Insurance shock

[terracore]

There is no rhyme or reason to the catchment/insurance thing. We knew somebody that was turned down for insurance for having a 7500 gallon tank, so we gave them the number for an agent on Oahu and they didn't ask/care if they even had a catchment tank. From a liability standpoint, a full 10,000 gallon catchment tank that fails is going to be more dangerous than a 7,500 tank. Let's say that a 10,000 gallon tank has 5,000 gallons in it (it hasn't rained in awhile). That gives it about 4,000 gallons of useable water (at most) before the fire pump is sucking sediment and the liner off the bottom. That's only minutes worth of water for a typical fire truck. That's not going to save a structure. 2500 extra gallons of water in a 10,000 gallon tank compared to a 7,500 (literally just seconds worth) offers little to no added protection against fires, but a smaller tanks creates a smaller hazard if a tank fails.