Virtual Rain Tour – Site 1 Rainbow Road Pool Allotment Gardens
A Salt Spring Island Rainwater Solution Story….
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A Brief System Description:
Total Storage: 5,500 USG in three tanks and two collection surfaces
Uses: Irrigation
Alternative Sources: North Salt Spring Waterworks
Rainbow Rood Pool Allotment Gardens (RRPAG) opened in 2012 with one 2500 US gallon tank that took the rain water off the metal pool roof. The water was pumped up to the gardens where it was distributed from 6 taps around the garden.
In 2018 we added a second 2500 gallon tank to collect rain water off the pool roof, and tied it into the existing tank, giving us a total of 5000 gallons harvested rain from the pool. (We have submitted a grant application to Island Health for a third 2500 gallon tank. We should know by the time of the Tour whether we were successful of not.)
In 2019, thanks to our second 2500 gallon tank, we reduced our reliance on NSSWD water to 39,681 gallons, down 22.8% from the previous year.
Several years later, we added a 500 US gallon tank which collects rainwater off the metal roof of our garden shelter. This is a small shelter, about 12 X 12 feet. The rain water is collected very simply by running the rain water from the eaves trough into the tank. The water is used by gardeners who fill their watering cans from the tap at the bottom.
Thanks to all the RRPAG Volunteers who assisted to develop the Virtual Tour – click link to slideshow, here.
RRPAG Volunteers and Gardeners:
Shelley Currie
James White
Shirley Ireland
Patricia Flannagan
Megan Cameron
Sara Miller
Jane Sinclair
Anne Macey
Bruce Logan
Catherine Huang-Tam
Jacky & Cory Smith
Patricia Reichert
Judy Osborne
Anne MacLean
Bill Henderson
Clare Davis
Brenda Bar
Jason Youmans
Meron Moroz
Adam Moroz
Mark Cutten ~ Louis Pepin
Jillian Reid
Jane Petch
Colin Lawler
Julian & Britt Elwes
Igor Darmohid
Mei Hua Cameron
Cecilia Pech
Donna Vanderweekken & John R
Jane Sellwood
Jim Standen
Mike & Ros Woolley
Nona Keel
May Henderson
Susan Wintrop
Chelsa England
Mary Beckett
Sue Lourim