Rainwater – Gravity Fed Drip Irrigation

[martianable]

Here’s a few pictures of my Newest Project:

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[martianable]

sorry these came out sideways I will fix that later

[martianable]

Now the piping – 1″ runs – a union seemed a good way to start – lol

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[atom]

Guessing that you are going to run drippers on that line.

Use pressure regulated drippers.

Non pressure regulated and it will be a nightmare. Would also suggest some form of filtration before the first solenoid. Nasty stuff grows in IBCs.

[martianable]

Yes – I do have a prefilter ! – More photos to show you – lol ( the filter is out b/c I was checking to see if the pressure would go up a bit – nah.. )

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[Anonymous]

Very cool. How is the system working so far? Would you do anything different?

[DoItAllDad]

What is the elevation of your tank relative to the drip lines? From what I’ve read, a filter like what you’ve got installed will potentially lower the pressure too much to make gravity-fed drip irrigation possible. If you could share a bit more of your setup, that would be awesome. Thanks!

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