Rainwater Catch Systems

[TxMachinist]

Anyone have one they use for irrigating their land? I am trying to get an idea about how much they cost to have installed. We are going to be watering about 3 acres. The wife and I are working on a budget for building our house.
Thanks

[tkuehn5410]

It's all relative to catch systems and tanks...

[Atfulldraw]

you gonna catch it off the roof of the house, barn ?

I'm working on a 7500 gallon system (two tanks, one concrete and one plastic) with fire protection outlets and pumps.

It's gonna be close to 10K for everything.

[Brhibler1]

Check out http://whitakerwatertanks.com/
Give them a shout and they'll set you up with a tank that you'll be happy with for many years.
Bryan

[TxMachinist]

I will catch it off the roof and tie it to a sprinkler system to water everything. I have a pond to catch runoff from the ground.

[Draco]

I have a 24,000 gallon system I put in myself. It is eight, 3000 gallon plastic tanks. I use it to water my gardens ( I have no lawn) and keep water in my 6 water gardens. While it might seem like a lot of water, it's not. Many people use way more than this in a month just for irrigation.

I put this system in in 2008 and I've never had it full and am collecting off of 4000 sq. ft.

[ctburt0n]

People would be very surprised how much water cones off your roof. My next house will have all the gutters plumbed together and head to a pond.

[Z7_Matt]

My brother is wanting to catch water of his work shop roof. He's thinking it will help out with all the puddles in his yard as well.

[Bruiser]

water three acres with rainwater??

[TxMachinist]

water three acres with rainwater??

Yes. I will compare the cost of this to drilling a well. I am still about 3 years from doing this, just starting to work on some kind of budget and plans. What's a rough cost on drilling a well? I am in Bartonville.

[Draco]

You would have to be very water stingy to get by on rain water catchment and not many people can be. Then there is catching enough at first to be ahead. Just for personal water, you need about 20,000 gallons per individual. Be sure and do a lot of research as going with out water makes the women folk get upset.

[01txag]

My parents live of nothing but rainwater and have a pretty good system, about 10k gallons catching off a12k sq ft barn and 2400 sq ft house. Culligan did their pumps and filters.

That being said, IMO you'll never catch enough or store enough to water 3 acres without spending a small fortune. For an equivalent of a 1" rain, you'd need over 80k gallons

[cj7zrcool]

Yes. I will compare the cost of this to drilling a well. I am still about 3 years from doing this, just starting to work on some kind of budget and plans. What's a rough cost on drilling a well? I am in Bartonville.

I got this quote 8 months ago for a piece of property I was looking at in Parker Co.:

1 – 300 FOOT WELL DRILLED, CASED WITH 4 ½” O.D. SCH 40 PVC, GRAVEL PACKED AND CEMENTED TO STATE SPECIFICATIONS. (7 7/8” BOREHOLE)

DRILLING CHARGE– (AIR DRILL)............................................ .................................................. ..$7,600.00 EST.

UPPER TRINITY GCD WATER WELL PERMIT............................................ ..........................................$175.00

THIS INCLUDES EITHER A 1 H.P. OR A 1 1/2 H.P. PUMP UNIT (PUMP WILL BE SIZED FOR WELL), 86 GALLON BLADDER TANK OR IF WATER HAS HYDROGEN SULFIDE A 85 GALLON STANDARD PRESSURE TANK, 1” SCH 80 DROP PIPE, #12-4J PUMP CABLE, AND ALL FITTINGS. THREE-YEAR FACTORY WARRANTY ON THE PUMP, MOTOR AND CONTROL BOX AND A THREE-YEAR WARRANTY ON THE PRESSURE TANK.

IF 8 INCH SURFACE CASING IS REQUIRED, THERE WILL BE A $ 20.00 PER FOOT CHARGE FOR THE LABOR AND MATERIAL. THIS IS TO PREVENT BORE HOLE CAVE IN.
(ESTIMATED 20 FEET IF NEEDED--12” BORE HOLE)

THIS PRICE IS WITH THE CUSTOMER FURNISHING AND ELECTRICITY (240V) TO THE WELL SITE.

THIS PRICE DOES NOT INCLUDE SALES TAX. IT WILL BE ADDED ON TO THE FINAL COST OF THE JOB. APPROXIMATELY 50% OF THE TOTAL BILL WILL BE TAXABLE. LABOR TO DRILL WELL AND WELL CASING ARE NOT TAXABLE.

NOTE: IN THE PROCESS OF DRILLING WATER WELL, DAMAGE CAN BE DONE TO THE PROPERTY OR ADJOINING PROPERTIES SUCH AS RUTS, MUD, WATER, ETC. WE CANNOT BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY TYPE OF CLEAN UP THAT MAY BE NEEDED OR DAMAGE DONE TO ANY PROPERTIES. WE WILL BE CAREFUL.

[TxMachinist]

I appreciate everyones help. I am just going to have to get it quoted both ways. I am not going to use it for inside the house, there is rural water supply for that. Just looking for a way to water the land and plants. Thanks all.

[Cam-Mac]

What will you be watering on the three acres?

One inch of water on three acres equals about 81,000 gallons. Thats a bunch of stored water. I guess it depends on where you live but up here in the panhandle we dont get enough rain to make water capture feasible.

Please keep us updated- this is interesting topic!