Raineo - Rainwater Management System
Due to global climate changes we experience excessive rain, long periods of drought, heat and flash flooding. The direct consequences of flash floods and the lack of water management solutions are erosion, water pollution and even higher taxes. With the patented Raineo solution of which Pipelife is now proud to offer, we will be able to capture, retain and reuse water effectively. Raineo prevents flood and water pollution but also can function as water storage. The stored, reusable water can then be used for sanitary purposes or irrigation. Whatever way it is applied, Raineo takes care of this valuable resource for decades.
The Raineo system is designed for underground application. It functions under various circumstances and for diverged objectives. For this reason it allows the designer, the customer and the community to make the choice to harvest rainwater whenever and however they choose. Raineo is designed not only for today’s needs but also for tomorrow’s world.
All parts of the Raineo system are tailor made adaptive:
- Catching
- Cleaning
- Transporting
- The choice to re-use the water, or
- Properly discharge offsite.
A summary of the system, all the components and how it works you will find in the scheme below (click on the file for a high resolution picture):
A typical system:
A typical Raineo project catches the rainwater, redirects it to a cleaning station and stores it into the tank build out of Stormboxes or infiltration pipes. Sometimes a flow control unit is used to discharge the tank.
The water is collected through a series of entry points: road gullies (highways), line drainage (parking lots), gutters (residential or commercial) and permeable street pavers.
The best practice is to use entry or non-entry manholes and inspection chambers for redirection to the collection areas. Depending on the country and/or the application, the complete system could include one of our excellent pipe systems:
- Pragma (Pipelife’s patented corrugated pipe system)
- PP Master
- PVC smooth pipe solutions
- Poly-propylene manholes and inspection chambers
When discharging the water offsite into the environment: it must be as clean as rain water.
In case of harvesting for reuse: after filtering the purified water will be suitable for sanitary, cleaning or irrigation purposes.
An advanced filter and cleaning technique is part of the Raineo system. The required cleaning level is determined by the extent of pollution of the water, the vulnerability of the immediate surroundings and whether or not to reuse the accumulated water.
Depending on circumstances and purposes the water will be purified by special developed, hi-end filters or filter systems:
1. Leaf filter (large particles and sludge)
2. Oil separators or sedimentation tanks (gravity filtration)
3. Chemical filters (eliminate heavy metals and PAHs)
4. Combination of any system
The Stormbox: safe place to store water
The Stormbox is an open modular crate system from which easily small or large underground water storage facilities can be build. Thanks to Pipelife’s Stormbox easy click and stack system the water buffer can be stacked in brick bond formations, which means very fast installation.
The click and stach system also means that the buffer becomes an exceptional strong unit. It will be resistant to high vertical and lateral soil pressure and withstands heavy traffic.
The complete Raineo solution allows the following options as each application within every country has its own specific needs:
- Infiltration of the water (groundwater control, discharging sewage systems, preventing flash flooding)
- Attenuation (controlled evacuation of the water collected)
- Reuse of the water (purify for human reuse or for irrigation)
- Storage of the water (for future use)
Look inside
While the complete Raineo system is low maintenance, a regular inspection of the system should be performed. The advantages that Raineo can give to the system manager are what make the difference.
Unlike other systems Raineo allows inspection camera viewing from any direction. Thanks to the open cage construction you can inspect the interior of the whole box and even that of the one next to it….. no hidden surprises! And when inspection learns that cleaning is advisable: the Stormbox can withstand high pressure washing, with resistance up to 180 bar water pressure. All these features are the result of the patented Pipelife Stormbox construction.
The Pipelife design team has onsite experience and is equipped with special software programs. On request, our trained Raineo specialists will design the projects for you or assist your design agency that is responsible for the project.
Rain water management applications all have their own difficult characteristics. As a specialist, Pipelife is familiar with all these applications and can expertly advise the clients, design engineers, architects and contractors.
For decades, each component of Raineo must be trusted, that is why all components are developed by Pipelife and manufactured from high-grade plastics. To guarantee excellence only virgin raw materials and no recycled materials are used for the critical construction parts. This process ensures the strength and durability that cannot be proven with recycled materials.
The Raineo system is designed for underground application. It functions under various circumstances and for diverged objectives. Because Raineo is buried underground there will be no disfiguring elements to be seen. This is important regarding the vast array of situations where the system can be implemented:
- Highways
- Parking lots
- Sporting arenas
- Airports
- Industrial parks
- Agricultural areas
- Et cetera
The system allows the designer, the customer and the community to make the choice to harvest rainwater whenever and however they choose. Raineo is designed not only for today’s needs but also for tomorrow’s world.