Collect AND store | DIY Rainwater harvesting system

We are building this rainwater harvesting or collection system for our Livestock from our Barn, our barn has a large metal roof which is optimal for collecting free rain water! Join me as I walk you though the detailed steps of the first flush assembly and plumbing of our three 275 gallon IBC totes! Detailed instructions include parts and assembly process of the first flush system as well as the installation of the IBC Tote front plumbing!

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[meadowgreenfarm]

Check out our other Garden Rainwater System here!

[lylahplays]

To someone that don't know the first thing about plumbing and rain water collection, I understood everything you showed here. Congrats... Now I want to do that for plants, cause where I live, sometimes we don't have water for the plants we have outside.

[WeDewey]

The most informative diy on plumbing, water harvesting, and water safety. Glad I found this!!!

[jglee]

That UV cover is great. I didn't know they made those.

[amyfrancois]

HARDWARE CLOTH 6” wide provides a leaf guard over the gutter. That’s what I used & worked perfectly and inexpensive!

[tempest-]

The covers to prevent the algae was interesting didn't think about that. I loved painting the pipes brown, looks excellent. Looks more at home with the wood than bright white.

[stevenspencer]

Well my brother, I just want to tell you how much I appreciate you showing all of us folks how to do what you’re doing. Most of us are wanting to do things like this but don’t know about those leaf eaters or trash removers but you are blessing our socks off. Thank you for taking the time to do this.
God bless you and your family.

[nayrtnartsipacify]

my buddy did 20, 000 gallons of rainwater collection with ibc totes on a nursery i used to work at. he didnt do it perfectly but he made it work. Love you denton. P.S. he did it back when you could get used food grade IBC containers for 150 bucks. Water storage tanks at that time were being built for a dollar a gallon.

[jerryfrugoli]

I was thinking it may be easier for your future service of your tanks, if you put a 45 to lower it below your wood supports so you could drive straight in with equipment….. maybe cut off valves independently for each tank in order to remove them independently… just thought I would share those thoughts along with my deepest thanks for all your efforts to produce this video. Jerry 22:41

[justicelee]

Looks like a great install. My humble suggestion would be to use a brass valve. I’ve had a couple of PVC valves crack and break on me after exposed to the weather for a while.

[danielsteinberg]

You did a great job with this video. You also implemented some awesome techniques I have not seen before. Thank you!

[barrylitchfield]

If your first flush diverter hasn't fallen off your building yet.... You probably should add additional plumbing strap to support that pipe when it's full of water. Adding the plumbers strap below fittings will keep the heavy, water filled pipe from slipping down.

[jessmathews]

Thank you Sir for sharing this effort and wisdom and your right... water is key in any effort❤

[alfredmisterka]

I am doing what you just showed on the video in the spring time can't wait I am going to have the video saved because my helper needs to see the video of what you just done thanks for the video

[JustinT-lx]

Excellent system, thanks for posting!

[mogreen]

That was great! I just bought two ibc totes today, very helpful video for plumbing. Thanks

[jamesredmond]

Nice set up and good video! Another way to calculate amount of water in gallons per 1” of rain fall is to multiply the sq-ft X .624

[JerryHall-dl]

I think you did a great job of explaining how it works . Thanks . I want to put a rain catchment system on my class c RV that I live in full time . I would have left out the ball also because I didn't even know about it 😅

[XEDGE]

This is an excellent explanation/tutorial thanks. I'll be attempting this in the very near future

[KPVFarmer]

Great video! We just hooked up a couple totes yesterday and your video popped up in my feed today. I’m glad we didn’t spend anything on ours, your setup is much better with your filter and daisy chain setup. I’ll be re-plumbing ours and doing a cleaner setup similar to yours later on.