Water tank for a cabin.

JohnBoy45 · May 21, 2006

The water I put in my tank would be city or tap water. It would have fluoride in it. Would I still have to have a black or green tank? My water would only be for shower and toliet, washing machine. I wouldn't drink it. The tank would be stored in a pole barn on a cement floor.

Thanks for all the infor. Terry

JohnBoy45 · May 21, 2006

The water I put in my tank would be city or tap water. It would have fluoride in it. Would I still have to have a black or green tank? My water would only be for shower and toliet, washing machine. I wouldn't drink it. The tank would be stored in a pole barn on a cement floor.

Thanks for all the infor. Terry

Doc_Bob · May 21, 2006

( They collected rain water from the roof to two 500 gallon metal tanks on 2' concrete platforms on the side of their house.

They had a faucet from the tank through the wall and would fill buckets for drinking, washing dishes, and bathing.

Unless your cabin is in a location with no dust, no insects, no rodents, and you haven't seen a bird in a decade, I would not drink rainwater collected from the roof.

I know people used to do it, but between the bird poop, the squirrel poop, and the dead bugs, it sounds pretty unsanitary to me. /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif )

It is done all the time in Hawaii. That does not make it right, but with some filtering and pre, works fine.
Bob

Doc_Bob · May 21, 2006

( They collected rain water from the roof to two 500 gallon metal tanks on 2' concrete platforms on the side of their house.

They had a faucet from the tank through the wall and would fill buckets for drinking, washing dishes, and bathing.

Unless your cabin is in a location with no dust, no insects, no rodents, and you haven't seen a bird in a decade, I would not drink rainwater collected from the roof.

I know people used to do it, but between the bird poop, the squirrel poop, and the dead bugs, it sounds pretty unsanitary to me. /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif )

It is done all the time in Hawaii. That does not make it right, but with some filtering and pre, works fine.
Bob

RobertN · May 21, 2006

They do it in the Carribean too. When I was on St Thomas a fw years ago, that was how they got thier water. Apparently there was a desalination plant on the island; you could buy water too.

there were no rivers, creeks or the such to get water from. I have no idea what they did to the water to treat it. Maybe they just have tougher GI's than us /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif

RobertN · May 21, 2006

They do it in the Carribean too. When I was on St Thomas a fw years ago, that was how they got thier water. Apparently there was a desalination plant on the island; you could buy water too.

there were no rivers, creeks or the such to get water from. I have no idea what they did to the water to treat it. Maybe they just have tougher GI's than us /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif

RobertN · May 21, 2006

Terry, what you describe in this post, is exactly what I described(in different words /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif ) in my post. My mom-in-law has all the paperwork; I could check a little more about this if interested...

Her tank is in the corner of her garage. It is just samller than what you might look at...

We also had a neighbor that pumped off a bigger tank. They had a very very wimpy well. 1gpm or so... I do not know how the previous owner got a permit to build with that bad of a well. Anyways, they had a 2000gal tank if I remember correctly. It had a float system that controlled incoming well water. It had a smaller pump on the outlet to provide pressurized water to the house. If the well went down, they could also fill from a water truck.

In both cases, these systems provide all water requirements to the house, drinking/washing ect.

RobertN · May 21, 2006

Terry, what you describe in this post, is exactly what I described(in different words /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif ) in my post. My mom-in-law has all the paperwork; I could check a little more about this if interested...

Her tank is in the corner of her garage. It is just samller than what you might look at...

We also had a neighbor that pumped off a bigger tank. They had a very very wimpy well. 1gpm or so... I do not know how the previous owner got a permit to build with that bad of a well. Anyways, they had a 2000gal tank if I remember correctly. It had a float system that controlled incoming well water. It had a smaller pump on the outlet to provide pressurized water to the house. If the well went down, they could also fill from a water truck.

In both cases, these systems provide all water requirements to the house, drinking/washing ect.

Humbleto · May 21, 2006

Terry43, if it is stored in the barn, out of daylight, it probably won't matter. Algae will form in a white tank no matter where the water comes from if it exposed to sunlight. Chlorine does not stay in water, but weathers off.

Humbleto · May 21, 2006

Terry43, if it is stored in the barn, out of daylight, it probably won't matter. Algae will form in a white tank no matter where the water comes from if it exposed to sunlight. Chlorine does not stay in water, but weathers off.