RAINWATER HARVESTING ~ A Tour of Our Home’s System

What if you could collect all the water you needed on the roof of your home?
Maybe you could eliminate the need for a costly well.
Or maybe you could say goodbye to that monthly water bill.
You could definitely eliminate the chemicals and additives that are added to our municipal water.

We collect almost all of our household water on our roof and we live in a very arid climate where we only get about 12” of rain per year.

And in this video, I’m going to show you the Rainwater Harvesting System I incorporated into our off-grid, sustainable home.

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Bio
I’m Kristina Munroe. I’m a structural engineer, author, and consultant. My passion is guiding you step-by-step through designing and building a sustainable home you’ll love without the typical frustration, overwhelm, and costly mistakes.

In 2010 I moved my two young sons back to my hometown of Durango, Colorado to build an off-grid home and to start a new life. Along with a talented carpenter, and a couple of helpers, we built a small solar-powered home we lovingly named Twisted Oak. This magical home is not only beautiful, whimsical, and fun, but it heats and cools itself, generates its power, collects and heats its household water, and manages its waste in an environmentally responsible way.

I believe we can all live more abundant lives by lessening our impact on this precious planet and living more connected to cycles of nature. This is not about living in lack, but rather embracing the abundance we have by consuming and throwing away less.

I raised my two young sons in Twisted Oak. And in all those years, I've never regretted creating a small, simple, and affordable home.
We love living closer to nature and reducing (not eliminating) electrical devices or modern conveniences.

I carefully and consciously designed our home so that we do not have a mortgage or monthly utility bills.