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Hello. I am doing exactly the same thing as you in Morocco. I completely understand when you say "I walk around the land with my head in the clouds". This is the best therapy you can get. Just spending time thinking about what could be.

I really like the way you promote the local contractors who do a good job for you, that is the way communities should operate.

Here in South Africa we call it the TLB for Tractor Loader and Backhoe. Underground storage was a master stroke, more like a covered swimming pool or sceptic tank. - I'd advise you to upgrade your reservoir in the near future and build with the rebars as you correctly suggested. - The extra support wall you used will help only with the ground-to-wall pressure, but not the strong outward pressure exerted on a full tank - Further use swimming pool quality inside finishing to avoid seepage and preserve concrete structural integrity from water damage. - Local swimming pool builders can advise you. Good and inspirational work, and I'll follow your orchard progress.

underground tank is called a cistern. we build them in the Caribbean

Hello korewaa through you i bought land at villa city and loving your process of development

they know wtf theyre doing, and it is sooo simplistic, thanks for sharing!!

That tank was a smart move GhBizGirl 👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾

Watching steadily while taking notes 📝 of every step of this new series. Congratulations Dear.

Love you Korewaa.. 💗. Glad you’re back. Looking forward to watching your Return to Ghana 🇬🇭 journey.

Korewaa, you should consider having your voice tested. You could easily become a radio presenter. Your story is like poetry in motion. I will be watching as I can relate to your obvious love of fruit trees and land. I live in South Africa and I am a pensioner. I delight in growing vegies and fruit trees. I am a beginner though. Presently I am trying to enrich the soil by using organic compost. As it is winter here at present, it buys me time for next season. All in small scale of course. Blessings.

I love how you relate with craftsmen and locals

I am happy for your dream to have your own homestead. It would have been better if the land was not cleared in such a way. The resources that came with the land is gone. You could have incorporated some into the garden and other structures. I would encourage you to read about permaculture. It will give you a rich understanding of how to take care of your land by mimicking the nature; working with nature as opposed to working against it. You can simply store rainwater in the soil by digging trenches called swales on contour. Make sure to utilize the soil and vegetation bulldozed back into the garden. That was the topsoil that’s full of nutrients. Plant matters can be used as biochar or buried as a hugelkulture.

That is amazing work sister! Amazing seeing how things are done thanks for sharing

That's a great idea. I think I may use it in my farm. Thank you.

Nice move, really impressed with how you are developing your land...I am Preparing to do that also in Zimbabwe 🇿🇼

You are likely to loose water due to leakage in the dry season for underground water storage built this way. You may want to consider a waterproofing barrier. Essentially you want a swimming pool-like kind of structure.

very, very instructive video. thanks for sharing

Africa have such a potencial to be sooo good for their population that we all need to pray for them to have honest lidership! And peace! Then it will be a matter of time until they all get together and transform their ecomonies into a top world class one! They have all the good tools! Congrats for the project!

wonderful improvements

Good idea of having water storage. The best shape would have been round. With a square/rectangular shape, the corners are likely to develop cracks (this I've experienced!) and water will seep out. You could have dug the pit and placed the plastic tank(s) underground as another alternative.

The whole build was amazing. And I have to say that motorcycle was equally as impressive.

Great job

Wow best video sharing friend greetings know me from malaysia 👍

Impressive works sister, keep it up.

In the Virgin islands we call these water storage cisterns. They are usually are built under the house in the ground. There is no water lost and they are built in the same way you built that one.

Very cool! hello from Southern California USA.

Excellent video thank for showing off this beautiful job, wish you success in your endeavors.

God will bless you land 🙏

What a wonderful project! Thanks for sharing.

great video thanks

Good job complementing small contractors and keep your videos coming. Greetings from Papua New Guinea 🇵🇬

Hello Korewaa! Loving the process and progress! Patiently wait to see orchard! 🥰

Great brickwork by the builder. That wall is as straight as they come. Put in a rain harvesting system to save you money on replenishing. Also invest in a good solar-powered water pump as your irrigation area is huge

I love Ghana I am a Jamaican

My dear and more lovely korewaa you are very nice and beutifull..so that your advise is very nice.

I really like your way of building and reinforcing the tank for DIY application. The only thing I would be cautious about is leaching chemicals from your tank into what you are growing without a liner or inert lining material installed. Also, the silica dust that is being inhaled by your workers while constructing the tank WILL cause silicosis eventually . Basically, that dust will eventually cause irreversible lung damage to those guys. So viewers thinking of doing this should protect their lungs accordingly.

The Machine is called "Backhoe" Machine for excavating.

Very impressive my just as am about to start only difficulty is I leave in the UK and not easy to get people you to do exactly what you want back home. Will definitely contact this guy.

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I visited Ghana some few weeks ago, and intend to make another trip.

Nice, professional job! I'm contemplating something similar to store firefighting water. Cheers from Canada!

Darlin', Here in SW Missouri we note that you have a JCB Backhoe! Way to go!

It’s a “you don’t have to dig it by hand machine”. The best kind of machine there is.

What kind of material is the poly tanks made from. Make sure they are not toxic. BPA cancer causing chemical leak into your water.

Isaac was like 'madam wobooowa , madam wobooowa, de3 wob3ka biara no wobooowa😂😂😀

Looking good sister! 👌☺️

It's very impressive what you did there!

Congratulations. You are doing very well. You mentioned that these tanks will be filled from rain collected from your homestead. Do you know you can actually calculate the amount of water you can collect from your roof? If you know the average rainfall in that area and your roof footprint you can get this number and therefore be able to size your tank appropriately. Example Average rainfal 1200mm=1.2m pa Roofprint 300sqm Amount of rain collectable per year= 300x1.2=360cubic meters of water per year. That is equal to 360,000 litres of water. Assuming you have two established rain seasons per year, this means you can collect 180,000l every season. For my projects I usually divide the collectable amount per year into three to size my tank. In my given example above, I would build a tank with capacity for storing 120,000litres.

I likewise, would also love to construct an underground water reservoir: . How much litters can such tanks hold . What was your total cost, what region of Ghana are you in and most importantly how much did your property cost you; thank you very much in advance for all the detailed information you provided your viewers, it is greatly appreciated.

Thx alot, i will build this one in kenya. The Tanks in keny r very expensive and hold much more less water❤

Concrete take a while to cure. You could have waited a bit before filling with water. Also, I noticed the water tank wasn't built with structural reinforcement columns. Water is quite heavy. And being soaked in water makes it even more prone to collapse. Just be care when using or walking on top.

beautiful can the water be drinkable, Is the cement not going to affect the water, I want to collect rain waterfrom the roof. help!

hi korewa. finally sitting and enjoying your channel

Very nice!

The underground water tank was a fantastic idea! I am curious though. How much water does it actually hold and what did this water tank cost to build? Thank you!

Awesome

Bravo

What about the poultry farm any update,I love this project too

Very good idea.but to put steell on d floor before first casting is d best. Because, its deep below d ground level ; closer to clay soil. Nice construction though.

This woman is rich. She does business with lots of capital than most usual African starters in entrepreneurship!

That machine is called 'backhoe'. Cheers from Tanzania

Filling the outside of the tank should be clean building sand. That will help cushion the tank from outside pressures. This could prevent cracks.

Hi my dear I love your vedios

Nice video

Hi KOREWAA - brilliant idea. What i would've to know though - WAS WATERPROOF CONCRETE/ CEMENT used to build the underground storage tank? Would love to build such a tank when starting to build in Ghana 🇬🇭 🇯🇲

Im impressed with this man”s work, how do you fetch the water?

How many litres was it? Planning to do the same. I love the reinforcement idea. Will connect to my guesthouse gutters and collect loads of God's free rainwater whenever it rains!

Korewa, the machine is called backhoe.

Respect

Have u thought about putting in a swale and berum u can plant tree's on the berum side it helps the land to retain the rain water better.

Beautiful idea by the way. I think you can also Harvest Rain water. You should probably improvise a straining system that will receive rain water into your underground tank, so you don't even have to buy water in the rainy season or even waste using your precious borehole water as well. Cheers!🙂

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I notice a few people asking about how much doe the tank hold. This is pretty simple to calculate. A cubic foot hold about 7.4 gallons. So, a tank 5 x 5 x 5 feet would hold 125 x 7.4 = 925 gallons.

That machine digging is called a Backhoe

Are you guys knocking down the termite mounds?

It's nice seeing the underground water storage.. would like to suggest if you could create a way to harvest rain water into the underground storage ☺️☺️

This type of machenery is called " (hydraulic) Excavator" the first was developped by the french compagny POCLAIN

A huge water reservoir underground is very neat, imagine that sitting above ground on the property?

Am building my water tank now

New on your channel, inspirational stuff!🥰

Well done, you are absolutely hard working woman. Most Ghanaian women can't stand on their feet to control project like this.

Hi korewaa . Thanks for the reply God bless you. I just want to ask if there still land available for sale and how much per plot now? because according to the time of you sharing the video clip 5months had elapsed now . Thanks celestine.

I like the concrete pour idea so far under the ground. How much does concrete and land cost around their ??

The arm that reaches out is called a back hoe. The wide bucket in the front is called a front-end loader in the USA

Hello mum how is your tank 2years since it was made am really interested encouraging content

what about water proofing was that done?

"Backhoe" is the name of the machine....

Have you considered making a lake? Water storage, irrigation and aquaponics.

Don't you need a membrane? Blocks/ concrete is porous ?

It needed concrete walls also,

Is called a back hole. Aka site master.

What part of Ghana is Villa City ?

I really wanted to know how many gallons of water that thing holds.

The machine was definitely an excavator 😀

Greetings so what about yr roof was you able to use that also and what about the chicken roof you can also use that to collect the rain and store that too

The machine is a backhoe (American version).

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What safety precautions r in place to ensure a person will not fall into hhe underground tank.