Steve B wrote:

"Wayne" wrote in message
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louie wrote:
Not sure this is a good idea. How will you treat the water? The same
system that filters and chlorinates the water in the pool does not make
it potable. I think it's a legionaire's
disease/mosquito/cryptosporidium/giardia breeding ground waiting to
happen.

Hi Louie
I had thought of that as well. My idea was to have a concrete lid built
onto it, with a well sealed access point for cleaning and sludge
removal, along with a filtering system on the inlet points. That is
what the water authorities reccomend on normal tanks. So provided it is
sealed the mosquitos won't be an issue. As to the rest, any info would
be good.

The filter system on it currently is a sand system, so there'd be no
chemicals involved.


Take $100,000 and one gallon of gas. Mix well. Ignite.

You will have the same result as messing with this idea.

Unless you are just thinking of a way to make a swamp, a sewer, or holding
tank for irrigation water.

Steve

I'm sorry to say (ok, not so sorry) that you are way, way off base
there. Large rainwater collection tanks are very common in many parts of
the world and work just fine. Indeed I seem to recall This Old House did
a project in Bermuda and spent most of one episode covering the
rainwater tanks that provide the bulk of the domestic water there.

Pete C.