I have a little setup going over here .
I recently added a Ro system which is not the fastest way to make water. I recently just added a 2x2 seedling/ clone tent and will be adding a 4x4 tent next week. I currently have 12 plants in veg. With all this going on I am looking at indoor water storage. I see some people use trash cans with a spigot in them but I am not sure if those leach chemicals into the water. I also was looking at 7 gallon containers I suppose I could have a bunch of those on hand.
I did some searching but was wondering what folks are currently using.
I hit up my local car wash: they have dozens of empty nalgene barrels of detergent and wax: picked a 30 gallon one used for soap which cleaned right up and the lawn enjoyed it. Run the R/O into that and kept on the patio for months until needed.
I bought a small electric pump that fit through the opening and pumped it out as needed. All of $8 IIRC.
After buying water in 4 and 5 gallon sizes at a big box store I just reuse the bottles. 5 gallons is about all I want to hold up while pouring into a smaller container. Also a good size for moving around to different grow spaces.
How much ro water are you planning on needing? The dwc guys should own stock in those heavy duty 27 gallon storage totes. $10 harbor freight pond pump and couple feet of tubing would work to collect water, you could install bulkhead in bottom and some pipe with valve, or a spigot. Old fashioned 2 quart pitcher dip always works too.
I use a 20 gallon Rubbermaid BRUTE trash can. Mine serve double duty for my plants and my reef aquarium. They meet NSF 2, 21 approval and is USDA Meat and Poultry Group listed, ensuring regulatory compliance for food storage and ability to be cleaned, so you know they aren’t going to leach chems into your water.
I use a small aquarium utility pump to get the water out. Also use the round wheeled dollys to make moving them a breeze.
We used what @Northerlit uses around
our old garden. One thing you can do is put it up on a couple of cinder blocks and drill a hole on the side at the bottom. Then we got an outdoor water faucet and attached it at the hole. Wah lab, 55 gallon water station. If you want to take it a step further you can put it outside and take th r top off and replace it with a screen. Then you collect rain water. Just a thought.
