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[@trishajohnson7012]

I am so grateful no one got hurt when the wind picked up the two water tanks and blew them across our property.

[@SustainableLiving]

Amen to that.

[@busygirl2681]

@@SustainableLiving I second that Amen. Nice blessing that's for sure. A step ahead of the drought while making wonderful memories with the family : )

[@alexisjohnson9986]

I think the hardest part was digging out the trenches for the pipe.

[@SustainableLiving]

thank goodness for children :)

[@harrysmith9298]

I bet😂

[@leg27]

You're the best. That preflash valve

[@ActivelyFamily]

Great video guys! Thank you!

[@SustainableLiving]

Thanks for watching!

[@harrysmith9298]

Very good content. Loved the rainstorm at the end.

[@SustainableLiving]

Yes, we waited for the rains to finally come to finish the video, that sky was amazing that day.

[@ashleybrown9405]

How long did it take to complete this project? And how did you determine the size of the water tank you needed?

[@SustainableLiving]

It took roughly 2-3 months, this was not solely on the project though. Part of the time is that I had to order the tanks, so that was a 6 week wait. If I had everything on the property I could have completed in about a two week period with all time dedicated to that project. After trenching with the tractor we still had lots of shovel work that took 3-4 days. I am going to build a cover for system, along with a drain for the clean out, so still more to do. I determined my size based on a few factors. I calculated that for my family I would want a gallon a day for each person in my family in an emergency. That would be 8 gallons a day for us. So in a 6 month period that would be 1460 gallons. Also I looked at how much annual rain I get where I live and I wanted to maximize the collection of that. However this was curbed on the cost of these tanks and how tall they were, I had a certain height limit as I did not want to dig to China to accommodate tank volume. So I settled with the two 2650 gallon tanks and connected them together. This was much cheaper than to buy a 5000 gallon system and much shorter. Hope this helps. Great question, I should have included this in the video.