DIY KITS YOU
CAN DO
AND THEY ALSO HAVE
OFF-THE-SHELF KITS YOU CAN BUY.
THE NEW WANT TO KEEP IN MIND IS
THIS IS JUST FOR, IT IS NOT FOR
CONSUMPTION.
YOU ARE COLLECTING IT FOR
IRRIGATING , CLEANING POOLS,.
>> RIGHT.
YOU WILL NOT DRINK IT OR SHOWER
WITH IT.
STRICTLY FOR THE GARDEN HOSE.
>> YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE
WHATEVER YOU ARE USING YOU HAVE
A NICE PIPE CAP ON IT SO
CHILDREN CAN'T GET IN AND ALSO
SOME SORT OF SCREEN SOME
IQUITOS CAN BREED IN THEM.
IT ALSO DRAINS AWAY FROM THE
HOME.
YOU DON'T WANT TO CREATE A
SITUATION WE HAVE A POSITIVE
DRAINAGE BACK TO YOUR HOME.
THIS IS
SOME OF THE GOOD THINGS
TO KEEP IN MIND.
A NUMBER OF WAYS TO ATTACK IT.
THIS IS MINIATURIZED VERSION ,
OBVIOUSLY.
THAT RAINFALL WITH PHILIP HALF
A GALLON BUCKET PER ONE SQUARE
FOOT OF ROOF AREA FOR ONE INCH
RAINBOW.
IF YOU GET ONE INCH
RAINFALL FOR
EVERY SQUARE FOOT YOU WILL HIT
IT SHOULD PHILIP HALF A GALLON
.
RECOMMEND 40 TO 50 FIND ELLEN
BIGOTS.
YOU CAN GET THINGS THEY ARE
THROWING OUT.
MAKE SURE IT IS CLEAN AND HAS
DOESN'T HAVE ANY TOXINS IN IT.
HERE IS ONE EXAMPLE ON THE
SCREEN WHEN ALFRED THIS IS A
DIY TIP.
THIS IS BY BY EARTH LONDON.SO
IT IS A MATTER OF YOUR DRILLING
IN THIS HOSE, THIS RECEIVING
HOST AND AS A RECEPTACLTHAT
YOU DRILL INTO THE SIDE OF YOUR
DOWNSPOUT AND IT
PLUGS INTO THE
SIDE OF YOUR DOWNSPOUT.
IT ACTUALLY HAS THE DRILL BITS
, FITTINGS, AND EVERYTHING YOU
NEED TO CONVERT A BARREL OR A
BUCKET FOR A WATER COLLECTION
SYSTEM.
>> THAT IS NICE.
IT IS ALL THERE.
>> HERE IS AN EXAMPLE OF A
DOUBLE BARREL.
THESE ARE ALL FROM OUR HOME.
WE HAVE ABOUT SIX OR EIGHT
DIFFERENT COLLECTION BUCKETS AT
ANY GIVEN TIME
THIS IS RIGHT OFF OF A
DOWNSPOUT.
IT IS OPEN TOP .
YOU CAN HAVE A DOWNSPOUT SIMPLY
POUR INTO THIS SO IS THAT WHAT
WE ADDED.
IT IS IMPORTANT TO HAVE A
SCREEN WITH MOSQUITOES.
THERE IS ANOTHER ONE
.
THERE IS A LOT
OF DIFFERENT
FITTINGS YOU CAN GET THAT COME
OFF THE DOWNSPOUTS .
THE ONE LINE HAS A REALLY GOOD
15.
WE USE IT ON A NUMBER OF --
THAT IS THE LOWER ONE IN THIS
IMAG
THE ONE ABOVE IT IS AN OD KIT
WHICH YOU CAN GET ONLINE AND
THAT WILL ALSO FEED INTO THE
RAIN BARREL.
BUT THOSE WORK REALLY WELL.
>> THIS ONE WE HAVE HERE ON
THIS TABLE, THIS IS A FIVE
GALLON BUCKET AND THEN YOU HAVE
A TOPIC FOR IT.
>> THIS IS JUST A MINIATURE
IMAGE TO SHOW WHAT YOU WOULD DO
WITH A LARGER VERSION.
THIS EXAMPLE HE WAS
SIMPLY TAKE
THIS OFF YOUR DOWNSPOUT AND YOU
CAN RUN THE DOWNSPOUT RIGHT
INTO IT.
THAT WAY YOU CAN FEED IT RIGHT
INTO IT .
YOU CAN ALSO REMOVE THIS IF YOU
WANT AND HAVE A WHOLE SIMPLY IN
THE TOP OF YOUR BUCKET AND HAVE
A DOWNSPOUT COME RIGHT INTO
YOUR POCKET.
>> EITHER WAY YOU CAN DO
WHATEVER WORKS BEST FOR YOUR
HOME.>> CORRECT.
WHAT CAN YOU HAVE A WEBSITE YOU
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THIS IS IDEA WHITE CHIP HERE
TODAY.