Comparison of materials used for rainwater harvesting systems

Comparison of materials used for rainwater harvesting systems

Link to this table

	Material	Cost low - high	Installation hard - easy	Longevity short - long	Durability low - high	Maintenance Access hard - easy	Best Use Capacity (gallons)
Underground	FiberglassX	💲💲💲💲💲	●●●○○	●●●●○	●●○○○	●●●●○	5,000 to 30,000
	Polyethylene	💲	●●●●●	●●●○○	●●●○○	●●○○○	> 5,000
	Steel Reinforced Polyethylene (SRFE)	💲💲💲	●●●●○	●●●●●	●●●●●	●●●●○	10,000 to 100,000+
	Plastic Crates	💲💲💲	●●●○○	●●○○○	●○○○○	●○○○○	5,000 to 50,000
	Concrete	💲💲💲💲💲	●●○○○	●●●●○	●●○○○	●●●●○	30,000+ (with high loading)
	Fabricated Steel	💲💲💲💲	●●●●○	●●●○○	●●●●○	●●●●○	not recommended
	Waterproof Corrugated Metal	💲💲	●●●●○	●●●○○	●●●●●	●●●●○	5,000 to 30,000
Above-Ground	Monolithic	💲💲💲	●●●●○	●●●●●	●●●●○	●●●●●	Up to 20,000
	Plate Assembled On-Site	💲💲💲	●●○○○	●●●●●	●●●●○	●●●●●	15,000+