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Rainwater Harvesting Gains Popularity
Pat Owens and Shane Schmidt agree that installation of a rainwater harvesting system is easier with new construction so that collection gutters and conveyence lines to the tank blend into the site. Schmidt says that retrofitting a system is possible.
Photo by Shane Schmidt
The advent of municipal water systems in Blanco and Johnson City provided potable water for human consumption and rural residents drilled wells for their water. But drought throughout the years led to dry wells for some and the stress of development on groundwater sources leads some residents to consider an alternative source of water from rainwater harvesting. “We have a lot of areas in the county with wells that are high in sulfate and mineralization,” Ron Fieseler, general manager of ...
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