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Dual Tank Rainwater Harvesting System

Climate Inc has this amazing dual tank rainwater harvesting system ready for a lifetime of usage. This system will function just as well during the winter months as the rainy season year over year will little maintenance using our 3P Technik Filtersysteme HDPE prefilter and components (floating extractor, calming inlet, and overflow siphon) product line we have a global network of certified ...

Feb. 24, 2017

By Climate, Inc.

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 ...

Jan. 1, 2013

By BARR Plastics Inc.

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 ...

Dec. 23, 2015

By ENDURAMAXX

World Water Day Celebrated – Rainwater Harvesting Tanks

With nearly 750 million people throughout the world having no access to clean drinking water or improved sanitation, World Water Day, which took place on Sunday 22nd March, raised awareness that a secure water world is emerging as a top human development priority in the post-2015 Development Agenda. The theme of water and sustainable development emphasises how water is an essential asset to all ...

Mar. 24, 2015

By ENDURAMAXX

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 ...

Jun. 26, 2010

By Erosion Pollution | GEI Works, Inc. (Granite Environmental, Inc.)

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 ...

Dec. 23, 2015

By ENDURAMAXX

Rain Shortage Could Threaten Harvest – Rainwater Harvesting Tanks A Relief

Although the UK was not short of rain throughout the first part of summer, according to Farmers Weekly, rain shortages could foil what was otherwise expected to be a bumper harvest. So far, the 2015 UK harvest season has been one of the best on record. A world record oilseed rape yield was smashed by a farm in Lincolnshire, 50 per cent of winter barley and 35 per cent of OSR is reportedly ...

Aug. 14, 2015

By ENDURAMAXX

Farmers Going For Growth – Liquid Fertiliser Tanks and Rainwater Harvesting Tanks

If you follow Faming Life, you might have read about ‘Going For Growth’, a strategy that will challenge all sectors of the agrifood chain. The strategy recognises a growing global demand for food and the natural advantages of Northern Ireland in terms of climate, skills and the structure to produce it efficiently. The strategy aims to ensure that growth can be delivered without ...

Apr. 17, 2014

By ENDURAMAXX

Water Abstraction on Workshop Agenda – Rainwater Harvesting Tanks Can Ease Pressure

The Environment Agency water license reforms is a common subject throughout the country’s farming communities and recently highlighted during an abstractors’ workshop at South Pickenham Estate, near Swaffham. High on the agenda at the Wissey abstractors’ workshop, farmers, land managers and environmental groups heard more details about the proposed licensing changes. Under ...

Oct. 30, 2015

By ENDURAMAXX

Herald emphasises how precious water is for Agriculture - Rainwater harvesting tanks beneficial

The Scottish Herald this week emphasised how we must treat water as a precious resource. As water and irrigation rules in England and Wales face their biggest overhaul for more than 50 years under plans contained in a consultation by the Defra, and the EA. Of course, agriculture is a major user of ater for irrigation, accounting for about 70 per cent of water used worldwide. Modern irrigation ...

Apr. 7, 2014

By ENDURAMAXX

Bid To Open Farm in Hull City Centre – Rainwater Harvesting Tanks At The Ready

According to the Yorkshire Post, members of the public in Hull are being urged to get behind a funding bid to create a ‘farm in a box’ right in the centre of the city. The project aims to draw and reconnect city residents with the food they eat and to improve knowledge and understanding of where their food comes from and how to prepare it. Called ‘Rooted in Hull’, the not ...

Jun. 10, 2015

By ENDURAMAXX

NFU Slams Environment Regulation Charging Scheme and Defra – Rainwater Harvesting Tanks

NFU Scotland slammed proposals from Scotland’s environmental body to significantly increase many of its charges next year. According to the NFU, the Environmental Regulation (Scotland) Charging Scheme increases go way beyond inflation rates and include 596 per cent increases in the charge for a technical variation to a Pollution Prevention Control (PPC) permit and an overall 81 per cent ...

Sep. 24, 2015

By ENDURAMAXX

Rainwater Harvesting Tanks Taken More Seriously as Part of Program for Climate Resilience

The Pilot Program for Climate Resistance (PPCR) is a major programme that invests in ways to integrate climate risk and resilience into core development planning across the globe, whilst complementing other on-going activities. Comprising 20 strategic programs for climate resilience under the PPCR, a pipeline of 66 projects and programs has emerged with PPCR grant allocations. So far the ...

Nov. 13, 2015

By ENDURAMAXX

Farmers Respond To Water Consultation – Rainwater Harvesting Tanks A Solution

Farmers will have had to have responded to a government consultation by this week which aims to help agriculture get its fair share of water. Water abstraction and irrigation rules face their biggest overhaul for more than 50 years under plans contained in the DEFRA and Environment Agency consultation. The consultation is agriculture’s chance to influence how much water is available in the ...

Mar. 28, 2014

By ENDURAMAXX

Grants Available for Rainwater Tanks and Plastic Water Tanks

Farmers Guardian brings us promising news for farming recently. £19 million is being made available to rural businesses in England under the Farming and Improvement Scheme (FFIS), as revealed by Owen Paterson, the Defra Secretary. The FFIS is a key part of England’s current rural development programme and provides grants designed to boost competitiveness of rural farming and forestry ...

Jul. 10, 2014

By ENDURAMAXX

WPL Improves its Rainwater Harvesting Range

WPL Ltd is pleased to announce that they have added the Platin tank to their range of Rainwater Harvesting products. This low profile, light tank is extremely easy to install and requires minimal excavation due to its shallow depth. The Platin tank can be installed above or below ground and ...

Sep. 7, 2011

By WPL Ltd

Rainwater Warehouse Launches Rainwater Harvesting E-Commerce Website

Rainwater Warehouse has launched a new website offering a complete range of rainwater harvesting systems and products. According to Principal, Jack Burden, Rainwater Warehouse provides a complete range of residential & commercial rainwater harvesting products. The company offers packaged solutions directly to green build developers, builders and homeowners. They also provide commercial ...

Dec. 19, 2011

By Rainwater Warehouse

Largest rainwater harvesting project in upstate New York

Huge Containment Solutions tanks are going in at Binghamton University. “This is the largest rain water harvesting (project) in upstate New York,” said Bill Hall, University architect. “200-thousand gallons of water retained in 4 different fiberglass tanks. It’s going to be used for harvesting for toilet flushing and also the biggest thing is make up water for the cooling ...

Jun. 19, 2012

By Containment Solutions, Inc., (CSI)

WPL improves its rainwater harvesting range

WPL Ltd is pleased to announce that they have added the Platin tank to their range of Rainwater Harvesting products. This low profile, light tank is extremely easy to install and requires minimal excavation due to its shallow depth. The Platin tank can be installed above or below ground and is ideally suited to high water table (HWT) areas and rocky ground. Furthermore, it is suitable for both ...

Aug. 30, 2011

By WPL Ltd

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: ...

Dec. 23, 2015

By ENDURAMAXX

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