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Suitable water containers

Agriculture · Grade 8 · about 40 minutes

Suitable stores for harvested roof water are clean, covered, food-safe containers: tanks, drums, jerrycans and clay pots, never pesticide or fuel vessels.

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Other lessons in this sub-strand

  1. Why we harvest and store water
  2. Roof rain and surface run-off
  3. Shallow water pans
  4. Water ponds
  5. Suitable water containers
  6. Harvesting rain and run-off at school
  7. Maintaining harvesting and storage
  8. Safe use of harvested water
  9. Responsibility for harvested water