Sentences with phrase «manage rain water»

Nothing new there except note that the roof is planted to manage rain water, stop heat islands, and keep the cinema cool.

Not exact matches

We do also have a rain water tank which manages most of the garden most of the time.

The staff managed to fill the toilet with rain water so that we (all six of us in the dorm) could flush twice per day.

The staff managed to fill the toilet with rain water so that we...

Rain Gardens: Managing water sustainably in the garden and designed landscape, by Nigel Dunnett and Andy Clayden, 2007 from Timber Press, Portland, OR.

The 25 water pumps now installed in Miami Beach (55 more to go) have enough capacity to manage a storm that brings 7.5 inches of rain within 24 hours, but they would be overwhelmed by anything more.

While rain and snow would still help replenish Asian rivers in the absence of glaciers, the change could hamper efforts to manage seasonal water resources by altering when fresh water supplies are available in areas already prone to water shortages.

Strategies: Maintain effective representation in Aboriginal Housing Authority; promote employment / business development opportunities through established Indigenous building companies to manage Indigenous efforts; encourage private home ownership by removing constraints to housing finance on Aboriginal land; promoting use of alternative energy and rain water harvesting; develop committed plans to replace asbestos within housing occupied by Indigenous people.

That system is designed to manage rain, as well as a rising water table.