Free (after $10,000) Water

A few weeks ago I got up early in the morning while we were having a rain storm. As I stood in the kitchen drinking some coffee, I watched the rain just pouring down from the roof of our house as well as my man cave (storage shed). I was thinking about how much clean water was coming down that I would turn around to pay for at a later date.

With 2 growing boys we are using more and more water. Add to that our small inflatable pool, tomato, bean, cabbage plants, and flowers that we require water, and we are paying a fairly large monthly amount.

The above chart shows one mans solution that he got from a German company. When he built his new house it was going to cost him more than $10k for a well, and nearly that much to hook up his house to the water grid. For the same amount he installed a 1700 gallon rain water collection and filtering system. Pretty cool if you ask me.

I wonder what else God gives us for free that we end up not using and instead pay for a substitute later on. Love, community, others?