I've had more than one peson ask me this, so, in a nutshell:

1. Take your water containers (55 gal drums, swimming pools, buckets,
whatever you have, I happen to be using a big inflatable pool and a couple
100 gal drums right now) and link them in series. (I link mine together
with garden hose using negative water pressure for transport)
2. Wait for it to rain. (yesterday was not rain, in case you were wondering)
3. Submerge your 1/4 hp sump pump, suitably screened and filtered, into your
back yard drainage creek and fill your water containers from it.
4. Submerge your sump pump into your water containers and connect it to your
sprinkler system.
5. Water lawn.

Why on earth would anyone want to do such a thing? I have city water, and
no well, so I pay for the water I use. Planting and establishing a lawn
will increase my water usage by almost an order of magnitude if I water only
once per day. I have had good luck watering my (large) flower garden
directly from my drainage creek using the sump pump. So the plan is to
water my newly seeded lawn from the creek until it gets too low, and then to
use the water stored in the water containers during dry spells, and only
after that is used, water with city water. I haven't paid anything for my
"cistern" yet, outside of time and gas. It seems to be a cheap and
environmentally friendly way to make better use of runoff water than taxing
our municipal water resources. Best of all, with the collapsible pool, I
can put it away after I'm done for the year.
Hope that helps
Ruben


"Baine Carruthers" wrote in message
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Ruben

I would be curious about how you will use these and the setup you are
contemplating.

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Baine

"User" wrote in message
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I''m looking for some water tanks to use as a cistern for watering a lawn
this fall. Previously in this group people have posted information on
where
to find used 55 gal drums.
If someone could point me in the direction of some 55 gal or larger
containers that would be suitable for holding water, and could be gotten
free or cheap, I would appreciate it. Also, if anyone has one of those
huge
inflatable pools that holds about 1000 gallons that they want to chuck
for
liability reasons, that would work, too.
Thank you,
Ruben