Water

When we started developing 147 RRR we knew that water security was a premium issue.

For the house, the largest water tank possible on the site was the way to go - a concrete 95,000 litre (20,000 gallon) tank. To make things easier, we had this built in-ground becoming a great entertaining area close to the house. The tank is very nearly full meaning domestic water is no issue!

As a back-up, the new shed has a 22,500 litre tank (5,000 gallon) tank which has been full for months now - so water's there for the shed or for topping-up the house tank.

As for dams, there's the smaller "Pond" which fills from run-off from the driveway. We use this to irrigate the garden.

The "Bottom" dam was the first we put in making water available for the bottom of the property if necessary. This is a good medium size dam which holds well.

The "Top" dam is our newest dam and is settling-in. When full it should hold well over 1 megalitre (a million litres).