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"I'm not happy with the information in this paragraph. Yes I guess the last few sentences are true but for a technique that is primarily meant as a means to provide some of the most desperate people in the world with an adeque means of water, it's quite unebelivable that western Britain.. ? is mentioned along with consumer... water bills, resevoirs and scarce space.
I'm sorry to sound annoyed, it's just I expect if you do a quick search on the net you will find that most of the places where this form of civil engineering is being applied are developing countries where there is no other means."
Contrary to the above opinion,rainwater harvesting is now being promoted in developed countries not because of shortage but because it has been found that harvested rainwater is environmental friendly and the safest source of water for any use considering its short path to the end user. Treating it also involves a simpler process than that of water from conventional sources.
Its other advantages are (1) Its zero hardness (free of minerals) prevents scaling of appliances (2)Harvesting rainwater mitigates urban flooding and reduces load on storm water drains (3)It reduces pollution of water courses by storm water discharge.
For the above reasons, an estimated 100,000 residential rainwater harvesting systems (RWHSs)are in use in USA and its territories (see Lye D.,Journal of The American Water Resources Association, 2002 edition). the state of Texas has even gone ahead and published "The Texas Manual on Rainwater Harvesting" now in its 3rd edition.
I just saw that cse - a strong RWH proponent - got the Stockholm Water Prize 2005. http://www.siwi.org/press/presrel_05_SWP_Ceremony_Eng.htm Benkeboy 16:18, 23 March 2006 (UTC)
I just came across this report.
INDIA: Himachal Pradesh makes rainwater harvesting in cities compulsory
The Himachal Government is following the example of Karnataka, New Delhi and Chennai making a rainwater-harvesting structure compulsory in all new buildings within the municipal council limits to check the wastage of water. Mr Kartar Jaiswal, Executive Officer, Local Municipal Council, issued a public notice saying that while constructing buildings 20 litres per square metre rooftop area need to be included for rainwater harvesting. If this is not the case, permission to build will be rejected.
Web site: Rainwaterharvesting.org -Legislation on Rainwater Harvesting
-- Singkong2005 a.k.a. Chriswaterguy 16:25, 30 April 2006 (UTC)
the section on ´´methods´´ should be expanded to include the ways in which the harvesting and dsitribution is done via roofs, johads, viaducts etc Benkeboy 15:51, 23 March 2006 (UTC)
I'm very interested in low-cost storage methods. I was told about a project in Nepal, where adobe or mudbrick was used to construct tanks. About 10% of the water was lost through the walls, but this had the benefit of wetting the soil and providing a place for food plants to grow (maybe fruit trees). -- Singkong2005 a.k.a. Chriswaterguy 15:25, 8 May 2006 (UTC)
Interesting info on harvesting methods from a radio program, Thirsty Communities - Harvesting the Rains in Rajasthan:
"the structures that harvest rain in India this way go by different names. There are talabs, beris, tankas, nadis, and many more, made out of brick, dung, earth - or today - concrete, all were designed to suit different locations and terrains."
"here in the Thar desert we’ve come up to one of the many types of water harvesting devices in this region. This is actually quite an old one, it was built about 50 or 60 years ago by the local community here. And in effect, it’s a large dug out depression in the earth. It’s probably a couple of hundred metres in diameter. The idea is that it captures the rain, and people can walk down the stairs that are just to one side and take water from this, which effectively looks like a big pond."
"as well as providing drinking water it’s allowing them to grow trees and a fruit orchard on their parched lands."
The program describes a taanka which harvests rainwater, with an artificial catchment constructed by the people. It's a "big round structure raised up above the ground, but dug deep cylindrically into the depths of the earth, and the catchment is sort of a raised earth around it." Wells for India have adapted this traditional method:
Links to various sites, and organizations such as Wells for India are given at the end of the page [1]. -- Singkong2005 a.k.a. Chriswaterguy 15:25, 8 May 2006 (UTC)
Or should the article just link to Water tank?
Once that is decided, Rainwater tank should be made either a redirect or a disambig page. -- Singkong2005 a.k.a. Chriswaterguy( t - c - WPID) 04:58, 21 June 2006 (UTC)
I'm not sure if it should. Rainwater tanks can be quite different in construction from regular tanks, mainly because one looks for the most cost effective solution in the developing world, which may involve constructing the sides out of clay and digging the tank into the ground.
My concern is say this were used for a course at wikiversity, those needing to know about tanks used for harvesting rainwater do not need to know about water tanks in general. JHJPDJKDKHI! 20:26, 31 July 2006 (UTC)
I'm going to try to get around to expanding the section on 'systems' because IMHO it's sorely deficient now. Additios on calcs (x inches / 1000sq = x litres) is easily researched and mandatory when considering a catchment system. Useful materials for construction would be useful as well. I realize most of this sort of info (and more) is likely obtainable by following some of the external links at the bottom of the page, but as I'm understanding this to be an intended self-sufficient article (rather than a direction to outside resources) there's still *lots* to be added to the page regarding the practicalities of building a catchment system --—Preceding unsigned comment added by Dirtyharry2 ( talk • contribs) 13 September 2006
No they shoul be seperte I have my reasons...
Cheers for the additions. There are alot of references there. JHJPDJKDKHI! 01:35, 8 March 2007 (UTC)
Hi, late post to the section, but I'd like to add my two cents. I think certain information (common system components and water systems integration) don't fall within the WP:NOT category of instructions or advice regarding rainwater harvesting. Ie, I think it is important for readers to know that pre-filtration is simply a common practice of many systems and that first-flush diversion is also simply an integral and commonly found component and practice of a rainwater harvesting system. I hope that this page is active enough for anyone to see this, but maybe this could also start a discussion to write a page specifically for rainwater harvesting systems. Cheers -- Ivangiesen ( talk) 21:06, 12 June 2020 (UTC)
I added a line about the use of water butts for the collection of rain. This is becoming more popular with the prevelance of hose-pipe bans. Probably it's true outside of England too - but I don't have any sources... My new-build house comes with a water butt included in the deal... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 217.34.222.220 ( talk) 10:57, 20 March 2008 (UTC)
I added a schematic picture (
) Please do not remove as it provides extra info with the article.
Thanks
KVDP ( talk) 06:18, 8 May 2008 (UTC)
Wow, these photos look unbelievably unprofessional. 99.188.94.205 ( talk) 06:25, 11 May 2009 (UTC)
I am suggesting a merge of these two articles, you can't have one with out the other. The article Rainwater tank is contains a lot about the how ( Rainwater harvesting) and the how contains a lot about the with (Rainwater tank). Jeepday ( talk) 00:58, 19 June 2008 (UTC)
I too support the merging of these two articles.- Shouvik Ganguly
you have not even written the meanig of rain water harvesting!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 122.162.121.52 ( talk) 11:09, 20 August 2008 (UTC)
It certainly seems like there is disconnect between the concepts of "rainwater harvesting" and "rain tanks" certainly not a philosophical issue sensu: "digging and shovel", but more an issue of semantics. Since both articles contain unique and complementary information I support merging the articles or building a stronger link between the two.
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Rain barrels are generally small rainwater tanks, which are definitely cisterns, but these are a single specific example of rain harvesting technology. I would not merge an encyclopedia article about Jazz with one about music, and I don't agree with this merger. They need to be well linked, not merged. I believe Rainwater harvesting is a category of system that rain tanks belong to.
A storage pond is not often considered to be a tank, yet may be used to make rainwater available for irrigation. Another example of water harvesting in arid locations is to selectively clear plants that waste water from a hillside, expose rocks as mulch to minimize evapotranspiration, and grow vegetables in the receiving low area. Still the term rainwater harvesting appears to most commonly refer to water collection from rain for use as drinking water. These systems often involve rejection of the initial dirty rinse of rain water, and subsequently filter the water.
Rain barrels in the USA are more complex than buckets in that they often screen out mosquitoes and debris, but anything that filters water to where people may safely drink it is referred to as a rain harvesting system. The semantics of these terms is evolving, yet meaningful distinctions appear to already exist between these terms.-- Brian Ashman ( talk) 02:48, 25 July 2009 (UTC)
As said in the first paragraph you cannot have one without the other. To put it simply a Rainwater_tank is a only a component of Rainwater_harvesting.-- Felipekovacic ( talk) 01:09, 7 February 2010 (UTC)
The pictures on top of the article arent really good. The stepwell can remain, but I suggest changing the johad to a picture of a rooftop rainwater harvesting system. The johad can be placed in the section with groundwater recharge.
I recently became aware of Heron's fountain. After some research, I noticed that the Hydraulic_ram operates similarly. I was thinking about whether it would be possible to use a hydraulic ram pump, together with a main water reservoir on a roof (for height) i order to make a continuous (self-pumping, without electricity) system for supplying water.
Yes, but it will waste more water than it pumps. If the wasted water goes to good cleaning and irrigation uses, than one may get a smaller volume of pressurized water to store at a higher elevation, or immediately force through filters, spray emitters, or more convenient spigots. In this way energy not needed for a low pressure application, can theoretically be transferred to enable a higher pressure application.-- Brian Ashman ( talk) 03:20, 25 July 2009 (UTC)
—Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.246.128.230 ( talk) 19:17, 6 February 2009 (UTC)
Please re-insert my images and recommendations (grafity-fed systems, ...) I added the commercial products simply to demonstrate cost-saving features used by them. Categories are removed aswell.
Another schematic I have found of a system is the following: http://www.tmvw.be/documenten/pdf/rwgebr.pdf (it includes 2 pumps)
This should be worked out better. A example of a selfpurifying rainwater filter is avialable at http://www.devaplus.be/userfiles/files/Devafilterrekto.pdf —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.246.161.76 ( talk) 11:19, 23 January 2009 (UTC)
I reverted to a better older version. Re-examine the new info added since then and improve from old version. Leave pictures or make better ones. I put in allot of work, its better article, so start again. Thanks, 81.246.128.230 ( talk) 19:26, 6 February 2009 (UTC)
I heard on NPR that it was illegal to collect your rainwater and snow in the state of Colorado. Does anybody know if that's right? -- 69.151.148.130 ( talk) 03:18, 17 July 2009 (UTC)
Good to include this in Talk:Rainwater harvesting, but too local to include such depth in this article except as a topic of legal aspects. Long articles load too slow. —Preceding unsigned comment added by BrianAsh ( talk • contribs) 04:05, 25 July 2009 (UTC)
Recent story: Gary Harrington, Oregon Resident, Sentenced To Jail For Stockpiling Rainwater -- George100 ( talk) 06:48, 17 August 2012 (UTC)
Seems, harvesting was illegal in Utah too: www.naturalnews.com/029286_rainwater_collection_water.html unreliable fringe source? Collecting rainwater now illegal in many states as Big Government claims ownership over our water] by Mike Adams (Editor of NaturalNews.com) July 26, 2010; Is It Illegal to Harvest Rainwater in Utah? (blog, May 30, 2009). There is also some survey here: State Rainwater Harvesting Statues, Programs and Legislation, NCSL 2012 ` a5b ( talk) 03:27, 24 January 2013 (UTC)
The last edit had interesting information. However it belongs in a different article. This was about water harvesting before it reaches the aquifer recharge zone. The inserted text was about helping the aquifer recharge. I think it belongs in an aquifer related article. Sidelight 12 Talk 16:25, 27 December 2012 (UTC)
Hi, I can't find information about water harvesting techniques in Africa, how come? Nakalema ( talk) 07:32, 25 February 2015 (UTC)
HI? There seems to be little said about harvesting techniques in Africa.How can we improve on this? Onyangoachieng ( talk) 07:37, 25 February 2015 (UTC)
Hello, when I read the article I noticed it misses some references. How can we improve on this? Nakalema ( talk) 07:37, 25 February 2015 (UTC)
Hello when i read through your article i noticed that Kitakapeter ( talk) 07:37, 25 February 2015 (UTC)
Hallo, i noticed the article misses some references, how can i improve on this? Lvceepkenya ( talk) 07:37, 25 February 2015 (UTC)
Hi, I go through the article and I did not find techniques in Africa. How can we improve this? Mwasiti.rashid ( talk) 08:13, 25 February 2015 (UTC)
Hi, I'm a new editor to Wikiversity, and have recently put up about 40 pages of best practices on how to do rainwater harvesting. I wanted to include links to my pages on this page in Wikipedia, but so far have no found a good place for them. Since there are so many pages, I was trying to put links, but Wikipedia moderators do not like long link lists. So they suggested I start the topic here, so see if anyone had any ideas. It feels like important information, because there is no "how-to" info on this page so far, so it could really expand the topic to a whole new level of usefulness for users. Here is the main page in Wikiversity: https://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Rainwater_harvesting. Does anyone have any ideas, maybe longer term editors, what do you think? I wanted to create a section called "How to do Rainwater Harvesting", but it would mainly consist of links to these already built pages, so I'm trying to think of a way to avoid that. Any ideas? Thanks. -- Winona ( talk) 03:37, 6 August 2015 (UTC)
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The first paragraph of § Quality stated, with the reference included:
The concentration of contaminants is reduced significantly by diverting the initial flow of run-off water to waste.[New Scientist. 3 April 1999.] Improved water quality can also be obtained by using a floating draw-off mechanism (rather than from the base of the tank) and by using a series of tanks, withdraw from the last in series. Prefiltration is a common practice used in the industry to ensure that the water entering the tank is free of large sediment. Prefiltration is important to keep the system healthy.
The citation to an April 1999 issue of New Scientist was missing an appropriate article title. To find the original source of the reference, I checked the edit history. The ref was first included in 4 June 2006 (bottom of the article), and it did have a linked article from the issue, titled It's raining pesticides. (The official New Scientist website also has a page of the article.) The article addresses high concentrations of toxic pesticides in drinking rainwater, but there is no mention of diverting the first flush (or initial flow) of run-off water to waste in order to significantly reduce the concentration.
As seen in the June 2006 revision, the ref originally cited a different statement:
High levels of pesticide have been found in rainwater in Europe the highest concentrations occuring in the first rain immediately after a dry spell;[It's raining pesticides, New Scientist, 3 April 1999.] the concentration of these and other contaminants are reduced significantly by diverting the initial flow of water to waste, as described above.
"as described above" referred to a paragraph in the top section (§ Systems):
A mechanism can be used to send the initial water flow to waste, usually the first few liters. The Water Genie is one option, which may be suitable in the developed world, but simpler, lower cost versions can also be made using a bucket which fills up, the weight of which is used to change the direction of water flow. ...
The ref became misattributed in 4 October 2012 when a large portion of the Quality section was removed without a given reason. The fragments of the reference was then mistakenly inserted to the other statement (which lost its original context), and has remained there until now.
I've re-added some of the removed portion of § Quality back in 2012, as well as the removed parts of the ref, which has been updated and is cited to the correct statement again. — Neutral0814 ( talk) 06:10, 10 July 2018 (UTC)
"The system helps save approximately 1 million cubic meters of water per year. The cost of the system was 1.5 million dm (US$63,000) in 1993."
In the source, it is not 1 million. It is "1,00,000" which is a hundred thousand. Also the conversion rate is wrong for the cost. At that time it was equal to not less than 750,000 usd. Source did not seem very reliable to me so I wrote an email to frankfurt airport but got no replies. It has been almost a month. Uralunlucayakli ( talk) 16:10, 7 October 2019 (UTC)
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Created by Ray Hagihara ( talk). Self-nominated at 11:13, 21 November 2020 (UTC).
I have added new information in the advantages section, comparing how beneficial or effective RWH systems are to large-scale, centralized water supply systems like dams. Please tell me if you find any false information or any other kinds of errors. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ray Hagihara ( talk • contribs) 13:55, 27 November 2020 (UTC)
I added the photo with a small black tank for RWH. I think this image would give readers a better idea of what an RWH system can look like. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ray Hagihara ( talk • contribs) 14:02, 27 November 2020 (UTC)
Does anyone think a section on research related to rainwater harvesting would prove valuable for this article? I am aware of ongoing research into rainwater tank design and the effect of different system designs on water quality. I'm not sure if it would fall under the scope of this article however. -- IanVG ( talk) 16:59, 4 March 2021 (UTC)
I have cleaned up the country examples a bit but I wonder how much "country level information" is useful? Should some of it rather be in the sub-articles on "water supply and sanitation in Country X" and then link to that and use excerpts? I've asked the same question also on the talk pages of reclaimed water and wastewater treatment because each time it's the same question. Also note that if we do country examples, we should make it somewhat balanced, i.e. not just write about the situation on high income countries. EMsmile ( talk) 13:20, 26 March 2021 (UTC)
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I've just re-arranged the images so that there is only one image in the lead section. I think this image from Uganda is quite good. An alternative could be to have a collage of 4 images like at wetland. I also took out some other images that were not about RWH or where the caption was very unclear. EMsmile ( talk) 10:01, 11 May 2022 (UTC)
Rain water store inhone help with pipe line and drama 106.66.194.250 ( talk) 14:40, 8 February 2023 (UTC)
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The "Uses" section is currently titled "USES". 2600:6C47:A03F:C443:697B:2685:A22:F0AC ( talk) 23:38, 25 June 2024 (UTC)