Sentences with phrase «rainwater for»

Kids Rethink New Orleans Schools designed a circular structure which includes solar panels that produce electricity and a cistern to collect rainwater for the school garden.

From proposals of LA having mandatory rainwater harvesting laws to the possibility of allowing residents to use rainwater for both outdoor and indoor use, the state is doing all it can to make what little rainfall it gets go the distance among residents.

Most of us are directly tied into the local water supply, which is great when it works well, and horrible when it doesn't (as evidenced by the recent and ongoing travesties in communities such as Flint, Michigan), and although some homes may capture rainwater for irrigation, or have their own well, there aren't a lot of alternative choices for getting clean drinking water, other than purchasing bottled water.

They're developing a system that will capture and recycle rainwater for irrigation.

A prominent oculus opening in the ceiling not only lets light in, but also helps to harvest rainwater for the proper functioning of the six toilets.

The 60 page guide includes both simple systems that redirect rainwater for landscape watering, as well as complex systems that include storage.

Water tanks collect rainwater for irrigation and toilet use, and high performance insulation has been used throughout.

A rain barrel is a small, above - ground tank that collects and stores rainwater for later use.

The house also has extensive green roofs, and a 1000 litre tank that stores rainwater for toilets and gardening.

The building is completely self - sustaining: it generates its own electricity using solar panels, captures rainwater for use, and recycles its own waste.

In many climates it makes a lot of sense to collect rainwater for use in either irrigation, or with proper monitoring, domestic use.

Metal roofing panels complete the roof exterior, allowing Dan to harvest rainwater for the rich vegetable garden growing outside Wisteria's front door.

The community center will host visiting artists and performances, as well as collect rainwater for the village.

Solar power, campfire setting with wood provided and rainwater for drinking and a covered outdoor area.

If you collect rainwater for gardening and composting, be sure to water your plants regularly to deplete the supply.

Because they don't have a well and live outside any public water system, they haul water each week for their holding tank and gather rainwater for their animals and garden.

This was equipped with water butts to harvest the rainwater for use on the new plants, and compost bins to encourage recycling.

Dr. Diane Boellstorff, AgriLife Extension water resource specialist, College Station, said proper fertilizer application and efficient water irrigation can protect and improve water quality in area creeks, and collecting rainwater for lawn and landscape needs reduces stormwater runoff.

Homeowners should set up a water purification system if they do plan to use rainwater for interior needs.

Using rainwater for plumbing uses can also extend the life of pipes and water heaters, since the salts added to tap water facilitate corrosion.

Vietnamese growers — some of whom are encountering falling water levels as a result of unsustainable groundwater use — are making reservoirs to collect rainwater for irrigating the cacao trees.

We must exploit the rainwater for the benefit of the city while relieving pressure on the sewers.

In Cabeza Prieta, DHS has paid for water catchments for pronghorn — shallow troughs that capture rainwater for drinking — and has also contributed funds to the captive breeding program.

By using harvested rainwater for watering lawns, watering gardens and potted plants, and for washing cars, rain barrels conserve water.

Many of these centuries - old subterranean structures — originally built as large - scale water cisterns to store monsoon rainwaters for later use — have fallen into disuse and disrepair, due to water tables being over-pumped to depletion, and the introduction of modern plumbing.

Not exact matches

Rebates totalling more than $ 415,000 had been received for 1,392 new domestic bores, $ 38,160 for 3,265 shower heads and $ 102,350 for 907 rainwater tanks.

It also has on - site composting and a rainwater retention tank used for irrigation of plants.

Food + Water > Water - Efficient Agriculture Techniques like effective rainwater harvesting and gravity powered irrigation allow for the continuation of high - yield agriculture while still saving water.

Prosecco Blamed for Italy Flood Deaths The tragic deaths of four people swept away by flash floods in northern Italy have been blamed by critics on the regions burgeoning Prosecco industry accused of over-planting and damaging the lands ability to deal with rainwater...

The Rainforest Alliance also taught us how to conserve water, and so I bought a tank for harvesting rainwater.

The head of the Murray Darling Basin Authority admits the authority is powerless to prevent upstream farmers harvesting rainwater desperately needed to flow through the river system for the benefit of all users.

Keep the pile covered and protected from rainwater, for the water will leach out potassium and nitrogen.

Like most of our Caribbean neighbors, our Cruzan Rum operation in St. Croix collects rainwater in roof catchments and cisterns for use as a source of fresh water.

«We're also committed to ecological efficiency in store landscaping, using drought - resistant native plants and, where possible, rainwater tanks to capture runoff and provide irrigation for landscaped areas,» says Mr Ward.

He has also initiated several eco-conscious improvements to the buildings and farm equipment, including over 50Kw of solar panels that provide much of the farm's electricity; the conversion of cooking oil into biodiesel to power the tractors and other vehicles; and a rainwater capture system that feeds a pond, which provides irrigation for the apple orchard and other landscaping.

Never hose, unless from the rainwater tank, and that's for doggy - washes, and occasional car - wash when the tank is full.

Also have rainwater tanks for the garden.

When it comes to rainwater harvesting, the underlying proposition is very simple — the essential idea is collection of rainwater and then subsequently filtering and pumping it for further selective use.

You do not need to use the rainwater only for drinking purposes.

Look out for a way to filter the rainwater.

The rainwater is then used for the Okanis garden.

A $ 413,000 state grant helped pay for a green roof — plants and soil that absorb rainwater — on the Gateway Center at State University College of Environmental Science and Forestry.

Improved access for the disabled was also provided, and hardy new plantings were put in place, which will help reduce rainwater runoff into the city's sewer system.

Having a roof that can absorb rainwater does a tremendous amount of good for the local environment and cuts costs related to water purification and treatment.

Similarly, the Rockefeller Foundation is offering $ 20,000 for the design of a low - cost tank to collect rainwater in the wetlands of India.

They formed the sides of a channel that carried rainwater into a complex system of stepped pools, where it was stored for drinking and agriculture.

Corn grown in Minnesota, for example, depends on rainwater, which is abundant and not otherwise used by people.

The clinching evidence for this was that cracks in Lajia created by the quake were filled with flood - related sediment, not the fine silt sediment deposited by annual rainwater runoff at the same site each year, showing that the flood sediment got there first, and so must have arrived within a year of the quake.

This carrion and the ants» faeces are rich in nitrogen, of which a higher proportion is nitrogen - 15 than is the case for the nitrogen dissolved in rainwater.

In a study published in the journal Functional Ecology, researchers warn that people capturing rainwater in drought - ridden areas are also providing breeding grounds for disease - carrying insects.