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mnky3820
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I had an idea to collect rain in large amounts in rain barrels for use in irrigation for my lawn and garden. I want to create a network of 30 rain barrels at 55 gallons each. I will put one rain barrel at each of my down spouts on my gutters, to catch the rain. Then I will have the rest, 28 barrels, 100+ ft away from the catching barrels at the back of my property. I was planning to connect the 30 barrels to a shared 1" backbone pipe that will connect underneath each barrel and run under ground.
My question is, will gravity evenly disperse the water to all the barrels, or will I end up with more water in the catching barrels vs the network in the back, or vice versus? Basically my hope is that each barrel will fill up evenly with the others to maximize water collection. Any thoughts would be greatly helped.
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My question is, will gravity evenly disperse the water to all the barrels, or will I end up with more water in the catching barrels vs the network in the back, or vice versus? Basically my hope is that each barrel will fill up evenly with the others to maximize water collection. Any thoughts would be greatly helped.