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  • schmorp@slrpnk.netEnglish
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    1 month ago

    I’m still trying to figure out how to store the water I pump with my ram pump on a hillside in a sustainable and safe way. I have started to think about reservoirs made from living trees (willow might be a good candidate). I don’t want to lug a pile of ugly materials up any beautiful mountain if it can be avoided.

      • schmorp@slrpnk.netEnglish
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        1 month ago

        Yes, that’s what that is called, I’m just trying to figure out better ways to create them on steeper hillsides where you can not just build an earth wall. The traditional way used to be granite, but it’s heavy work. I am just dreaming up a solarpunk future where we could plant reservoirs. I’m too lazy to carry stones. And the current method of building cheap, quick water reservoirs involves corrugated sheet metal, and that is ugly and awful to work with, and usually gets imported from elsewhere (as do bricks and concrete). My tree reservoir has the problem that the quick changes in water level of the reservoir could be bad for the trees.

        • MrMakabar@slrpnk.netEnglish
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          1 month ago

          You could use old tires similar to the way they use them on an earthship to stabalize the walls. Not perfect, but much easier to lift those up the hill and it is still a lot of hard work to fill the tires.