Storing Water in Barrels made Easy

Water Storage Center

This may be the easiest way of filling, draining and storing water in barrels.  The concept is simple:  Make the barrels fill and drain by themselves -- No pumping, No priming, No lifting.

This unique design is built to fill and drain both barrels almost without effort.  Just fasten a garden hose to the lower faucet and fill them up.  Then, when full, just turn on the tap and water flows out.

The cleaver part is the internal pipes, configured to fill the barrels completely leaving minimal air in the barrels.  (Air left in containers of stored water promote bacteria and fungus growth.  Minimizing the remaining air helps the stored water stay fresher longer.)

When draining the barrels, this system configuration will draw out all but about 1 cup of water without even moving the barrels!  No more tipping and lifting -- And it does it almost by itself!  No pumping.  No priming or siphoning.

Best of all, in an emergency, access to the water is easy through the faucet!  Just turn it on.  It's that easy!  If you store water in barrels, build one of these for yourself.

Construction :  Moderate woodworking skills - Can be built with typical hand & power tools with a medium skill.

Plans include easy to follow, fully illustrated instructions.  See sample plans pages.

 
Barrel stand is approximately 59" height, 27" width, and 44" depth, and will accomodate 2 standard 55 gallon barrels.  The plans can be modified to hold 3 barrels if desired.