Thread: Send her down, hughie!

Originally Posted by trout1105

Connecting the tanks at the bottom wasn't an option for me as there is about a 300mm drop form the first tank to the last one, It also leaves the valve at the bottom of the tank free and easy to access for draining/cleaning.
I also removed the centre bung from the top hatch on the tanks so they are able to "vent" when filling to allow for a faster fill, We don't get "Cyclonic" downpours here more is the pity.
I also covered up the holes with mossie mesh to stop the little blighters getting into the tanks.
Its a project in progress and I will revisit this thread after the first rains to update it

That's good. Have you tried using some water clarifier in the tanks to maintain good quality? I treated one of our tanks today.

we got 20mm in 24hrs @ home

it ****ed down at Jacobs Well, but unsure how much fell...more than home.

At last , we had heavy rain all night , not sure how much but the pool which I was thinking of toping up yesterday is now almost over flowing , would have come up a good 6 to 8 inches. Guess I will have to pump some out if we are going to get some more , don't want he salt water over flowing into the garden. We got our water a/c yesterday $500 at least now the tanks are full I can top the pool from them instead of the tap. We have been loosing 50mm a week through evaporation so having to top up every couple of weeks.

73.92 mm here to 0830. Dam has come up about a foot (good catchment), top shed tank @ 22,700 l, two house tanks @ 22,700 l ea. and granny flat tank @ 6,500 l are just overflowing and both 22,700 l tanks off the bottom shed at around four fifths full.

Without being too greedy, another 200-300 mm would be good for the dam.

I just found a empty bucket I had left in the middle of the back yard couple of days ago , well it was empty but with the rain ove night it had over flowed.

Originally Posted by Saitch

73.92 mm here to 0830. Dam has come up about a foot (good catchment), top shed tank @ 22,700 l, two house tanks @ 22,700 l ea. and granny flat tank @ 6,500 l are just overflowing and both 22,700 l tanks off the bottom shed at around four fifths full.

Without being too greedy, another 200-300 mm would be good for the dam.

So if you get a metear and 300mm is flowing over the spillway due to inflow, is not the damn a percentage overfull?

Originally Posted by Ancient Mariner

So if you get a metear and 300mm is flowing over the spillway due to inflow, is not the damn a percentage overfull?

If my taynk is 22,700 leeterz and there's water entering via the downpipe and exiting the overflow, it can still only hold the 5,000 gals.

Originally Posted by ramblingboy42

we got 20mm in 24hrs @ home

it ****ed down at Jacobs Well, but unsure how much fell...more than home.

went back there this morning......some claim to have received 250mm