As California was deluged by winter storms in January, many gardeners had the same thought: “I wish I could save some of that rain for later.” After years of drought, that “free water” looks mighty ...
In periods of drought and extreme heat such as San Antonio has faced this year, residents with systems for storing and collecting rainwater could help take some pressure off municipal water supplies — ...
The basic idea of a cistern water system, which collects and stores water in or near a home, goes back centuries. In some parts of Western Asia, archeologists discovered lime plaster cisterns in the ...
Some of the best new ideas are old ones. Take the cistern. Basically, it's a man-made receptacle for harvesting rainwater. It's an emerging "green" building trend, but hardly new technology; the ...