How to Build a Rain Barrel

Suggestion...if the top of your barrel is completely open it will be a good home for mosquito larvae. If this is your case, just drop a goldfish or two in the barrel, they'll eat all of the larvae and you won't have a mosquito problem.

I screen-off the opening on mine. I have an open barrel also and drop in a mosquito dunk for that one.

I collect my water to drink by using plastic bucket. I just place them over a pic nic table. I just make sure that water won't get in touch with any other thing, from the cloud to the bucket. It is odorless, colorless and tasteless. It is better than other kind of drinking water. It is destilled water. If no metal has touched it. Also can be used to refill a car battery or radiator.

u can drink it for sure. hell u can drink it without boiling it. but boiled water tastes like crap imo lol

im guessing u guys up ther dont have wat we call a "rain water tank"?

my house has two of them both hold 10,000 litres of rain water. lasts me the whole summer and more wen they r both full

if you boil the water can you drink it?

I am no expert, but I've seen worse boiled on Survivor and Survivorman, so why not? Though maybe asphalt shingle 'leachate' is bad for you?

There is an awesome rain diverter out called RainReserve. In a closed system it prevents mosquitoes, barrel overflow, algae, debris, and other critters. It also has a maintenance door!

Why 2 spigots?

I just use one per barrel