Recently I’ve spoken with numerous people about rainwater collection systems.

I always thought the idea would be cool, tho I haven’t gotten around to it yet for my own house (so many other things to deal with). Of course, with the severe drought, well… rainwater collection is only useful if you have rainwater to collect. 🙂

Nevertheless, it seems that you don’t need much rain to collect a lot of water… one roof can have enough surface area to collect a lot of water, more than enough to get you by, provided you have a good system for collection and storage. With the recent rains we have had, one could easily fill up a system.

Some do it for survival/preparedness reasons. Some do it for landscaping and gardening reasons. Some do it for long-term economy. Whatever your reason, if you’re going to do it, you first need a system.

On Facebook I saw a buddy of mine posting pictures of a big cistern project he was doing. I asked if he had a public webpage, and he finally got one set up.

Purple Fountain Tree.

Jef does irrigation, rainwater, and greywater systems. With the way the Texas climate is turning, efficient use of water is going to become more and more important. Jef also can do other sorts of landscaping and hardscaping projects.

If you’re in the market for such things and in the greater Austin area, give Jef a call.