canopy Posted October 10, 2009 Share Posted October 10, 2009 Rainwater catchment jars are commonly 2 cubic meters. I would like enough water to make it through the dry season. Rather than buy a bunch of smaller tanks I was interested in just one big one since it will allow for a smaller footprint. I read somewhere Thailand was (still is?) producing a 11 cubic meter ferrocement jar. Anyone know if really big jars like that are available anywhere? Another question: regardless of size (within reason) I would actually prefer a real clay jar rather than the normal ferrocement jars painted brown. Is there such a thing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billd766 Posted October 11, 2009 Share Posted October 11, 2009 (edited) I have 20 of the 1.5cu/m ferroconcrete ones from the time a few years ago that the village ran out of water for a couple of months and they were around 900 baht each. It may seem a lot but at that time we had about 10 people living on the site. Be aware that 1 cu/m of water weighs 1 ton and an 11 cu/m one will weigh 11 tons plus the weight of the container and that is a lot of weight in one place. I had a slab built for mine. dam_n it has loaded both and I can't get rid of the full size one. Sorry. Edited October 11, 2009 by billd766 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canopy Posted October 12, 2009 Author Share Posted October 12, 2009 Nice, but hey 20 of those tanks is not much if it needs to supply water across the dry season. I read in a book Thailand started making a widely available 11 cubic meter ferrocement tank in the 1980's. I have not noticed any. Imagine how small your water storage area would be with just 3 tanks and you would have even more water. Seems the advantages of the bigger tank is less footprint and generally better water pressure due to the increased height. Getting a few jars the size you are using seems fine for a backup water supply but I am looking for year round supply. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cuban Posted October 12, 2009 Share Posted October 12, 2009 I've looked at both solutions to mass water storage, I am looking to progress with multiple large jars and a custom built tank on the grounds of space, spreading the risk of loosing the water due to leakage * or contamination via decomposed dead animals. Also keeps the pipe work runs simple from each roofing surface. * Any large tank may cause the ground it is on top deform and result is container failure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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