Rainwater harvesting is the collection and storage of rainwater runoff from rooftops or land surfaces. It can be collected through simple methods like pots or more complex techniques like underground dams. The collected water can be used for purposes like recharging groundwater, gardening, drinking, and irrigation. Rainwater harvesting has advantages like low cost, requiring minimal maintenance, and producing water of acceptable quality for domestic use. There are two main methods - surface runoff collection and rooftop collection, where the roof acts as the catchment surface and rainwater is piped into a storage system. Key components of a rooftop system include the catchment area, transportation pipes, a first flush diverter, a storage tank,
Rainwater harvesting is the collection and storage of rainwater runoff from rooftops or land surfaces. It can be collected through simple methods like pots or more complex techniques like underground dams. The collected water can be used for purposes like recharging groundwater, gardening, drinking, and irrigation. Rainwater harvesting has advantages like low cost, requiring minimal maintenance, and producing water of acceptable quality for domestic use. There are two main methods - surface runoff collection and rooftop collection, where the roof acts as the catchment surface and rainwater is piped into a storage system. Key components of a rooftop system include the catchment area, transportation pipes, a first flush diverter, a storage tank,
Rainwater harvesting is the collection and storage of rainwater runoff from rooftops or land surfaces. It can be collected through simple methods like pots or more complex techniques like underground dams. The collected water can be used for purposes like recharging groundwater, gardening, drinking, and irrigation. Rainwater harvesting has advantages like low cost, requiring minimal maintenance, and producing water of acceptable quality for domestic use. There are two main methods - surface runoff collection and rooftop collection, where the roof acts as the catchment surface and rainwater is piped into a storage system. Key components of a rooftop system include the catchment area, transportation pipes, a first flush diverter, a storage tank,
Rainwater harvesting is the collection and storage of rainwater runoff from rooftops or land surfaces. It can be collected through simple methods like pots or more complex techniques like underground dams. The collected water can be used for purposes like recharging groundwater, gardening, drinking, and irrigation. Rainwater harvesting has advantages like low cost, requiring minimal maintenance, and producing water of acceptable quality for domestic use. There are two main methods - surface runoff collection and rooftop collection, where the roof acts as the catchment surface and rainwater is piped into a storage system. Key components of a rooftop system include the catchment area, transportation pipes, a first flush diverter, a storage tank,
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WHAT IS RAIN WATER HARVESTING
Rainwater harvesting is a technology used for collecting and
storing rainwater from rooftops, the land surface or rock catchments using simple techniques such as jars and pots as well as more complex techniques such as underground check dams. Rainwater harvesting is the accumulation and deposition of rainwater for reuse on-site, rather than allowing it to run of USES OF RAIN WATER RECHARGE UNDER GROUND WATER GARDENING LIVESTOCK DRINKING PURPOSE IRRIGATION PURPOSE ADVANTAGES Rainwater harvesting technologies are simple to install and operate. Local people can be easily trained to implement such
technologies, and construction materials are also
readily available. Running costs, also, are almost negligible. Water collected from roof catchments usually is of
acceptable quality for domestic purposes.
HOW CAN WE HARVEST RAINWATER Broadly there are two ways harvesting rainwater. (i) Surface runoff harvesting . In urban area rainwater flows away as surface runof. This runof could be caught and used for recharging aquifers by adopting appropriate method (ii) Roof top rainwater harvesting: It is a system of catching rainwater where it falls. In rooftop harvesting, the roof becomes the catchments, and the rainwater is collected from the roof of the house/building. This method is less expensive and very efective. COMPONENTS OF THE ROOF TOP HARVESTING SYSTEM 1- Catchment area 2- Transportation 3- First flush 4- Storage system 5- Delivery system 6- Filtration system CATCHMENT AREA The surface that receives rainfall directly is the catchment of rainwater harvesting system. It may be terrace, courtyard, or paved or unpaved
open ground. TRANSPORTATION Rainwater from rooftop should be carried through down take water pipes or drains to storage/harvesting system. Water pipes should be UV resistant (ISI HDPE/PVC pipes) of required capacity. FIRST FLUSH First flush is a device used to flush of the water received in first shower. The first shower of rains needs to be flushed-of to avoid contaminating storable/rechargeable water by the probable contaminants of the atmosphere and the catchment roof. It will also help in cleaning of silt and other material deposited on roof during dry seasons Provisions of first rain separator should be made at outlet of each drainpipe. STORAGE All collected rain water are store in tank or barrels used. DELIVERY SYSTEM It is a system to delivered of water for uses. There are use of pumps to take out water from tank and deliver for many purpose . Water is deliver by pips . SAND GRAVEL FILTER These are commonly used filters, constructed by brick masonry and filleted by pebbles, gravel, and sand as shown in the figure. Each layer should be separated by wire mesh. CHARCOAL FILTER Charcoal filter can be made in-situ or in a drum. Pebbles, gravel, sand and charcoal as shown in the figure should fill the drum or chamber. Each layer should be separated by wire mesh. Thin layer of charcoal is used to absorb odor if any PVC PIPE FILTER This filter can be made by PVC pipe of 1 to 1.20 m length; Diameter of pipe depends on the area of roof. Six inches dia pipe is enough
