Rainwater catchment systems

Catches and stores rainwater by various means for uses such as irrigation, plumping, or cooling towers, thereby reducing stormwater runoff. This is a fuinction of a stormwater management program.

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Singapore, which partly uses the technology but depends largely on neighboring Malaysia for its fresh water supply, has invested heavily in water recycling and rainwater catchment systems. In our country, perhaps the two water concessionaires can lead the way in using such technology in their office buildings.

A wake-up call maybe

The flower farm social enterprise trains at risk youth to build and maintain the farm's infrastructure that includes rainwater catchment systems and solar power generation to minimize our ecological footprint while leasing our farms to professional urban flower farmers on a shared revenue agreement, of which the youth share in the dividends.

Chicago Eco House to Have Grand Opening and Ribbon Cutting Ceremony on Chicago's South Side on September 8 at 3 p.m.

"Institutional Impediments to Advancing Sustainable Urban Water Management: A Typology." International Rainwater Catchment Systems Conference and the 5th International Water Sensitive Urban Design Conference, Sydney, Australia.

Status of transforming stormwater drainage to a systems approach to urban water cycle management--moving beyond green pilots

[79] Macomber PS, Guidelines on rainwater catchment systems for Hawaii, College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources, University of Hawaii at Manoa, 2001.

A Review of Roof Harvested Rainwater in Australia

The plant is also installing rainwater catchment systems in depots for various purposes like washing of LPG tanks and trucks.

San Miguel makes gains in bid to halve water use by 2025

Rainwater catchment systems help to make the homes self-sustaining.

Washington's beautiful, illegal tiny houses: architectural minimalism runs afoul of outdated regulations in the nation's capital

The mentioned device can measure the amount of soil moisture from the saturation point at pressure rate of-25.In 2009, Ghodrati could raise soil moisture in level of dry cultivating olive using rainwater catchment systems.

Controlling flood and runoff on steep slopes using crescent catchment systems: a case study on Alborz Southern Hillside, Darabad Region, Iran

A small sleeping cabin next to the greenhouse (built the following year and appropriately coined "the birdhouse") is retrofitted with two rainwater catchment systems that allow us to water all the plants in the greenhouse.

Locally sourced homemade greenhouse

On Monday, a team of seven members of the WPI Chapter of Engineers Without Borders is traveling to Guachthu'uq, Guatemala, and plans to stay for almost two weeks constructing rainwater catchment systems on two pilot homes.

College Town

"It's an age-old practice that has gained popularity as fresh water resources become more scarce - whether due to drought, water pollution, or crumbling water infrastructure," says Mike Ruck, vice president of the American Rainwater Catchment Systems Association (ARCSA) and chief water officer for RainWater Solutions in Raleigh, NC.

Flush rainwater, not money, down your toilets: using a rainwater harvesting system to recapture "free" water can reduce the amount of water you need to purchase-and your water bill

The association's rainwater harvesting professional accreditation course provides individuals with an in-depth understanding of rainwater catchment systems so they are informed enough to advise on the subject.