As a restoration program manager I often have sites that are being cleaned up. Junk and garbage hauled away, old run down buildings being demolished, etc. This stuff mostly goes to the landfill but I always try to salvage what I can to use on my homestead.
Last year I salvaged 4 wood gates from a barn that was being demolished. Those gates are now setup on my homestead which adds a nice look and feel to the "backyard" fence my Dad and I installed this last winter.
This week the cleanup is actually from a research project that a university was doing on a preserve I manage. Really interesting research relating to climate change.
But once the work was done they did not want most of the equipment so it was all going to be thrown away.
I have salvaged a ton of t-posts, deer fencing, and other posts that I can use for my current restoration work.
But the big #treasurefinds was 2 550 gallon water tanks! I managed to get both in my Dad's truck and got them to my homestead.
I'm going to set these up to capture rainwater which I will use for small watering jobs including keeping a new worm farm moist in the summer.
Normally I focus on storing water in the ground instead of buying expensive water tanks. But when the tanks are free... well that is too good of an opportunity to turn down.
Plus, taking the tanks keeps them out of the landfill!
Having these tanks open a lot of future options. For example, I could use them to supply most of the water for my toilet.
But for now I'm just going to keep it simple and use it for small irrigation tasks.
Regardless, this will supply a lot of water for my homestead and help hold on to some of the abundance of water this area gets in fall and winter.
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What a great score! I have 4 of the 250g white ones. Yours are much better. Don’t have to worry so much about the light and algae growth.
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Thanks! :) I'm excited to get stared with these new tanks.
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Thats an AMAZING #treasurefind! What a score! Do you get quite dry conditions there? We use IBC 1000 litre tanks because we couldnt afford the big 20,000 tanks that we SHOULD have in a country prone to drought. When I was in my 20s we had an 8 year drought where everyone was on water rations of 150 L per household, per day... 4 minute showers (eek, I love a long shower) and everyone was installing grey water systems for their gardens. We know we will hit those conditions again, so that will be our next necessary expense! We just got solar panels so itll bea while before we can afford them..a find like this would be amazing!
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Thank you! :) Yeah, it does get really dry here in the summer. Western WA is always viewed as a wet place but almost all of the rain comes in the fall/winter. Once summer comes we can go months with no rain. Last year we had no rain from May through most of September. Luckily, this year we got a little rain over the summer but still very little.
I'm excited to get these water tanks setup. I really try to limit my irrigation but hopefully these tanks will give me a sustainable option when I do need to give my plants a little water.
Thanks again!
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I just love when things like this cross your path. Hard to imagine that anyone would want to throw them away!
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In this case once the research was done they had no use for them and didn't want to haul them down to Oregon. Easier to just throw them away. But it still does not make a lot of sense... but people often just take the easy way with this sort of thing.
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This is NOT a treasure find, it's a TREASUREBONANZA!!! Awesome score and sooooo important on the homestead.
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Hehe, yeah I was really happy to get the tanks! :)
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