rainwater collection News
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Tanks for rainwater collection and dispersion
Atlantis System by Daliform Group is the ideal solution to create tanks for rainwater collection and/or dispersion. The tanks for rainwater collection and dispersion are installations suitable to collect rainfall peaks, allowing sewage and water treatment plants to work at the most constant regime with unquestionable economic benefits and operating efficiency, even in peak load situationsz ...
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H2O donates to clean water project in Uganda
We are once again donating to a charitable cause this year. We will make a Christmas donation to help Viva con Agua carry out its clean water project in Namalu, Uganda. The organisation builds and maintains water supply systems, enabling a constant supply of water, particularly to schools, public spaces and health centres. Namalu, a small city in the east of Uganda, was fitted with a pipe ...
By H2O GmbH
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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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Nedlaw Group State-Of-The-Art UV HVAC
Nedlaw Living Walls to install a 400 sq. ft. fully integrated and fully automated UV-Biofiltered HVAC System biofilter, fed by a state-of-the-art rainwater collection at the new Nedlaw HQ located in Breslau, ON, opening this fall. As we enter a post COVID world, Architects, developers (public and private sector) consultants, and engineers alike are seriously looking for innovative ways to make ...
By Nedlaw Group
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Washington state drafts rainwater collection rule
The Washington Department of Ecology is seeking help from the general public in drafting regulations on the collection and use of rainwater in Washington State. Members of the public will have an opportunity to learn about rainwater collection and to discuss a new statewide rule on Wednesday, July 16, 2008, in Aberdeen, where the fourth in a series of workshops being held around the state is ...
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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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Comprehensive Professional Rainwater Catchment Training now Available
The American Rainwater Catchment Systems Association (ARCSA ) now offers four levels of rainwater catchment education with three levels of professional recognitions. ARCSA is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that was founded in 1994 to promote rainwater catchment systems in the United States. ARCSA strives to offers a full spectrum of rainwater harvesting workshops and professional training ...
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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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Gas collection cover will help power pulp mill
Work is wrapping up on GTI's involvement with the Slave Lake Pulp project. The custom-designed cover and liner system complements the design of the anaerobic reactor selected to pretreat the pulp mill’s wastewater. GTI’s gastight cover will capture the biogas from anaerobic treatment of the mill effluent and deliver the gas for use in three electrical generators. The power ...
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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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Storm Water Harvesting
Managing storm water is a growing concern world-wide and is being mandated in many areas. The number one pollutant in our streams and lakes is caused by storm water run-off. The most common source of drinking water supplies throughout the US is from surface water resources. It is very expensive and energy intensive to clean water. By harvesting and controlling storm water flow, we are able ...
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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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Farming Blamed For Scottish Beach Pollution
Farming has been blamed in part for health fears as 14 Scottish beaches fail pollution tests. According to the Scottish Herald, paddlers, surfers, swimmers and bathers at 14 Scottish beaches are being put at risk by pollution from overflowing sewers and farms. The annual survey of Scotland’s bathing waters is shortly due to be released by the Scottish Environment Protection Agency and will ...
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Storm Desmond – The Impact on Farming and Rainwater Harvesting
With hundreds of homes being evacuated around Cumbria and the Scottish borders, the farming community has rallied support for the victims, many pledging donations of forage and bedding. Forage Aid was established in the wake of the Somerset floods of 2013 and the organisation is currently taking offers on social media and through it’s Just Giving page here: ...
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DALIFORM GROUP - Creation and production of plastic products for the construction industry
The Daliform Group Company in Gorgo al Monticano (TV), has always been concerned with providing innovative solutions in the construction field that are oriented towards environmental protection and energy saving. The Iglu’® and Atlantis Systems, based on disposable formworks in 100% recycled polypropylene, originally made to create ventilated crawl spaces and cavities, over time have ...
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Now its legal to catch and store rainwater in Colorado
Front Range Precast Concrete (FRPC), has been providing throughout Colorado for over 62 years. Manufacturers of FLXX watertight concrete tanks for wastewater storage, conventional septic systems, water cisterns, and sand, grease and oil interceptors for commercial use, FRPC is now offering solutions for rainwater harvesting. Effective July 1, 2009, Governor Ritter signed Senate Bill 09-080 ...
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Oxford Rainwater Flooding Safeguards Planned By Environment Agency
If you’re a farmer around the Oxfordshire area, you’ll remember that 2014 brought terrible floods that cut off farms and major highways for days at a time. With more than 1800 homes and a number of farms currently classed as ‘at risk’ by the Environment Agency, a new flood prevention scheme has just been proposed. The Environment Agency plans to protect the area through a ...
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RainCatcher Exhibiting at RWM 2016 Event This September
Come visit us at i2i’s RWM 2016 Exhibition, Europe’s premier event for resource efficiency and waste management — RainCatcher will be attending as part of the UK Trade & Investment (UKTI) Export Connect programme. RWM is the only exhibition of its kind, covering all aspects of the waste hierarchy and bringing the industry together to rethink waste as a resource. If ...
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Rainwater Harvesting Company Recognized
BARR Plastics, Based In Abbotsford, BC, won a Union of BC Municipalities Award in Leadership and Innovation for its part in helping develop the rainwater harvesting system recently installed at the Abbotsford Entertainment and Sports Centre. The award followed on an earlier Environmental Leadership Award from the City of Abbotsford for the same project. The centre is the first in the world to use ...
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Taking Advantage of the Wet Summer – From Food Safety To Rainwater Harvesting
Although the UK’s wet summer may have affected crops up and down the country, the wet weather is being used to the advantages of food safety through a project run by the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB). Led by the Agricultural Development Advisory Service, the project focuses on fungal toxins in cereal crops and aims to arm the food industry with new tools to more ...
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