This do-it-yourself guide is an invaluable resource for designing, building, and maintaining water tanks, cisterns, and ponds, and sustainably managing groundwater storage. It will assist you with handling your independent water system, fire protection setup, and disaster preparedness plan, while keeping costs low and incorporating ecological sound designs. It also includes building instructions for several styles of ferrocement water tanks.

Water Storage shows how to make your storage—and your entire water system—perform better. It will help make your access to clean water more secure.

“A guide to water systems that explores every facet of designing water resources wisely, efficiently, and in concert with nature.”
—Richard Freudenberger, executive editor, Back Home Magazine

“All sorts of alternatives to your standard plastic water tank, accessible by anyone from homeowner to builder to civil engineer.”
—Amy Wynn, Builders Booksource

“Practical design solutions, comprehensive illustrations, and plenty of photos—a thorough treatment of a topic that’s vital to our survival.”
—Claire Anderson, Home Power Magazine, and Mother Earth News