Rainwater harvesting is the collection and storage of rainwater, rather than allowing it to run off. Rainwater is collected from a roof-like surface and redirected to a tank, cistern, deep pit, aquife
Configuration of domestic rainwater harvesting system in Uganda. Rain that falls on the roof of the building is transferred through the guttering to the storage tank.
Rainwater capture and storage system, Mexico City campus, Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education
Cistern, Mission District, San Francisco, California
Rainwater capture, Gibraltar East Side, 1992
Stormwater harvesting or stormwater reuse is the collection, accumulation, treatment or purification, and storage of stormwater for its eventual reuse. While rainwater harvesting collects precipitatio
Rainwater harvesting
…shaft, or borehole), aquifer, or a reservoir with percolation, so that it seeps down and restores the ground water. Rainwater harvesting differs from stormwater harvesting as the runoff is typically collected from roofs and other area surfaces for storage and subsequent reuse. Its uses include watering gardens, livestock…
Recently completed infiltration basin for stormwater collection
Dissolved Air Floatation Treatment at the Santa Monica Urban Runoff Recycling Facility