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# Bottled Rainwater
- URL: https://www.protein.xyz/bottled-rainwater/
- Published: 2005-05-31T19:57:45.000Z
- Updated: 2016-06-14T05:43:03.000Z
- Description: Richard's Rainwater has made a profitable business out of selling rainwater harvesting systems. A one-inch rain on 1000 square…
- Author: Protein
- Tags: Seeds, #protein, #Import 2024-06-11 13:21

[Richard's Rainwater](http://rainwater.org/?ref=protein.xyz) has made a profitable business out of selling rainwater harvesting systems. A one-inch rain on 1000 square feet of collection surface will yield about 550 real world gallons of rainwater. How much collection surface (roof) do I need? Figure on at least 1500 square feet minimum for two people here in the Hill Country with our average rainfall of 32 inches a year. How much do I need to store? Allow about 5000 gallons storage capacity for every family member. This will get you through the worst of droughts. How much does it cost? A very, very ballpark figure is $10,000 for a 10,000-gallon whole-house system including storage tank, prefiltration, pump, secondary filtration and disinfection. You can even read the first chapter of their how-to manual,[ Rainwater Collection for the Mechanically Challenged](http://www.rainwater.org/rainwater%5Fcollection%5Fhow.html?ref=protein.xyz), for free. [http://rainwater.org](http://rainwater.org/?ref=protein.xyz) via worldischanging.com