We like to stay busy at Tank Town.

When we're not dangling tanks in the air, we spend our time installing rainwater collection systems throughout the Texas Hill County. And we're talking hundreds of systems, ranging in size from 5,000 to 50,000 gallons, from the simplest to the seriously complex. (Check out our pictures.) We consult with do-it-yourselfers and even wrote a how-to book and produced a DVD so people, even mechanically challenged people, can hook up their own systems. (You can read a chapter and view a clip online.) Through our online store, we sell time-tested rainwater collection components—pumps, filter boards, and roofwashers—to folks across the nation. (See Rainwater Collection Stuff.) We love rainwater so much, we even found time to bottle it. (We call it Richard’s Rainwater and deliver it in the Austin area.)

In our spare time, we show visitors around Tank Town, an eight-acre rainwater playground outfitted with all kinds of demonstration models to help you wrap your head around the way rainwater collection works and to give you ideas on how to best design your own system. There's usually someone around Tank Town during the workweek from 9 to 5, but since we're a little far flung—three miles west of Dripping Springs, Texas on Highway 290—and, of course, a little busy, it's best to call ahead before you come.

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