rainwater News
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BMS launch its new Blog on Rainwater Harvesting.
If you are interested in Rainwater Harvesting our new new blog contains a mixture of information on Rainwater Harvesting in Ireland and links to relevant articles. It can be found at: ...
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Sweet Dreams, Rainwater Pillow
I recently saw another solution at a green show here in LA – the Rainwater Pillow, designed by Jim Harrington, a landscape designer in the Atlanta area. It’s basically a big flat rubber bag that allows you to store and then reuse rainwater for landscape ...
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Are you a U.S. Green Building Council member?
The Original Rainwater Pillow has been nominated as a finalist for the USGBC’s Best of Building Awards in the Best Product for Water Efficiiency category. We want your vote not only for our product but to promotethe practice of harvesting rainwater. Rain is the most under utilized resource in ...
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Erinstone
Here is a project where our EcoGrid E40 paving was suitable for the widening of a domestic driveway to prepare it for a resin bound stone installation. Providing a firm foundation for the may years to come, along with being permeable for rainwater to flow ...
By Ecogrid Ltd
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The Greyter HOME Wins TecHome Builder Brilliance Award
At the 2019 TecHome Builder Summit, the TecHome Brilliance Awards were presented to companies recognized to be accelerating the application of residential technologies. The Greyter HOME was the winner under the Smart Water category (Greywater & Rainwater). A panel of homebuilders who are well-versed in technology served as judges for the Awards, rating each entry in categories including ...
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Rainwater Harvesting Tanks Protect Against Uncertain Rainfall
The BBC examined this week how climate change is an issue affecting farming and food supplies throughout the world. Rainfall is not as predictable in modern times and drier weather can interfere with growing seasons. Enduramaxx has discussed on numerous occasions how, on top of the drier weather, water restrictions are also an increasingly worrying part of farming and water supplies. Whether the ...
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Enduramaxx Tank Range Extensions
If you’re familiar with our range of plastic water tanks, water storage tanks and rainwater tanks then you might be pleased to hear that our range has been extended even further. Our vertical water tank range now includes a new 2000 litre tank. 1200mm dia by 2100 mm high, this tank is an ideal rainwater tank and potable water tank. Like most Enduramaxx tanks, this rainwater tank is made ...
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BARR awarded for water conservation efforts
BARR Plastics Inc. was honored to claim their second water conservation award for the year on November 26, presented by the City of Abbotsford. The certificate, received at City Hall by Dean Barrett, co-owner of BARR Plastics Inc., stated to be “in support of BARR’s water conservation efforts that assist in making the City of Abbotsford a sustainable and environmentally conscience ...
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Georgia Institute of Technology rainwater harvesting system
Climate, Inc. has been working with the architects and construction team on the new Georgia Institute of Technology rainwater harvesting system. The engineered conveyance arm seen here has been installed during the buildings’ construction, so that, the dual 3P Technik Filtersysteme Twin Filters can be mounted for the proper filtration of the galvanized-corrugated tanks will be supplied with ...
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Rainwater Harvesting Maintenance and Reporting – Why Choose RainCatcher?
We work with a wide spectrum of organisations across the whole of the UK to ensure their Rainwater Harvesting systems perform optimally, which includes efficiently to minimise clients running costs; no matter which system you have, RainCatcher can evaluate, report, repair and maintain your system, no matter what size. We design, supply, and maintain… Our rainwater systems mean you can ...
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GRP Liner (CIPP) DN 1600 mm (63”) successfully installed
The Berolina-Liner has been used globally since 1997. BKP has had many years of experience renovating culverts using the Berolina-Liner. The first use of the liner to specifically renovate a rainwater culvert was in Canada in March 2009. Partial renovation of a rainwater culvert in Sweden using the Berolina-Liner NCC Construction Sverige AB, one of the leading construction and property ...
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Farmers Urge Cameron To Tackle Climate Change – Rainwater Tanks to Collect Free Water
According to the Western Morning News, campaigners, including some farmers, are urging David Cameron to take action at next week’s climate change summit in New York, following widespread flooding and storms that have battered the Westcountry and Somerset earlier in the year. A number of charities back the campaigners, including Christian Aid, Greenpeace, the National Trust, the ...
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Rainwater Tanks and Water Storage Tanks Help Beat Climate Change
There is an increasing pressure and responsibility for not only individuals, but for businesses spanning all sectors (not just farming) to become greener and to join the fight against climate change. One such method of conserving energy is through the implementation of rainwater harvesting techniques. Enduramaxx has traditionally helped farmers and those managing open spaces to implement ...
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Rainwater Harvesting and Farming in the Cities
E and T asks the question this week – “Is farming the future of cities?” – With more people than ever leaving their rural homes for high-rise buildings, the concept of ‘vertical farming’ may provide a way to feed the world’s growing populations across it’s emerging mega-cities. According to the United Nations, by 2050 some 66 per cent of the ...
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So, What Exactly Is Rainwater Harvesting, Why Should I Take Notice?
Rainwater Harvesting is the collection of rainwater that falls on the roof of a building. It’s taken from the roof because this is usually the cleanest water. This water is filtered on route to an above or below ground tank outside and can be used back in the building (for flushing the toilets, cleaning purposes, in washing machines, etc.) or it can be used outside the building for ...
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Farmers Facing Crop Crisis – Excessive Rainfall Can Bring Benefits Though
A number of farmers across Hampshire reported to the Daily Echo that torrential rain throughout August has hit their profits hard. Throughout the last week of the month, 19.4mm of rain fell on the Sunday, 11.6mm on Monday and 15.2mm fell last Tuesday, resulting in what some describe as a major crop crisis. According to some farmers, it has been around 10 years since the region experienced a ...
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BARR Plastics helps city win award of excellence
Barr Plastics’ knowledge and commitment to rainwater harvesting has led to a Union of BC Municipalities Award in Leadership and Innovation, October 17, accepted by the City of Abbotsford and District of Mission. The award was presented in recognition of a joint Abbotsford/Mission Water and Sewer Commission project, in which Barr Plastics Inc. helped install an innovative rainwater ...
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Rainwater harvesting tanks: benefits Of horizontal storage
Horizontal Rainwater Harvesting Tanks as such as The Original Rainwater Pillow are an economical solution to use wasted spaces for rainwater storage. Rainwater Collection To harvest rain water is the best way to save water for future generations and money, you would normally spend for city water. Rainwater provides on-site storm water retention and aquifer recharge. If there are drought-related ...
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Boreholes, Springs and Rainwater Tanks to Tackle Rising Water Costs
Again, we read about the importance of water in dairy farming in this week’s Farmers Guardian. Katie Jones writes that water costs are being controlled on one farm in Devon through utilising spring water on the unit. Located just North of Plymouth, despite farming in an area home to the longest stretch of coastline and with seemingly high levels of rainfall, the South of England still has ...
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Plastic Rainwater Tanks to Counter Water Abstraction Limits
Water was high on the agenda at this year’s Cereals event. As reported by Farmers Weekly, speaking at an Oxford Farming Conference-organised seminar at the event, Andrew Blenkiron, manager of the Euston Estate, Thetford, echoed the concerns of many over the water abstraction limits suggested by Defra and the Environmental Agency. The water extraction limits on the volume of water that ...
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