Comprehensive
rainwater harvesting supplies site irrigation, toilets and laundry.
Not exact matches
Beyond the benefits to individual homeowners,
rainwater harvesting can also be good for the local community, as it reduces the erosion, flooding and pollution runoff associated with heavy rainfall, and lessens reliance on public water
supplies, alleviating some of the burden on utilities.
Through the construction of water
supply systems in communities and
rainwater harvesting systems in school compounds, Acqua for Life and Green Cross ensure community members, particularly women and children, have sustainable access to safe water.
Every community that lacks an ample (foreseeably inexhaustible)
supply of freshwater should consider
rainwater harvesting, greywater recycling and encouraging the adoption of compost toileting.
However they are all
supplied by
rainwater harvesting, collected from the big roof and stored in two large above - grade cisterns.
The core design concept was to provide a homeowner with easy access to a local barrel
supply and all the parts needed to make that barrel function exceptionally well as
rainwater harvesting system.
«These homes tend to come
supplied with
rainwater harvesting and solar panels,» says the owner.