Eco Factor: Rainwater harvesting system capable of capturing over 20,000 gallons of rainwater.
For many of us rainwater harvesting is nothing more than storing rainwater in a tank that could be used for irrigating the plants in our garden once a while. However, a California man is taking water conservation to the extreme by building a system capable of holding about 20,000 gallons of rainwater each year.
All that water isn’t actually used for consumption, but to irrigate crops he grows for himself and his wife on a one-acre lot. The developer, Jerry Block, claims that he could also use an inexpensive filtering system that could make the water fit for consumption.
The water reaches the humungous tanks through a sophisticated gutter system. After spending $29,000 on the project, the inventor is also opting to use the gray water for toilet flushing.
Via: BlueLivingIdeas/LATimes
