Got these old ice cream tubs from a local ice cream place. $1 for a dozen. I wanted to increase my rainwater storage (currently have 2 rainbarrels). Realized I could stack these guys up as much as I needed. A few drilled holes and a spout off a cracked kombucha kit and bam. Homemade rainbarrel.

This is part of a set of daisey-chained barrels so I had to keep it to 3 tubs for height reasons. All told it only adds about 8 more gallons of storage but every bit helps. You could stack as many as you wanted though, within reason.

I kept it simple but you could also add additional sealing between the bottom-lid connection to limit loss that way. I will add a few extra pictures in the comments.

  • PlaidBaron@lemmy.worldOP
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    1 year ago

    Ah ok so the idea is if youre capturing it, it isnt running off into the river system. That does make sense.

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      1 year ago

      Yeah, and the Colorado & Rio Grande rivers are at least river basins with negotiated agreements. Other parts of the world don’t have these agreements and these disagreements could cause wars in the near future.

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      1 year ago

      It also goes into the ground, and catching the rain prevents it from refilling ground water reserves. The issue is some people (Nestlé) could effectively cause a water scarcity issue and sell the water they’re taking, when it should belong to everyone.