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By Steve Goldberg Although various forms of rainwater harvesting have been used for thousands of years, as an organized industry, it is still in its infancy. At present, no national standards are in place regulating its use, although various states and municipalities have begun promulgating laws concerning how rainwater may (or may not) be used. The rainwater harvesting industry has a national organization, the American Rainwater Catchment Systems Association. It is presently headed by David Crawford, p...... continue reading
From: Water Efficiency Topics: Rainwater, Resource-Management
Chicago, Illinois (April 29, 2013) — A new American National Standard to provide design and installation requirements for rainwater catchment systems is being jointly developed by the American Rainwater Catchment Systems Association (ARCSA) and the American Society of Plumbing Engineers (ASPE), with sponsorship support from the International Association of Plumbing and Mechanical Officials (IAPMO) and NSF International. ARCSA/ASPE 63: Rainwater Catchment Systems, a standard that is already in existence a...... continue reading
From: Water Efficiency Topics: Rainwater
Along the East coast, there has been a lack of cold storms tracking northward just offshore. In the coastal Northwest, there has been very limited arctic air around when frequent storms have visited the region. As for the area from St. Louis to Chicago in the Midwest, most storms have been tracking to their west, east, north and south, leaving a doughnut hole in the middle. For some locations, more snow than last winter isn't saying much, but for a number of locations a return to near-normal snowfall see...... continue reading
From: Water Efficiency Topics: Rainwater
Chicago, Illinois (November 28, 2012) —The American Society of Plumbing Engineers Research Foundation (ASPE RF) has released the long-anticipated results of its study on maximum permitted flow rates through roof drains, co-sponsored by the International Association of Plumbing and Mechanical Officials (IAPMO). The results verified that the sizing method for storm drainage systems, as required in the current plumbing codes, is inaccurate. Two years ago it was brought to the attention of the ASPE RF that f...... continue reading
From: Water Efficiency Topics: Rainwater
New York wakes up to storm devastation (via AFP ) Stunned New Yorkers confronted shocking scenes Tuesday after super-storm Sandy left hundreds of thousands without power, roads and subway stations flooded, and no relief in sight. Smoke lingered over many streets after a huge fire devastated 50 homes in the New York borough of Queens, many roads remained… ... continue reading
From: Water Efficiency Topics: Climate Change, Rainwater, Resource-Management
SARASOTA, FLORIDA, DECEMBER 19, 2011 — 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 grade rainwater harvesting components to builders & owners of commercial...... continue reading
From: Water Efficiency Topics: Rainwater
By Lyn Corum It is a simple technology. Rain can be captured from rooftops in a simple rain barrel or in a complex cistern system holding many thousand gallons of water. The revival of rainwater harvesting in the US began in the 1990s, driven by two movements. The US Clean Water Act, first enacted in 1972, created regulations to clean up the rivers and lakes throughout the country. Starting in 1990, the EPA began requiring municipalities to obtain permits to prevent harmful pollutants from being washed ...... continue reading
From: Water Efficiency Topics: Rainwater, Source Protection, Storage
By Elizabeth Cutright
How’d you like to save 600,000 acre-feet of water per year? What if I told you achieving that savings doesn’t involve looking for new sources, but rather, by implementing some simple smart irrigation techniques and technologies? That’s the case in California, according to testimony by Dr. Peter H. Gleick to the Subcommittee on Water and Power of the Committee on Natural Resources of the US House of Representatives. Many communities have already experienced the dramatic results achieved by implementing a...... continue reading
From: Water Efficiency Topics: Irrigation, Rainwater, Resource-Management
By Michael D Lee
Growing up in Birmingham, England, it was common place for every home gardener to have a 25- to 50-gallon rainwater barrel attached to a convenient downspout in the front and back of the house, to the garage if located at the rear of the garden, and/or to the greenhouse. Gardeners would then supplement summer rainfall on vegetable and flowerbeds and/or water the interior of the greenhouse using a watering can filled from the rain barrel. I remember my father extolling the virtues of rainwater over tap w...... continue reading
From: Water Efficiency Topics: Rainwater, Storage
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