On the farms I grew up on For rain water we had 6-1000 gal galvanised tanks on stands usually around the back of the house for looks sake. The corrugated galvanised roofing iron poured the rainwater into a gutter that lead around the house. At the nearest point to the tank the water was piped over to the storage tank .
The take off for the house water was about a foot from the bottom. there were siveses at the intake to keep the leaves and birds out, but any dust settled on the tank floor. hence the dead section for the dirt to settle. The house water was pumped up into the roof/attic area controlled by a float in a header tank. this feed the hot water cylinder, and the taps. Early in our time in Bulls we had been using this system for a couple of years with a concreete tank. We had town suply for the loo and the gardeden, and if ever we ran out of rain warter, We would normally get a dose of trots when we used town water but were very healty on rain water,
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