Active rainwater harvesting involves the use of gutters and tanks to channel and store rainwater. This allows you to “bank” rainwater in our unpredictable climate so you can stretch out the period of ...

Journal of Urban and Environmental Engineering, Vol. 10, No. 1 (January to June 2016), pp. 124-134 (11 pages) Abstract: The purpose of this study was to inform decision makers at state and local ...

A rain water harvesting system is an easy way to make a project look green, but often money is better spent elsewhere if the aim is to reduce carbon emissions. It’s a bit like not using a plastic bag.

Livestock farms can use large amounts of water, with one study by Adas suggesting dairy farms spend £31-£100 a cow a year on water. It may be a worthwhile investment to harvest rainwater to cut down ...

Rainwater harvesting involves collecting and storing rainwater for reuse instead of letting it run off or be absorbed into the ground or channeled into drains, streams, or rivers. It's an easy way to ...

The rains in this part of the countryside have been above normal. Usually prone to drought, groundwater extraction has resulted in a falling water table plumbing depths of over 1,500 ft. Yet the old ...