You could add more rain barrels, you could make a cistern http://www.watertanks.com/category/351/

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-Bonnie

Bonnie,

I assume by a cistern you mean a true underground cistern? That would be great if i had the space or the funds, but my area is just not set up properly for a cistern, as well as the installation being cost-prohibitive. bummer...

-Melissa

EEEEKKKK ! I accidentally erased my response and now I have to type it all again !

I have a master gardener friend who used an empty 250-gal plastic storage container that's inside a metal cage. He got it at a place that sells sprinkler equipment. I saw them yesterday at the feed store (they're $100) and they used to be a Hawaiin Punch concentrate container. He has his behind his storage building, with the gutters on each side leading down through a Y tube to the container. Then he has it connected to the soaker system in his huge veggie garden, which is on a circuit so there isn't an end that doesn't get as much pressure as the beginning. He uses a sump pump to start the flow, then turns it off after a minute, and it continues on its own. It's very cool. It's an unsightly container, but could be easily camouflaged.

Carol

I have a system of rain barrels which is growing. We linked them together on the heaviest water downspout on the house! I now get 180 gallons of water per rain. Looking to add more - maybe an above ground cistern and eventually a below ground one!

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