Rainwater harvesting

Subclass of	water supply
Part of	water cycle
Get use	water supply
Has effect	water conservation
Uses	disinfection, pump, pipe, roof

Rainwater harvesting (RWH) be de collection den storage of rainwater, rather dan allowing am to run off. Rainwater be collected from a roof-like surface den redirected to a tank, cistern, deep pit (well, shaft, anaa borehole), aquifer, anaa a reservoir plus percolation, so say e dey seep down den restore de ground water. Rainwater harvesting dey differ from stormwater harvesting as de runoff typically be collected from roofs den oda area surfaces for storage den subsequent reuse.^[1]^: 10 Ein uses dey include watering gardens, livestock,^[2] irrigation, domestic use plus proper treatment, den domestic heating. De harvested water sanso fi be used for long-term storage anaa groundwater recharge.^[3]

Rainwater harvesting be one of de simplest den oldest methods of self-supply of water give households, dem dey use am insyd South Asia den oda countries for chaw thousands of years.^[4] Civilizations such as de Romans develop extensive water collection systems, wey dey include aqueducts den rooftop channels, wich lay de groundwork give chaw of de modern gutter-based systems still in use today.^[5] Installations fi be designed for different scales, wey dey include households, neighbourhoods, den communities, wey sanso fi serve institutions such as schools, hospitals, den oda public facilities.^[6]

References

↑ Managing Urban Stormwater: Harvesting and reuse (PDF) (Report) (in English). Sydney, Australia: New South Wales Department of Environment and Conservation. 2006-04-01. ISBN 1-74137-875-3. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-07-16.
↑ "Rainwater Harvesting for Livestock". ntotank.com. Archived from the original on 2018-11-21. Retrieved 2018-11-21.
↑ Kinkade-Levario, Heather (2007). Design for Water: Rainwater Harvesting, Stormwater Catchment, and Alternate Water Reuse (in English). Gabriola Island, BC: New Society Publishers. p. 27. ISBN 978-0-86571-580-6.
↑ Bagel, Ravi; Stepan, Lea; Hill, Joseph K. W. (2017). Water, knowledge and the environment in Asia: epistemologies, practices and locales. London. ISBN 978-1-315-54316-1.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
↑ "The History of Rainwater Harvesting: From Roman Aqueducts to Modern Gutters" (in American English). 2025-05-09. Retrieved 2025-05-09.
↑ Rural Water Supply Network. "Rural Water Supply Network Self-supply site". rural-water-supply.net. Archived from the original on 2019-01-14. Retrieved 2017-03-19.

External links

[NSW_Managing_Urban_Stormwater-1] Managing Urban Stormwater: Harvesting and reuse (PDF) (Report) (in English). Sydney, Australia: New South Wales Department of Environment and Conservation. 2006-04-01. ISBN 1-74137-875-3. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-07-16.

[2] "Rainwater Harvesting for Livestock". ntotank.com. Archived from the original on 2018-11-21. Retrieved 2018-11-21.

[3] Kinkade-Levario, Heather (2007). Design for Water: Rainwater Harvesting, Stormwater Catchment, and Alternate Water Reuse (in English). Gabriola Island, BC: New Society Publishers. p. 27. ISBN 978-0-86571-580-6.

[4] Bagel, Ravi; Stepan, Lea; Hill, Joseph K. W. (2017). Water, knowledge and the environment in Asia: epistemologies, practices and locales. London. ISBN 978-1-315-54316-1.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

[5] "The History of Rainwater Harvesting: From Roman Aqueducts to Modern Gutters" (in American English). 2025-05-09. Retrieved 2025-05-09.

[6] Rural Water Supply Network. "Rural Water Supply Network Self-supply site". rural-water-supply.net. Archived from the original on 2019-01-14. Retrieved 2017-03-19.

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