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In the rural area I live in many of the older homes have a roof fed cistern built into the foundation, typically in the basement inside the heated envelope of the building.
It's useful if you don't have an aquifer accessible (eg. live on bedrock, next to a nestle facility, data centre, etc), or if your property has different elevations and you want a system that doesn't require a pump (ie. because it's gravity fed).
You can buy pvc tanks in various sizes too. They're usually black to prevent algae growth. A lot of folks I know just use a bunch of ibc totes stacked together, because they're cheap and readily available.
In the rural area I live in many of the older homes have a roof fed cistern built into the foundation, typically in the basement inside the heated envelope of the building.
It's useful if you don't have an aquifer accessible (eg. live on bedrock, next to a nestle facility, data centre, etc), or if your property has different elevations and you want a system that doesn't require a pump (ie. because it's gravity fed).
You can buy pvc tanks in various sizes too. They're usually black to prevent algae growth. A lot of folks I know just use a bunch of ibc totes stacked together, because they're cheap and readily available.