Rain Collection System Fail (250 gallons lost!) | "Burn the Evidence"

The rain water collection system failed, and I am forced to dump all 250 gallons of water that I collected so far. Live and learn!

Since I removed the water tot from the metal wire cage, it distended really badly, so I had to restart the entire rain collection system to fix it. Life and time, always provides a lesson, this lesson, is to not go too cheap! Thankfully the entire fix only cost me my time, and 25 cents.

Collecting rainwater is not super complicated, but there are for sure some areas that most people will struggle with. First you need something big enough to catch the water, keep it bug free. You also need a way to keep rain water from getting full of leaves and debris so it doesn't clog up your hose. I also used a pump system to move the water from an old RV.

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