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2. Rainwater tank - Wikipedia

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   Rainwater tanks are devices for collecting and maintaining harvested rain. A rainwater catchment or collection (also known as "rainwater harvesting") system can yield 2,358 litres (623 US gal) of water from 2.54 cm (1.00 in) of rain on a 92.9 m 2 (1,000 sq ft) roof. Rainwater tanks are installed to make use of rain water for later use, reduce ...

3. Rainwater management - Wikipedia

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   Rainwater harvesting (RWH) is the process of collecting and storing rainwater rather than letting it run off. Rainwater harvesting systems are increasingly becoming an integral part of the sustainable rainwater management "toolkit" [5] and are widely used in homes, home-scale projects, schools and hospitals for a variety of purposes including watering gardens, livestock, [6] irrigation, home ...

4. Rainwater harvesting - Wikipedia

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   Rainwater harvesting. Basic configuration of domestic rainwater harvesting system in Uganda. [ 1] Rainwater harvesting ( RWH) is the collection and storage of rain, rather than allowing it to run off. Rainwater is collected from a roof-like surface and redirected to a tank, cistern, deep pit ( well, shaft, or borehole ), aquifer, or a reservoir ...

5. Earthship - Wikipedia

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   The water system with integrated flush toilet, as used in most earthships A scupper for collecting rainwater. Earthships are designed to catch all the water they need from the local environment. Water used in an Earthship is harvested from rain, snow, and condensation. Each inch of rain collected per square foot of water yields 2/3 gallons of ...

6. Cistern - Wikipedia

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   The city's firefighting network, the Auxiliary Water Supply System (AWSS) maintains network of 177 independent underground water cisterns, with sizes varying from 75,000 US gallons (280,000 L) to over 200,000 US gallons (760,000 L) depending on location with a total storage capacity of over 11 million U.S. gallons (42 million liters) of water. [11]

7. Flood control - Wikipedia

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   Rainwater storage to deal with increased run-off from rainfall. This includes reducing paved areas or changing to water-permeable pavements, adding water-buffering vegetation, adding underground storage tanks, and subsidizing household rain barrels [23] [24] Raising pumps at wastewater treatment plants [22] Buying out homeowners in flood-prone ...