Rain Barrels (premanufactured)

These are typically too undersized to be considered a true cistern, but they can get you started.
• Aaron’s Rain Barrels
www.ne-design.net

• RainBarrel USA
www.rainbarrelusa.com

• Portland Rainbarrel Co.
www.portlandrainbarrels.com

• Rain Water Solutions, Inc.
www.rainwatersolutions.com

• Resource Conservation Technology Inc.
www.conservationtechnology.com.

• Recycled olive barrel rain barrels
www.waterritesys.com

• Tijeras Rain Barrels
Sizes from 50 to 200 gallons.
www.desertplastics-abq.com

Rainbarrels (home-made)

Do a web search on: “How to make your own rain barrel” for instructions.
For a source of used food-grade barrels try:
- Feed stores
- Soda and juice bottling companies
- Bakeries and tortilla factories

Distributors of a wide array of tank types (and other water harvesting items)

• BRAE Rainwater Technologies
Along with many types of tanks, they sell full kits with rainheads, pumps, pipes, filters, etc.
www.braewater.com

Slim Tanks (for tight spaces and smaller lots)

• RainwaterHOG
These plastic 180liter/47gallon tanks are 500mm x 220mm x 1800mm and can be mounted horizontally (groundHOG) or vertically (waterHOG) in small or tight spaces such as along fences or between floor joists.
www.RainwaterHOG.com

• Bushman Tanks - USA
www.bushmanusa.com
This Australian company is entering the American market. Check out their slim tanks for urban applications. They have a small footprint and can double as cistern walls or cistern fences along property lines.

• Bushman Tanks - Australia
www.bushmantanks.com
Check out their slim tanks for urban applications. They have a small footprint and can double as cistern walls or cistern fences along property lines.

• Pioneer Tanks - USA
Check out their slim, sexy, and sturdy corrugated metal WATERHARVEST tanks now on sale on a limited basis.
www.pwtusa.com

• BlueScope Water - Australia
This Australian company’s Slimline and Waterpoint Classic Tanks are sexy and great for urban applications - especially small yards.
www.bluescopewater.com

• Waterwall Rainwater Storage Sytems - Australia
These slim plastic tanks come in 317 and 660 gallon (1200 and 2500 liter) capacities, but you can connect a number of them together for greater cumulative storage capacity. They are designed to double as free-standing fences or to be installed against a wall or building.
www.waterwall.com.au

Plastic tanks

If placed above ground be sure tank is UV-resistant for durability, and light-proof so algae will not grow in tank. Select tanks for potable water storage.

• American Tank Company
www.watertanks.com

• Tank Town
www.rainwatercollection.com

• Resource Conservation Technology Inc.
www.rainwatertechnology.com

• Fralo Plastech
Plastic tanks for below-ground application
www.fralo.net

• Norwesco
www.norwesco.com
Beware of Norwesco rotation-molded tanks for below-ground installation that require you to keep 20% of the tank filled with water at all times to prevent collapse of tank.

• Snyder
www.snydernet.com

• Loomis Tanks
www.LoomisTankCenters.com

• Rotonics
www.rotonics.com

• Bushman Tanks - USA
www.bushmanusa.com
This Australian company is entering the American market. Check out their slim tanks for urban applications. They have a small footprint and can double as cistern walls or cistern fences along property lines.

• Bushman Tanks - Australia
www.bushmantanks.com
Check out their slim tanks for urban applications. They have a small footprint and can double as cistern walls or cistern fences along property lines.

• RainwaterHOG
These plastic 180liter/47gallon tanks are 500mm x 220mm x 1800mm and can be mounted horizontally (groundHOG) or vertically (waterHOG) in small or tight spaces such as along fences or between floor joists.
www.RainwaterHOG.com

New Mexico and Arizona
• New Mexico Water Tanks
They sell potable water grade 1.5lb/gallon HDLPE black plastic tanks for above-ground applications. These are thicker and stronger than 1.0lb/gallon black plastic tanks.
Cloudcroft, NM 88317
1-800-603-8272
www.nmwatertanks.com

Chino Valley, Arizona
• Loomis Tanks
1620 S. Highway 89, Unit 2
Chino Valley, AZ 86323
1-800-636-0046
(928) 636-0046

Tucson, Arizona
• Southern Arizona Rain Gutters
for plastic Bushman tanks
www.southernarizonaraingutters.com

• Loomis Tanks
2610 E. Ganley Rd.
Tucson, AZ 85706
866-883-8265
520-889-1386
www.loomistank.com

Fiberglass tanks

If the tank is to be placed above-ground be sure it has a UV-resistant coating for durability, and it is light-proof so algae will not grow in tank. Select tanks for potable water storage.

• Tank Town
www.rainwatercollection.com

• XERXES Fiberglass Underground Tanks
www.proformcorp.com

In Tucson, AZ

• Glas-Tec Inc.
3417 E. Michigan
746-9155

Wood Tanks

• Timbertanks America
1,600- to 97,000-gallon tanks
www.timbertanks.com

• Forest and Lumber Cooperage, Ltd
3,000-, 6,500-, and 9,000-gallon tanks
http://www.forestlumber.com/cistern.php

Pre-manufactured metal tanks

• Pioneer Tanks - USA
Check out their slim, sexy, and sturdy 250 to 1,000-gallon capacity corrugated metal WATERHARVEST tanks now on sale on a limited basis.
www.pwtusa.com

BH Tanks Inc - USA
This Blue Scope Water company offers tanks from 10,000 to 65,000 gallons for residential use and for commercial applications offers tanks up to 700,000 gallons
www.bhtank.com

• BlueScope Water - Australia
This Australian company’s Slimline and Waterpoint Classic Tanks are sexy and great for urban applications - especially small yards. But they are not yet available in the U.S. Contact them - and Pioneer Tanks (their U.S. arm) and request they distribute in the U.S. as soon as possible!
www.bluescopewater.com

• American Tank Company
www.watertanks.com

• CorGal Water Storage Tanks
www.corgaltanks.com
www.specallproducts.com

• Texas Metal Cisterns
www.texasmetalcisterns.com

In Northern New Mexico
• Williams Windmills
www.williamswindmill.com

Modular metal tanks shipped to, then fabricated on site

• Pioneer Tanks
GALAXY metal tanks with polymer liner ranging in size from 5,000 to 700,000-gallon capacity
www.pwtusa.com

• Corgal Water Storage Tanks
600- to 500,000-gallon capacity
www.corgaltanks.com
www.specallproducts.com

Steel culverts to make your own culvert cisterns

Instructions to build your own culvert cistern available in Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands, Volume 3

Look up “culverts” in your phone book yellow pages.

In Tucson, AZ
Metro Highway Products
Ask for Daryl. He can deliver the culverts for about $60. Prices of culverts fluctuate with metal costs. 4-foot diameter culvert run about $33/foot. 5-foot diameter culverts run about $55/foot. 622-4113 office. 591-7860 cell.

Fabricators of metal lids for culvert cisterns

A good design can be fabricated by local sheet metal shops.

In Tucson, AZ

• Quick Custom Metals
3759 N. Romero Road, 85705. 888-7313.
Can build 4 foot, 1.5-inch diameter lids from 24 gauge metal, and 5 foot, 2-inch diameter lids from 20-22 gauge metal. Ask for galvanized or galvalume metal. 4-foot diameter lids cost about $90 each. 5-foot diameter lids cost about $150 each.

• AIRCO Products, 748 E. 16th St. 326-1441. Ask for Chapo.
He can build 3 foot, 1.5 inch diameter lids for about $35 each from 24 gauge sheet metal.
748 E. 16th St.
326-1441

Precast ferrocement septic tanks made for cistern use

Instructions on customizing new ferrocement septic tanks to act as cisterns for non-potable water are provided in Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands, Volume 3
Look up “septic tank manufacturers” in your phone book yellow pages.

In Tucson, AZ

• Mitt’s Precast
3862 W. Valencia Road
883-5298

Bladder tanks

• Eco Sac Water Storage
The eco sac® is an Australian flexible rainwater bladder storage system that hides away under decks or floors making it more discrete than traditional water tanks. The bladders are made from a beige coloured PVC material which enables potable water storage to Australian Standards. This means that the water captured can be used to safely fill swimming pools and fish ponds without fear of contamination from the bladder. The bladders sit in a strong galvanised steel frame supported by industrial strength geo tech fabric which gives added protection.
www.ecosac.com.au