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