How feasible is it to provide a way to use storm water from the buried tiles (or ahead of them) for grass and garden watering. I am thinking of a pump there to feed sprinklers, for example, from the other end (i.e. not from the city water supply connection end). Any advice? Thanks!

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Isaac Chan

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Mon, 04/22/2013 - 18:16

Without some form of storage such as a cistern system, it will be difficult to utilize stormwater directly from buried tiles. The main reason for that is because it will be difficult for one to determine if the water level within the tiles are enough to support gardening activities when watering is needed. Most cisterns are designed to be buried, but there are above-grade cisterns available commercially as well. Note: You can consider using tiles as a gigantic cistern system. But such approach is not advisable as the extensive amount of joints would be difficult to maintain over the building's life-cycle.

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