Sentences with phrase «rainwater into»

An innovative system funnels rainwater into a fish tank to feed a tower of basil.

The product, which looks a bit like an inverted umbrella, features solar panels on the top surface, as well as a canopy to collect and funnel the rainwater into the filtration chamber, and integrates LED lighting underneath it.

A rooftop parapet hides the solar panels above, while a gutter and site drainage system directs rainwater into an irrigation cistern and dry wells that recharge the groundwater.

This feedback had the effect of re-injecting rainwater into the Atlantic, thereby decreasing the ocean's salinity.

Projects ranged from an infrastructure model for diverting Chicago's rainwater into Lake Michigan to a solar panel installation training program for rural women in Africa.

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.

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The scene that really messed me up was where the blood of Jesus from his crucifixion mixed with rainwater and ran into a cave where lepers lived.

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Rainforests act as natural water filters, keeping pollution and debris from flowing into water supplies; they also slow down rainwater, sending it into underground reserves.

The winery has a wastewater treatment plant that pulls in rainwater, which is then treated and discharged into a pond to be used in the vineyard.

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.

It has a system that guides rainwater from the roof into two 450 - gallon barrels.

One big culprit is rainwater that is captured in roof gutters that then flows through a downspout that is connected into a drain leading to a sanitary sewer.

«All of the rainwater - instead of running into the storm system - is consumed by the plants on the roof.»

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.

It has a rain - gutter to prevent rainwater from coming into your tent with you.

The cycle may continue as that rainwater eventually moves back into the atmosphere and causes more rainfall downwind from the original agricultural area.

Ocean deposits of calcium carbonate, or limestone, indicate that CO2 - rich rainwater stripped calcium and strontium from the Himalayan rock; these elements fused with the carbon dioxide and spilled into the sea, effectively pulling carbon from the atmosphere.

Since epiphytes are cut off from the rich pool of forest floor nutrients, each species has to extract what it needs from the air, rainwater and scant canopy soil, with hundreds of plants tapping into the same 1 - inch acidic layer that forms from decomposing organic material.

As a result, rainwater bounces off and collects as runoff, picking up impurities — including infectious bacteria from animal waste as well as harmful pesticides and fertilizers — on the way to municipal storm sewers, which in turn eventually empty out into local bodies of water.

Atop the hill, a relatively horizontal surface allowed rainwater to slowly seep into the ground below.

The lush canopy not only serves as a good insulator but also collects rainwater, which the plants and soil filter and bamboo pipes deliver straight into the dog's water bowl.

The house has a rainwater collection on the roof; the water is used to irrigate the plants and also feeds into the household plumbing.

The greater the plant density in a given area, the greater the amount of rainwater that seeps into the ground.

Lockdown If the world is destroyed, two deep wells and a rainwater collection system will feed purified water into the silo.

In this karst area, rainwater quickly drains away into the ground.

After it rains, some of the rainwater evaporates back into the air, but much of it trickles down into the ground and stays there - even in the desert.

Carbon dioxide in the air dissolves into rainwater, making it slightly acidic.

But instead of reaching out to her family, she wandered ten miles down the road, broke into an abandoned farmhouse, and lived off of rainwater and apples for the next four months during one of the coldest New Hampshire winters on record.

Prior to the redesign, all rainwater was wasted — either flowing directly into a sewer - system drain or running off into surrounding properties.

If they are not replaced, rainwater can saturate supporting timbers and get into the inner roof structure causing damage.

Putting that plan into action, Common Ground routinely plants trees with its students, teaches them about sustainability by gardening and farming right on the school grounds, and recently unveiled their new sustainable building which uses geothermal, solar, and a rainwater treatment system.

She seemed not to notice and shook her head, right into my umbrella, sending rainwater tumbling over both David and Bubbe Kasha until I repositioned.

However, if rainwater enters your home through a roof damaged by wind, your policy might kick into effect, but only if your policy includes wind coverage, according to Allstate.

Water companies should give rebates to those whose surface rainwater goes into a soakaway or straight into a river or canal, rather than mains sewers.

During the rainy season, rainwater runs into the canyons picking up speed and sand, re-shaping and smoothing the narrow passageways into the curving stones you see today.

Since Bermuda's wells only yield brackish or salt water, Bermudians collect rainwater by paving grooves into their roofs in order to funnel water into underground tanks.

Also, it's very easy to step into a pool of rainwater or onto a pile of sheep poo, so be careful!

The rainwater has therefore cut large caves into the ground.

It is a Whole Earth Catalogue of green systems, with a rainwater collection system; hydroponic garden to grown food for the community; biological wastewater treatment system to convert black water to greywater and potable water; earth tubes to funnel clean, natural air into the building through underground ducts; vertical axis wind turbines and solar panels for on - site green energy; and hydrogen fuel cells powered by methane, a byproduct of the wastewater treatment system.

Rather than tap into a public waterline, he collects rainwater from his roof gutters in a holding tank.

In Tilwari, for example, water from a natural source was piped to a place in the village more accessible than hiking up a steep slope carrying a bucket of water — but the project also supported a rainwater harvesting initiative, where a family that is too far to benefit from the piped water has installed gutters on the roof of the house that direct water into a cistern that they keep underground behind the house.

While doing this he steps on the edge of the hubcap and it jumps into the air spilling all the lug nuts into a rainwater drain.

Reduced vegetation eliminates the cooling effect of transpiration, and prevents the recycling of rainwater that sinks deeper into the ground.

The rainwater that pours into the ocean and meets the Great Barrier Reef is pronouncedly acid, at a pH of 5.4.

«In the oceans, major climate warming and cooling and pH (ocean pH about 8.1) changes are a fact of life, whether it is over a few years as in an El Niño, over decades as in the Pacific Decadal Oscillation or the North Atlantic Oscillation, or over a few hours as a burst of upwelling (pH about 7.59 - 7.8) appears or a storm brings acidic rainwater (pH about 4 - 6) into an estuary.»

They are turning ON their soils, enabling rainwater to sink into the earth rather than run off.

Breaking study: rainwater and irrigation in deserts may be taking up to 200 MtC / yr out of the atmosphere and into the subsurface aquifers.

When rainwater can't soak into the ground, it runs along streets and parking lots and picks up pollutants.

What you see here is rainwater («stormwater runoff») flowing down the street gutter along the curb and into the ROW Bioswale.