Water Collectors

The easiest form of a collector is a dam. We can make a dam by putting some stones, branches, soil, or similar material into a brook and making an outflow which serves as a pipe. We can also make a collector in or near the brook: Making a collector in a stream is done by putting a barrel without a bottom into a brook, and fixing it. Water penetrates through gravel and sand into the barrel and cleans itself in this way.

A similar collector can be built near a brook. About half a meter from a brook, river or lake dig a hole and coat it with stones, branches and/or planks. This way we make something similar to a fountain. Water in a brook, river or lake penetrates through gravel and sand into our fountain and cleans itself this way. It is also wise to cover the fountain.

Based on the Slovenian book, Living in Nature. For information contact Kiko.