[timberrr59]

Good job for collecting the water. I have used some of that plastic screen repair screening material to seal off where connections are exposed to mosquitoes. They love to get into the stored rainwater! It doesn't take much to keep them out. I can make some really good lather with that soft water. I just use some Williams and sometimes some Old Spice mug soaps. Later I plan to experiment with some of these high-class soaps that I read about in the Forums. Keep up the collecting. Think about this: IT IS ILLEGAL TO COLLECT RAINWATER IN COLORADO! It has something to do with eastern Colorado water rights about possible diminishing the water in rivers and streams. According to what I learned at the Cibilo Nature Center Rainwater Harvesting Seminar, only about 4% of rainwater ever makes it to streams and rivers because of soaking into the ground, evaporation, vegetation, etc. The state of Colorado has "ownership" of the rain!!! After learning that, I never listen to my John Denver records ever again!... RRR