Product Description
A do-it-yourself guide to designing, building, and maintaining water tanks, cisterns and ponds, and sustainably managing groundwater storage. It will help you with your independent water system, fire protection, and disaster preparedness, at low cost and using principles of ecological design. Includes building instructions for several styles of ferro cement water tanks.

CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 4.5 based on 17 reviews)

Too much by A. Howell

3 Stars
October 24, 2009
I am not familiar with rain storage and was looking for an intruduction and guide. This book was too detailed for me!

Helpful and concise by Ryan B. Jankowski (the State of Euphoria)

4 Stars
July 18, 2009
Having no prior familiarity with the topic of this book, I read it with the hope of obtaining a general understanding of the process of storing water and in particular for the intent of learning about concrete tanks for residential use. The book is only 119 pages, but is 8.5 x 11 and packs a lot of content into that small space. Simply stated, this book is about residential water storage. It outlines a variety of ways in which water can be safely stored and then specifies the advantages and disadvantages of each. For my interest, the book was an excellent primer on concrete tanks. I had a general conceptual idea of what I thought I was looking for and this book helped expand the details; such as the design for the cover on the tank, the inlet and outlet, valves, gauges, etc. If you are looking for a book that is a good general guide on how to do water storage - this book will likely satisfy your needs. The writing style is fluid and easy to follow and there is no technical language requiring any prior knowledge of the field.

informative reading by Christine J. Lowrey (Australia)

5 Stars
June 01, 2009
This is an excellant book on PRACTICLE WAYS OF STORING WATER. FOR THE REALLY HANDY PERSON SIMPLE METHODS OF CONSTRUCTION, EVEN A NOVICE WITH GOOD AMOUNT OF ENTHUSIASUM WOULD BE ABLE TO CONSTRUCT A SMALL VESSEL .. WHICH IS MY CHALLANGE... A SERIES OF SMALL WATER VESSELS EACH A LITTLE HIGHER THAN THE LAST SO CAN OVER FLOW DOWN THROUGH THE SYSTEM.

Great Book by Aleea Major (Atlanta, GA)

5 Stars
September 08, 2008
I purchased this book mainly due to the picture of the water urn on the cover. The plans for it are included. This book has a lot of information regarding water sources and water collection and containment. Recommend for anyone interested in water collection/conservation. I do wish the pictures inside the book were in color (the are all black and white).

another great book from oasis design by H.Hieronimi (Mexico)

5 Stars
February 09, 2008
I love all those oasis manuals. Once again Art Ludwig surprises us with a manual full of info reagarding water catchment and storage. Although I'm working in this field for more than 10 years, I always find something new and interesting in Oasis manuals and ther are a fundamental part of my permaculture-libary

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