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Sheldon <PENMART01@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> Jan Flora wrote:
> > ?Sheldon wrote:
> > > Jan Flora wrote:
> >
> > > > Get some food-grade poly drums and set them up to catch
> > > > the rainwater from the downspouts on your house.
> >
> > > Why would food grade drums be necessary for catching rain water
> > > running off a non food grade roof... to do what... pour on the non
> > > food grade ground. ?Am I missing something, or why wouldn't an
> > > ordinary plastic trash can be suitable?
> >
> > > You can buy low quality for like $10-$15 but they will decay from UV
> > > exposure and probably crack from freezing temps.
> >
> > > I have two of these, excellent quality: ?http://tinyurl.com/79bqf
> >
> >
>http://www.lowes.com/lowes/lkn?action=productDetail&productId=46994-1...
> > > 92/20&lpage=none
> >
> > We use those barrels to catch potable water at our cabins. If you set
> > them so the first rain of the season doesn't go into the ?barrel, the
> > dust gets washed off roof.
> >
> > A plastic garbage can degrades from UV a lot faster than a poly drum.
>
> I don't know that's true... like I said, perhaps the cheap ones but my
> Rubbermaid trash cans have been out in all sorts of weather for five
> years now and show no signs of deterioration.... and just there you
> claim to be using the very same trash cans to catch water off your
> roof for drinking (potable).
>
> > And you have to pay for a garbage can.
> > We get our poly drums for free.
>
> You're lucky to have a free source, most folks have to pay... because
> such items that are made so well that they're reusable aren't
> typically free for the taking... and food stores pay a hefty deposit
> on those containers so they are not in the habit of giving them away,
> maybe you glom/appropriate yours.
>
> I'd be very wary of any claims from someone who warns that water
> collection vessels for irrigating the lawn need to be food grade and
> then totally ignores the question.
I wonder about using a good ol' fa****oned wood barrel, sealed with bees
wax?
It'd be more decorative at the very least.
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