It appears to have been created for indoor use, and the filling of it may have to be via hose. You also might want to ask about UV protection.

Sue

Blast look what I found
www.northerntool.com/webapp/wcs/stores/s...te=P9&cm_lm

Mike

Interesting but I already have three 55-gal drums collecting rain water. Now I'm looking for something in the +250 gallon size. It rains a lot in Houston and I hate seeing it go to wate.

-Blast, whose mom actually used to carry water from the well to the house using one of those yoke-thingies when she was a child.

Just as a way of being a curiosity, harvesting rainwater isn't always a given, check your local jurisdiction. Certain states, and until recently Washington was one of them, would require a specific water right on your property, and a check of your deed will probably not find that, at least in water-rich Washington state. This recently changed: the Dept of Ecology put out a memo that said you don't need a water right to harvest rainwater from the roof of your home - according to one source, the average roof could harvest 53,000 gallons per year, and the memo they put out clarified that home owners can actually harvest that. It makes sense, and in their defense I don't think anyone at Ecology wanted to argue otherwise.

It all goes back to the politics of water, to times and places where who has water rights also had the power, and owned the politicians, and the cattle, wheat, etc etc. Still a big deal in some parts.

http://www.ecy.wa.gov/programs/wr/hq/rwh.html

I'm good to go.

-Blast

What is on the books isn't necessarily what will be enforced, like greywater use. Personally, I wouldn't tie myself into a knot worrying about the legality of it. Don't put a 15,000 gallon cistern on your front lawn with an AK-47 painted on it.

Rainwater harvesting can also be put directly into the ground, in the form of swales, retention basins and French drains. Even grass growing below a swale stays greener without rainfall longer than similar areas without swales. I'm sure it would do nicely for a vegetable garden below a swale, too.

Sue