If it is raining, water can be collected in the following containers:
Small scale, domestic water:
1. Buckets
2. Watering cans
3. Cooking pots and bowls of any size.
4. Large tins and jars (you may have to line tins with plastic). Thick coffee jars and mixing bowls, cups and small containers can be emptied into a bucket if you don't have a lot of big containers.
5. Sealed plastic bags such as zip-lock bags-leave open and inside a container while collecting.
6. Large plastic containers that have been cleaned.
7. Children's swimming pools are perfect because they are wide and cover a larger area.
8. Empty cake tins lined with plastic (water can then be collected from the tin with a small cup).
9. Polystyrene containers ("Eskies", coolers, Kentucky Fried Chicken containers).
10. Plastic storage boxes (deep with wide surface area; can be covered quickly).
11. Old drawer lined with thick plastic.
12. Line up cups or jugs inside a suitcase or drawer.
13. Large plastic garden pots (as long as they have no drainage holes).
13. Water can then be poured into things like old lemonade bottles with a small jug, a plastic ironing jug, or a cut off plastic bottle.
14. Baked bean cans.
- get someone to check the water...birds will probably head straight for it. - As soon as you can, this should be stored somewhere cool .
- Cover the water (to prevent bird droppings, dust, small animals contaminating it, stop debris from trees and plants).
- If it is possible, and at the earliest, try and filter, boil, or chlorinate.
- Remember that mosquitos may lay larvae if left outside and uncovered. The water must then be discarded.
Rain water can be used for washing, flushing toilets, and watering but should be used while fresh, if possible. unsterilised water soon grows bacteria.
Small scale, domestic water:
1. Buckets
2. Watering cans
3. Cooking pots and bowls of any size.
4. Large tins and jars (you may have to line tins with plastic). Thick coffee jars and mixing bowls, cups and small containers can be emptied into a bucket if you don't have a lot of big containers.
5. Sealed plastic bags such as zip-lock bags-leave open and inside a container while collecting.
6. Large plastic containers that have been cleaned.
7. Children's swimming pools are perfect because they are wide and cover a larger area.
8. Empty cake tins lined with plastic (water can then be collected from the tin with a small cup).
9. Polystyrene containers ("Eskies", coolers, Kentucky Fried Chicken containers).
10. Plastic storage boxes (deep with wide surface area; can be covered quickly).
11. Old drawer lined with thick plastic.
12. Line up cups or jugs inside a suitcase or drawer.
13. Large plastic garden pots (as long as they have no drainage holes).
13. Water can then be poured into things like old lemonade bottles with a small jug, a plastic ironing jug, or a cut off plastic bottle.
14. Baked bean cans.
- get someone to check the water...birds will probably head straight for it. - As soon as you can, this should be stored somewhere cool .
- Cover the water (to prevent bird droppings, dust, small animals contaminating it, stop debris from trees and plants).
- If it is possible, and at the earliest, try and filter, boil, or chlorinate.
- Remember that mosquitos may lay larvae if left outside and uncovered. The water must then be discarded.
Rain water can be used for washing, flushing toilets, and watering but should be used while fresh, if possible. unsterilised water soon grows bacteria.
Larger Scale domestic water:
Large plastic or resin tanks can be open topped and placed on sturdy frames that water can be drained from a small tap at the bottom.
Large tanks , usually put in by professionals, can be installed to connect with gutters but should be carefully considered. moss, debris and overflow are a problem.
