In prep for putting up a retaining wall back by the boat house, we wanted to do something to collect (and use) all the rainwater.So, using 2" PVC (soon to be replaced by ABS) we made a simple fitting to capture the rain off the roof, and pipe it underground into a fish trough.
A simple reducer moves the rainwater into a 1/2" poly pipe we buried to keep it out-of-sight.
Remember our potatoe-digging crew? Yep, he's also an A-1 irrigation pipe digger.The poly pipe travels a few feet back to empty into the trough.
Works nice and easy.A few weeks ago we buried drip-lines to the berries and trees, and we will soon tap into the trough with some valves to feed those lines off the trough.
The goal is simple - automate the collection and distribution of rainwater as easy and sightly as possible.
