Rain water tastes delicious (a few minerals missing but hey!) and is free.

Even if you run the mother of all watermakers, you may still want to consider a way of harvesting this delicious free resource.

On Caramor catching rain water is an important job and although we can fill our tank during a heavy downpour, we would be keen to improve our system. We would love to hear your ideas and learn about your designs.

Caramor’s system:

A shade tarp with a hole in it. In the hole we have fitted the best piece of plumbing we could find, with a hose attached to it that feeds into a jerrycan. Once full we pour the jerrycan into the tank.

Downsides: we can’t use it underway, only a small area of our tarp is actually contributing, someone has to be on hand to empty the jerrycan.