Water Storage!

An alternative plan for a Water Storage!
In the past several decades, the conventional thinking in having a domestic water supply storage tank for home use was to have an elevated water tank of full (100%) capacity, separate from the house. This idea made necessary the construction of a strong structure and foundation that would support a heavy tank, which nowadays can be very expensive. One way to avoid a heavy structure and foundation is to use a large concrete ground tank, and an elevated small steel tank that would not require a heavy structure and foundation. The arrangement should allow the small elevated tank refill by means of a small electric water supply pump from the large ground tank. Refilling is done on as needed basis, instead of putting to elevated requirement all the water in storage, which would require a lot of (pumping) electricity. This way, your electric usage and energy bill is spread more evenly throughout several days or months, and helps cash flow requirement to ease a home budget, when the volume of water in storage is quite substantial.
Written by: Sanoy Suerte, RME/MBM; http://www.linkedin.com/in/sannysuerte