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Building a Cistern
I decided to build a cistern so I can use the water from my sump pit on my
grass. the sump does not produce enough GPM so ill need the reservoir to be able to run the pump without cycling continuously. It will be 600 to 1000 gallons. Right now it will be 10' long 4' wide and 4' to 5' deep. I planning to have 8" thick concrete base and the walls will be concrete blocks. My question is, do I need rebar anywhere? and do the walls need to be filled with cement? any rebar in the walls? Its looking to be 5 blocks high and its going to be in the ground. Any gotchas I should know about? Do I need to have any provisions for drainage around the cistern footer? Thanks, Carl |
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