Rainwater Harvesting - Naxos Island, Greece - Case Study

• Project Location: Naxos Island, Greece
  
• Project Details: Rainwater Harvesting Tank for irrigation
  
• Completion Date: October 2008
  

Rainwater provided free and collected from roofs, can be a valuable source of water. Rainwater harvesting tanks can provide quality water, reducing reliance on town water systems, or can be an alternative togroundwater.

The project was designed by Atlantis distributors in Greece, GES Hellas Ltd. The rainwater tank holds 40m³ (1412.59 cu.ft) using Atlantis® Flo-Tank® / Matrix® double modules and the water is used for irrigation andflushing toilets. The installation of the rainwater harvesting tank took three days including excavation and was carried out by Promos Antonopoulos – Mariakis O.E. The finished surface of the tank is paving materials.

During the design process, there was insufficient information about the location of underground structures. The location of water and electrical services was identified during the excavation, requiring the disconnection of services until the tank was installed then services could be reconnected.