Life starts with water.
Relatively easy and cheap to setup, a person can catch enough water to live just from the small roof above their head. This 100 sqft camper can catch 3,000 gallons per year in Texas.
We started with 50 gallon food grade containers and have upgraded to 275 gallon IBC totes.
Roof area (ft2) x Precipitation (in) x .623 = gallons of rainwater
The majority of our water catches off our 600 sqft workshop roof into a 5,000 gallon container. We then use a solar powered water pump to fill a 275 gallon ibc tote sitting upon a 15 foot water tower, which is enough pressure to gravity feed to the garden irrigation, and the main shower.
In transit…our 5000 gallon tank now rests directly on the ground. Buried pvc will supply a direct line from our garden to a hose hookup.
We elevated our 500 and 1000 gallon tanks and added a hose spigot for easy access.
