A corrugated water tank attached to a house.
A rainwater tank is a water tank which is used to collect and store rain water runoff, typically from rooftops via rain gutters. Rainwater tanks are devices for collecting and maintaining harvested rain, and a strategy are as old as tanks are installed to make use of soft rain water for home use, reduce mains water use, and aid self-sufficiency. In arid climates, rain barrels are often used to store water during the rainy season for use during dryer periods. Tanks can also be used for retention of stormwater for release at later water is used for flushing toilets, in washing machines, watering gardens, washing cars, agriculture, and sometimes for drinking, if adequate care is taken that the water is not contaminated.
Size: 3381px × 5072px
Location: Victoria, Australia
Photo credit: © Scott Bowman / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: board, building, butt, caught, collecting, collection, conservation, conserve, corrugated, domestic, drought, dry, elevated, gutter, harvest, harvested, harvesting, house, household, iron, outback, outlet, piped, plumbed, plumbing, rain, restrictions, roof, run, stand, standard, steel, storage, stored, summer, tank, tap, tapped, typical, water, weather
