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This study aims to assess the economic feasibility and the perception of the farmers in community Salette in Palotina-PR with relation to the installation of a rural tank. With a quantitative approach, this paper is constituted by three stages of research developed from May to July 2016: sizing of the tank to the searched property, project investment analysis and evaluation of the perception of farmers in relation to the installation of rural tank. To determine the size of the uptake capacity and rain water storage it was used Rippl method presented by Tomaz (2003). For analysis of the economic viability was used Net Present Value, Internal Rate of Return and payback and to evaluate the perception of farmers it was used the application of a questionnaire to the 15 farmers with property in Salette community in Palotina-PR. As a result it was observed that the installation of tank in the studied property did not provide economic opportunity, however the implementation of the project can be considered with the greatest impact on environmental variable, as an alternative source of water in the countryside which can contribute to the preservation of drinking water available, being only intended for noble purposes such as human consumption. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]