water conservation system Articles
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Case study - Advanced
This rainwater system does double duty, providing pressurized irrigation water while simultaneously aiding the efficiency of the building’s rooftop cooling system. Project: AdvancED Location: Alpharetta, GA Application: Landscape Irrigation and Evaporative Cooling System(s): 30,000 Gallon Underground Tank w/ H2 Rainset The rainwater harvesting system at the AdvancED corporate headquarters ...
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10 Uses of Rainwater
Collecting your own rainwater is an excellent way to conserve this precious resource. A basic rainwater collection system catches rainwater from your roof or other surface and channels it into a container for storage. Rainwater itself is generally clean, but it can pick up microorganisms, pollutants and debris when it hits your roof. This is why systems for rainwater use inside your home often ...
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Preventing & Thawing Frozen Pipes
A “how-to” guide on preventing and thawing frozen pipes. As temperatures drop below freezing around the country, it’s important to be informed of the cold weather’s effect on your water pipes. When temperatures are below freezing, pipes in unheated areas are subject to freezing causing messy, and often expensive issues. Just one burst pipe running at 4-8 gallons/min can ...
By WaterSignal
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Corus installs gem steam traps to improve energy conservation and reduce co2 emissions
Corus’s Trostre Steel Works in Llanelli, South Wales has installed Thermal Energy International’s GEM Venturi orifice steam traps as part of the plant’s continuous improvement programme into energy conservation and CO2 reduction. A leading supplier of high quality light gauge steels, the site produces over 400,000 tonnes a year of packaging steels for the UK market. As part of ...
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The History of Water Distribution and Treatment
Introduction Ancient water distribution and treatment methods originated millennia before principles of modern hydraulic design, such as conservation of mass, energy, and momentum, were even put to thought [1]. Spending most of human history as hunters and gatherers, only in the last 10,000 years did civilizations develop more sophisticated means of agriculture-use and, in turn, water ...
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Reclaiming your Drains
Self-serve owners miss their chance to go green and save green when they ignore water reclaim systems. Many self-serve carwash owners think that going green is just a dream. The dozing duo of re-pair costs and utility bills make it seem im-possible for operators to wake the sleeping beauty of forward-thinking investments. What owners need now is a knight in shin-ing armor, ...
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