date-created: '2013-02-04'
date-updated: '2026-09-02'
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title: 'Rainwater Catchment J Gnarly'
description: "A rainwater catchment system will be built on a house in Blue Lake of Humboldt Country in California. The rainwater will be carried from the gutters to storage tanks for use in flushing the indoor toilet and watering the garden. Kyle Basnett and Colin Bourgeois are working on this project as part of the Cal Poly Humboldt's Engineering 305 course in Appropriate Technology."
keywords: 'first flush, rainwater catchment, water storage, Concrete, Plastic'
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version: 176
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