Yes, many collections of water.  If my memory and calculations are correct, one inch of rain on a 20x30 foot roof yields almost 375 US gallons.  Hard to imagine 375 gallon jugs, rain is good like that.
Further anecdote:  I lived in a place in the coastal range, west of here, that was up on a hill, and used a water ram to send the remaining 10% of a seasonal spring uphill to the small water reservoir above the house.  It was not rainwater though, so I should terminate the anecdote...

On 4/12/06, Ben Barrett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Ahh, I'm so glad to read that :)  The rainwater system is exactly why I'm going... I helped my workplace make a donation for that, and was gifted a ticket.  Incidentally, the farm I grew up on has a cool rainwater collection system, where a 20'x30' roof on top of the hill collections rainwater into a buried basin, and feeds out for animals in the fields below.  I'm so proud.

   Ben

PS - I am looking forward to the burning man panel on saturday.
PPS - If it wasn't a little out there, we wouldn't be certain we were still in Eugene, maybe?   (err, maybe we're not)



On 4/12/06, Alan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Ben Barrett wrote:
  > I am going to the HOPES conference this weekend at UO and should be able to
> answer my own question soon :)
> http://hopes.uoregon.edu
> (very cool stuff, there -- check it out if you have the time and
> inclination)
>
>    Ben

Why do they always need to muck up a perfectly useful conference with
blather?
I mean, morning yoga? Linear time?
That's hardly going to bring in the masses.
Too bad, 'cause that rainwater one looks interesting.

-ajb

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