Install a rainwater cistern.

Every monsoon, roofs across the Española Valley shed thousands of gallons that could be watering gardens through the dry weeks that follow. A gutter-fed cistern with an overflow to a planted basin turns an invited home's roof into a drought buffer, old valley wisdom in modern tanks.

Where

Invited home/garden near Corlett Rd area, Española, NM 87532 · Open the map

Pay

$360 proposed

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Proof

System photos: base, diverter, overflow basin

This is exactly what gets it approved. Nothing settles without it.

Level

intermediate

Open until

2026-10-18

Posted by

0x034F…6c89

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How this work is done

A documented method, so this packet comes out the same whoever does it.

Steps

1. Site the cistern with the host beside a gutter downspout on firm, level ground.
2. Set the tank base level with pavers or tamped gravel.
3. Connect the downspout through a first-flush diverter into the tank inlet.
4. Route the overflow to a mulched planting basin away from the foundation.
5. Photograph the completed system and first capture with date and GPS.

What counts as done

• Photo of leveled tank on base
• Photo of first-flush diverter connection
• Photo of overflow basin with date and GPS

Proof is measured against these, not judged by taste.

The standard this serves

Water Efficiency. Water efficiency is the quiet discipline of wasting nothing indoors. The EPA's WaterSense program sets the marks: how many gallons a minute a faucet should pass, how to find the leak that runs a toilet all night, how a household's water bill tells a story. Mastery looks like an auditor who can walk a home in an hour and find every hidden gallon. The skill is built one fixture at a time, which is exactly what this packet asks: measure one flow, find one leak, record one truth about where the water goes.