Water your yard FOR FREE !!!

[@az55544]

Brad Lancaster in Tucson has made curb cuts legal and has written 2 books about water harvesting methods from across the world.

[@suburbanbiology]

I have his books. He is who inspired me to do this. I tried to get a hold of him for a brief interview but I couldn’t get any reply 🤷 if you ever see this, thank you Brad!

[@b_uppy]

Sorry Brad has neglected getting a hold of you. Great job on your part. I take it you're using the street water for fruit trees and landscaping _only._ You want to avoid using street water for food producing perennials and other soft tissue plants. The fruit trees are safe as any negative constituents in street runoff is put into the bark anstead of the fruit. Unsure of tree leaves, but Brad has said the fruit has been found to be okay.

[@HylanderSB]

@@b_uppy Planting species that will accumulate heavy metals and such can be used as a buffer zone. planting them right in the irrigation ditches would be better than nothing.

[@b_uppy]

@HylanderSB Just using street runoff for fruit trees and landscaping does a lot to reduce water bills. As you have plants that are heavy metal accumulator as a buffer, that's a good start.

[@jonathonalsop2120]

@@suburbanbiology Brad's an inspiration for many, and now you are too! Great job on this video and your property, fantastic work.

[@ItsJoeyG]

Uni student here. If I ever own a home your channel will be a blueprint. Keep up the amazing work! Love from Mississippi!

[@suburbanbiology]

I am honored that you should say so. Thanks for your support!

[@flower5175]

depend where you live, you will never own home

[@07negative56]

Since you’re young now. I highly suggest taking a Permaculture Design course (PDC). Geoff Lawton still gives them. If you don’t want to go to Australia. Ben Falk in Vermont is great. Paul Wheaton in Montana is good too.

[@aaronvallejo8220]

I am going to do exactly this strategy on my corner house property in Arizona!! Huge monsoon rains and it is all channeled away. I love the idea of food forests with multiple layers of swales between walking pathways throughout yards with local, seasonal food growing everywhere. Great work sir!

[@InsaneTreefrog]

Excellent research! You didnt just make assumptions and move on, you actually figured out where the water goes every step of the way. Nicely done!

[@726fhd7ywhjjfuudik]

Amazing brother, you went around and actually did it. Acting actively on your ingenuity. Like these water flows and basins so is your ingenuity flowing and spurring on creating "deep basins" all along the way, and henceforth throughout all your everexpanding domain

[@suburbanbiology]

I'm glad you liked it! It was a lot of work but I learned a lot! Thanks for commenting!

[@HylanderSB]

I love seeing a problem (storm runoff) become a solution (a source for passive water storage for a food forest).

[@jameszametz]

Great video brother. We moved from Fort Worth a few years ago to Chattanooga and while I was there in Texas I preached and provided services for water retention and water conservation. It always baffled me that any place like Texas that has massive populations as well as water shortages, does not use methods like you share in this video and actually mandate it for all new construction as well as provide incentives to convert yards to this. Great job on the video. Sharing now.

[@suburbanbiology]

I agree that there should be incentives of some sort to promotes concepts like this here. Even if it is just to reimburse the cost of the pump or something. Thanks for your support and for sharing with others!

[@texasaggiegigsem]

Imagine the distributed flood mitigation if this was done widespread, as well as the cooling effects of natural vegetation, the increase in pollinating insects, free healthy food, and the effects on the mind of spending time outside in an environment we actually evolved in.

[@dianeladico1769]

Fantastic content, as always. You're fortunate that you're allowed to do that. My city would never approve of the sidewalk portion and I'd get a ticket for a sandbag in the street as it's considered a road hazard. We also have restrictions on rainwater harvesting from our own property let alone a public right of way. My only real concern would be that you're importing contamination from the road surface such as oil, antifreeze, tire dust and other vehicle detritus. Whether that poses a quantifiable risk or not is another matter. That's my main reason for not collecting water from my asphalt shingle roof for the veggie garden. Even so, this is another one of your genius ideas and I'm eager to share.

[@Lisa608]

My thoughts exactly!

[@der-gus]

This is an amazing video. Just imagine if every property had a system like this. You could do this on a massive scale.

[@suburbanbiology]

Agreed. I hope more people take advantage of this method. Thanks for commenting!

[@kennethalmond8922]

I'm in Oregon, and we do Rainharvest from our roof (2000sq ft) to 3 x 2500gal tanks. Avg 18" of rain/year runs our home for 8 months easily (no conservation at all) but as you say, not enough for yard/growing. Unfortunately, in Oregon the law is long established that other than the roof a citizen may not harvest ANY run-off or build a pond or a hole or ditch in ground any other kind of capture like this. One can apply for well/water-rights but will not be approved if you live in a city. So this won't work for anyone in the state of Oregon.

[@ThreeThreeThree333E]

Oregonian here as well! Greetings friend 👋 Do you have text resources about the Oregon law? I understood that roof harvesting was severely combated by our state authority… but to hear that you can’t even have a pond or dig any kind of depression?! That just sounds insane! Is this suburban laws only? What about rural?

[@cardboard8206]

Fantastic work! I tried growing a fig tree here in San Antonio last year but even watering it every day couldn't withstand that brutal summer.

[@MrMrFlyPuppy]

Try giving it some shade at the hottest/sunniest of the day with a solar panel or other partial block the sun that is directly overhead (sun angle wise). Figs can grow in partial shade but love sun, just not the really hot temps.

[@MrMrFlyPuppy]

Awesome video, I love that you are benefiting your land with this and it's helping flood mitigation too! The watershed areas around the Potomac river north of DC is so much at risk, they are subsidizing cisterns and rain gardens to delay and sequester storm water runoff in the ever growing number of suburbs! I love your setup, looks great!

[@rayhill1]

I appreciate the commitment of how far and long you put into making your videos. Sharing.

[@suburbanbiology]

Thank you!!🙏🏼

[@matticerael5202]

Tucson AZ: So blessed to see this! Thank you EVER SO MUCH!

[@mech-E]

By alterning public and private infrastructure and changing mindsets we can make a huge difference in the environment.

[@JarheadCrayonEater]

I was a control system engineer several years ago, and one of my major projects was the SAWS Leon Creek WWTP FEB flow control system just outside of San Antonio. However, I did have a smaller project that was related directly to the runoff you're talking about in this video. Looks like a great project! Small world!

[@namAehT]

This video came at the perfect time. I've been looking into using a sump pump with my existing underground gutter drains, and it looks like I might be able to take it even further. Time to dig up my driveway.... Though ideally mine would be going to a cistern first, then the overflow would go to the garden.

[@BhaalooWildscapes]

I've got a very active basement sump discharging in my yard. This video gave me a great visual on how I can put that water to good use. Thanks!

[@stevenothanks7379]

it's funny; i was just about to say that you're an undervalued source of information taking on tasks like this - then you literally say to share the information afterwards lol classy; i do a lot of work in construction and would like to homestead one day; I'm sure that's why a lot of us are here watching videos and learning - need way more money for that to happen and certainly not in this state that i'm in - jersey - one of the worst ones in the country for sure - especially when it comes to things like this - i've put in a leech field and done some site work - pretty much the same stuff

[@suburbanbiology]

I'm glad you enjoyed the video and appreciate your support! Greenhouse video in progress. Thanks!

[@joannecarroll5504]

They never send the water where it's needed, do they? I'm in Adelaide, South Australia which has arid, semi-arid & Mediterranean climates. We grew up constantly being reminded that we lived in the driest city of the driest state in the country & that water a precious resource. Australia's mainly populated round the edges, but inland mostly along rivers, where towns & cities grew dependent. Here in SA, our spacious 990 sq km (380 sq mi) only has 1.9 million people & 1.5 million of us live in Adelaide metro & use the Murray River for water. Sadly, it runs through 3 states & has so little water left after industrial irrigators interstate that when the Murray gets to the Coorong (look it up), an area of significant natural beauty where it meets the sea, it keeps closing up & killing so much natural life. Then having to be dredged. Water restrictions in summer hv always bn normal for us; no hoses (until the govt finally realised we lived in a bushfire zone - duh!), no car washing, then odd & even days to use garden water. People hv voluntarily used self-drilled bore water & rain water tanks for decades (& put up signs in their gardens to stop sticky-beaks from reporting them incorrectly for using water on wrong days). Many use outdoor solar rainwater showers (they're awesome btw) by the pool or beach. For years we've tried in SA to save our river, creating State water legislation when, for decades we had hostile conservative Federal govts. Finally in 2018, the Federal govt was pushed by other parties into creating Federal law on all new Australian home builds - amongst other things they MUST have a rainwater collection system in place for various reasons, but mainly in case of fire & for gardens, because soggy gardens reduce fire risk. Meanwhile the stormwater runs out to sea & they all still take, take, take from our river & nobody has the sense to put anything useful back.

[@willbass2869]

Great job. Well thought out and implemented. Wish I could do same here in Houston but my soil is solid, thick gumbo starting 4-5 inches below grass, even after 50 years of San Augustine lawn. Gumbo won't absorb enough water quick enough to make this even close to affordable. If I knew I could percolate a lot water into my elevated corner lot I'd try your design. I'm left with using a digging fork to slightly pry the soil up on contours to get some water deeper into soil without creating rolling swales. I even add sand/compost along the line to introduce some material more friendly to root penetration. I figure roots will have to do most of the work of water percolation. Congrats and job well done. Keep on keeping on. 👍👍

[@jefflowe8803]

Dude i love everything about your video! A brilliant solution to your water issue and great reseach!!!

[@suburbanbiology]

Thank you! And thanks for your support!

[@stefannegler2314]

i live on a hill and when it rains the street is like a river. your idea is great and i find a solution to harvest this thanks !

[@dieterjosef]

Have not finished the video but you are a perfect example for what a lot of European cities want to become: a sponge city. The goal is too keep water at a place so it won't become a danger to other places next in the stream, and to give water the time to soak into the ground to refill the ground water reservoir.

[@Repeal_22nd_Amendment]

Howdy from Tanglefoot, Texas! Up between Waco and Austin!

[@BryanKirch]

Way to be resourceful! No longer an organic food forest though. I can only imagine the chemicals in the runoff. Consider a filtration system next. Even a reed bed or something

[@Gingerfrost]

Was thinking watching the video adding rock bed or even large amounts of activated charcoal there in the outter ring that catches the leaves would help out. Maybe a type of filter on the inside of the ring itself. //(Though honestly he may wanna talk to the experts on this before implementing. )//

[@entheo8824]

My first thought.. with it being run off from a roadway, it would definitely pick up heavy metals from brake dust, chemicals from car leaks.. it needs a carbon filter somehow. Cool in theory but not for my personal food garden

[@lolapplesauce]

wow nice job piecing together the puzzle of waste water that originates at your curb!

[@Texan190]

I wish homes in texas were already built like this, with conservation in mind.

[@caveweta1]

Excellent, thoughtful video. Lots of ideas for us here in NZ

[@throughmylens5127]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="328">5:28</a> watched a video on the greening of the Sahara Desert they are using U shapes to catch the monsoon water and each U is a ecosystem

[@dieterjosef]

I am from Germany so maybe I try to get away with being an unpolite know-better: was it maybe not about Sahara but about the sub-Sahara zone, the Sahel? Huge parts of this region had ore vegetation and have some rainfall but not constant but in heavy rain events. The technic is called demi-moons, or half moons. People dig a shallow pit that follows the water flow in the ground so the pit fills with water. It is also filled with dung and organic material. This technique is really old but one person had the idea to prepare them before the rain comes so that more rain is captured. I write that for other people that are interested. My knowledge comes only from yt videos I watched about restoring land and saving water.

[@PrivateAccoun]

Great utilization of a resource. I would point out that there are a lot of nasty things that can come off the roadway, so ensure your not mixing this in with your future drinking water

[@ShamzeerMajeed]

Its been a while I watched a youtube video completely. Good Job

[@avgFloridian]

Neat project. My municipal sidewalk is several feet into my yard. I'd have to put a catch basin in the swale and pump out from there. That might be difficult because the city says that's their property (it's within my surveyed property lines) but my city also allows for rainwater collection, so I might be able to get it approved. Depends on what utilities they plan to run there in the future. I'd likely just pump it to another holding tank for irrigation given my property's layout and lack of elevation. Maybe I can convince them to run the sidewalk along the road when they're doing work the next time. (It cuts into the properties along the ROW 3/4 of the way into the adjacent property, and jogs around on the other side of the street.) About 1.5 gal/s seems like it's closer to the 1/2 HP model... so 86.67 gpm in a 2" pipe is 8.28 fps. That's quick, but you're under 10 and only going like 18" and it's also a convenient size for the hose you're swapping out for.

[@sai-kv2iq]

I’m glad this video showed up in my feeds

[@senval6511]

What steps do you take to counteract all of the chemicals and toxins being washed through the gutter and into your yard/vegetable garden?

[@Mostlyharmless1985]

Dirt.

[@dylangreen9542]

nobody seems to be asking this. that water is literally full of heavy metals and hydrocarbons.

[@Mostlyharmless1985]

@@dylangreen9542 So is your air. Dirt.

[@GermanPalacios-i6h]

Excellent video man! great content. we need more of this.

[@suburbanbiology]

Thank you! I’m glad you liked it!

[@jessicavallee3831]

this is so awesome. can you imagine what it would be like if even 1 person per neighborhood everywhere did this?! I'll wrack my brain to try and think of someone I could share this with that would be interested in watching

[@infinitybeyond6357]

how is the water quality of your gutter water? during rain, mine starts off with an oil sheen (sometimes). i would guess the rubber and oil on the road would wash off first. might be a good idea to skip the first hour of the rain, too allow the cumulated contamination to wash away.

[@moth.monster]

A washing machine drum could work as a reused sump wall, I bet. You could get it from a broken one for free.

[@suburbanbiology]

I like the idea! It could be a great way to get a cheap, strong wall! Stainless would look cool too!

[@GreenCanvasInteriorscape]

Very promising and well thought out ideas presented eloquently. I envision cities with the rainwater taxation fees that are now normalized having conniptions, nearby businesses in Minneapolis are being taxed for square foot of roof space for rainwater management, have been a victim of Minneapolis rainwater Management in the past and moved away for other reasons but water management and cities and owning homes within them is complex, congratulations, subscribed

[@christinashawgo6510]

This is such a great idea. Thank you so much for your information.

[@b_uppy]

Think Brad Lancaster's systemology is simpler, less expensive. The sump pump adds too much cost and complexity. Prefer simpler gravity feed systems. Good on you for taking advantage of all that free water. Streetwater is good for landscaping, and fruit trees. Wish hou had covered why harvesting streetwater works for these instead of including most food plants...

[@alantremonti1381]

I'm wondering if you can recommend videos that are more granular about the engineering and tool-use principles? You're lighting a fire up under me, but I'm cautious sort, after all. Anyway, fantastic videos; love the overarching theme of critical thought and mindfulness of our environs.

[@suburbanbiology]

I go into a little more detail in some of my patreon videos on welding and plasma cutting. Check out my porch renovation series. The one that has the thumbnail of the thermal image. I go into more detail on some of those. Thanks!

[@H2OSakanaIsMyOshi]

Really interesting, i like the editing

[@duotronic6451]

Wow. Great idea. I could make that work on my duplex lot. ❤❤❤

[@devon9075]

If you live in a headwater state like I do, this kind of thing could get you in big trouble. I like how you checked around first to demonstrate that you aren't expecting to be robbing water from someone else by irrigating. Without the necessary water right though, this still may not be legal in most places

[@entheo8824]

...That's exactly why a good portion of this video was dedicated to consulting with the local water authority and researching for this very point. Research and authorization is key

[@UsenameTakenWasTaken]

Mmmmmmm, yummy road water. Don't grow anything that uptakes heavy metals in that if you intend to eat it year after year for decades.

[@CalamityAndy]

Really interesting video, thanks for sharing

[@coolbeans7349]

i have a stream running through my property maybe about a acre from my house, very grateful help in the summer with my plants for sure: although i never followed the stream upriver no clue where it comes from xD

[@namAehT]

Do you have any worries about pesticide runoff, or the oil/tire particulate from the road?

[@joe9743]

Great video! Great idea!

[@bigwooly8014]

My idea for aquifer recharge. The 10 10 10 plan. Residential 1% discount on property tax for every qualifying unit up to a maximum 10% discount. Commercial .25% for every qualifying unit. Maximum 10% discount. Qualifying units 10ftx 10ft x1ft (or equivalent 100sq ft x 1ft area) unlined water catchment, native grassland, or native wetland. (This is an effort to accommodate all areas of the state. Not just the dry areas) Grassland and wetland units must be devoid of all non native plants. Tie aquifer recharge to property tax relief. There's something to make everyone happy. Ecological benefits and tax relief. Plus, there is a slowing of erosion from rain runoff and lessening of severity of flash flooding due to slowed runoff. Constructive criticism is welcome. Eventually, I'm going to try and get this in front of as many government officials as possible in Texas to see if they will bite. Love your work here. Thank you for pointing out the pitfalls of leveling out all the ground terrain in the state.

[@_sticks_]

Great video!

[@pyur9124]

Hi! I have a couple concerns/questions, but I LOVE this project and your channel. My state has guidelines on building rain gardens, and I believe the requirements are to not trench within 5 feet of a property line, so that trench you placed snaking down your fenceline could be risky (and I think maybe 10 or 25 feet of a foundation). Not sure if yours has these rules, but at least for others looking into this I’d check first. I’m also curious if you have checked the safety of the water for some crops, as I am under the impression that rain gardens using street water are not safe for leafy greens or root vegetables, though I imagine your figs are probably safe (still probably worth a disclaimer / research on a plant-by-plant basis even for fruiting bodies), but of course rain gardens and trenches are fantastic for any sort of native plants and ecology beyond just eating. The heavy metals, plastic, rubber, street oils, etc from cars and tires are the main concern.

[@dreifear]

Great video Only 1 per cent of the world's water is available for drinking. Treating storm flows as waste is unsustainable.

[@JohnChrysostom101]

That water is full of filth and road grime and whatever people dump in the gutter from working on cars

[@SamuelCoupland]

Great video!!!

[@jennastephens1224]

1 Inch every 20 feet of slope is about the same as 1 cm for every 3 m for our non-American friends

[@ZippytheHappyChimp]

I never have understood why, these days, we don't recharge aquifers with treated water in most places. Often its cleaner water than the original source, and for many aquifers, they've already been infiltrated with pollutants and whatnot from decades of poor water management. Once that "aquifer is pure and clean" ship has sailed, there's no reason not to recharge it with "clean-ish" water; you're already expecting to filter and treat it before use at the pump-out station.

[@jamesray9009]

I cut a flat bottom trough thru my yard to help with flooding 3 acres of low land with getting the occasional 6-8 " Im just south of you about 100 miles.. Im looking to try to go off grid with my well water all I have left is electric then continue to landscape .

[@cvzphotography]

I wish more municipalities would allow this.

[@ericpierce4041]

New sub bell and 👍 in the austin metro area great job on info and video. There's a guy in AZ that has changed a large neiborhood area in town with sidewalk runoff with simple sidewalk cuts and simple pits , entire blocks have started useing his methods city came onboard with allowing his efforts makeing a dramatic difference . Again great job thanks ill probably pick up one of the tifoil hats you got .

[@suburbanbiology]

Hello neighbor!!! Yeah Brad Lancaster! His books inspired me! Thanks for your support and if you get one, enjoy the hat!!! 🙏🏼

[@lawrencechan2693]

This is awesome

[@realstatistician]

Very cool!

[@ttopero]

In Denver (less than half San Antonio’s precipitation) we treat rain & snow as a toxin to evacuate as fast as possible. Two things encourage this: backward laws dictating water falling on your land is not to be accumulated as it belongs to superior owners & fear of swelling shale clay that would “destroy” our infrastructure (as stated by an engineer LMFAO). We have a lot of work ahead of us to reeducate & change our practices!

[@allanallansson9532]

The fact that you did your research instead of just assuming, speaks volumes about you.👍👍👍

[@ThoneJones]

Awesome video. Really well done. That’s a great idea. Unfortunately, my state would say that’s stealing water from people downstream. Water right laws in the west really need to be revamped.

[@WSWC_]

Incredibly disappointed, i thought yall sounded like cowboys. for real tho amazing video this took a lot of effort and I learned a lot. Thanks brother

[@whgordon6109]

Hydraulic Enginering is Facinating Subject, All types of enginering are interesting, and holds my attention, but Hydraulic And Pnumatic Seriously Pique It! Many Thanks for Shareing This, Your Insights are Most Valued and Will Certainly Added to My Resources in the Future!

[@Alex_-oc4bt]

Wouldn't the run off water be contaminated by leaking engine oil?

[@edflintlaw]

Shared on Facebook.

[@eatshmoogle3573]

Forcing all the water out of towns as fast as possible. I wonder why the deserts are growing

[@FirstLast-if3ht]

Good stuff

[@throughmylens5127]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="933">15:33</a> neighbor on a hill had sandbags and a pump to water his yard whenever it rained

[@benmontes7062]

❤ that's so Amazing hopefully this video can motivate more and more people to do the same .

[@daylen577]

Water is kind of like solar, there's plenty of it but it needs to be managed/stored properly to make it useful during off-times. Here in the Netherlands they're starting to literally pay households to not let their rainwater go into the sewers anymore, instead putting large tanks in their gardens to store the water until it eventually goes back into the ground. This means that instead of all the rain flowing immediately into concrete structures that siphon it out of the area, it keeps the ground water much higher for much longer. Can't wait for them to start making people with completely paved backyards pay for that too, it's amazing what a patch of grass can do for the health of your entire backyard. Sadly in the US in a lot of places it's illegal to gather rain water (for drought reasons, I guess?), even though those same places also don't do anything to properly store the water close to where it's needed for when the drier periods hit and it should go back into the ground.

[@suburbanbiology]

Well said. Thanks for commenting!

[@1050cc]

👏👏👏 👌 YTF is this not being incorporated into all local, in fact all urban planning 🤔🤔🤔 This isn't dissimilar to the barriers being created to hold back African desertification 👌

[@SubOptimalUsername]

Informative. It would be rwlly easy for every government to make information wbout what each person should be doing with water.

[@hikerJohn]

This is illegal in some states. Not because you cannot cut holes in curbs but because you cannot harvest water. Someone posted a video about this years ago. The answer is to check before you act.

[@novampires223]

Watch Andrew Millison from Oregon, he makes lovely videos on water catchment through the University in Eugene I believe..😊

[@MistressOP]

How do you deal with the forever chemicals from the first flush. Have you had your land tested?

[@PatrickAllen-p6t]

Rain water drainage and toilet water don’t go through the same drainage systems

[@MistressOP]

@@PatrickAllen-p6t In certain areas of the country forever chemicals are everywhere. So much so that the first flush of rainwater is some of the most dangerous. More so when your dealing with drainage from street level. Which is why I asked. hopefully dood gets back to me because I really wonder. We have a lot of properties like this near berkley. But berkley and cali has a lot more regulation when it comes to chemicals and so forth. So, it's interesting to see it here and what the outcome and testing is like.

[@lsdzheeusi]

brilliant!

[@tehpanda64]

there are entire cities and maybe even countries that only operate using surface water reclaimed from the houses themselves. Normally that is an infrastructure cost thing more than a practical one, drought affects these people after-all so it is mostly a tropical solution.

[@meder07]

Bermuda roof is one

[@frankpower97]

I am searching camlock fittings for flerxible hose and pvc for years how did you do that ?

[@suburbanbiology]

Amazon has everything. Thanks!!

[@frankpower97]

@suburbanbiology probably it's a matter of my regional amazon since I live in Italy, I have to search on ebay or other small retailers

[@stephendickinson9929]

I shared it on X

[@Alec-x5l]

Please please don’t do this unless this guy is doing some heavy filtering there is so much heavy metal rubber chemicals and god only knows what he’s putting on his food then eating it

[@mgevirtz]

Shared.

[@werewolf74]

It was the dumbest thing. In Las Vegas they do not collect all of that rain water / flood water.

[@BraveHornet]

What could you do if you don't have a curb? (there is a ditch)

[@bpd8426]

Wash the crap out those plants before you eat, because the amount of lead by roadways is still a problem even though lead was banned from fuel, it’s still heavily in the environment especially by roadways. I personally wouldn’t use no runoff water from a roadway on my garden.

[@TheMaverickq]

In Poland rain water is taxable so it's not free x)

[@gsftom]

Awesome! I am similarly interested in water, drainage and plants for whatever reason. My house is on street in new braunfels that has a pretty good hill and my neighboring property is a drainage ditch. I am super interested in what you are doing. Thanks for detailing what you are doing! I saw you using a small excavator. Can you share what unit that is? Thanks for detailing what you are doing!

[@suburbanbiology]

Hello neighbor! It’s a Yanmar 423. Small little tractor but has served me well. It’s important to make sure you have a service center nearby in case you need repairs so pick your brand with that in mind. Thanks for commenting!!!

[@Lisa608]

I'm pretty sure it's illegal in my municipality to harvest any rain that did not fall on your own roof.

[@Pippy626]

Just remember some areas you are not allowed to do this. In most of Or you do not own the rain water above your land. :(

[@im-that-guy-pal]

I bet you neighbors love the mosquitoes that breed in the water

[@njipods]

this is really cleaver. ironically i spend more time getting water out off my garden because its all clay an my area is drained by huge pumps that stop if flooding

[@youalreadyknowbby]

❤❤❤

[@olstearn]

Mostly i don't bother liking videos, I'm sure most people are the same but at this moment in time this video has 2k views and 1k likes. Insane ratio.

[@frosteone1670]

I'd like more information on the PVC gate valves please. Brand, part number, cost and where you purchased them. Thanks in advance.

[@suburbanbiology]

4 inch gate valve: amzn.to/3ZxmIDl I added this link to the description. Thanks!!

[@charlespaine987]

QUESTION ,MAINTAINENCE street water will carry a lot of debris trash,dust ,gravel,chemicals how many hours of your time is it worth.