Roof Garden Rainwater Harvesting

Greenhouse roof has the highest collection efficiency most surfaces are a ok.

Roof garden rainwater harvesting.

Dew and fog can also be collected with nets or other tools. Rainwater harvesting resources further information. The nyc water resources group offers a map of community gardens using rainwater harvesting systems as well as how to videos and a guide to designing your own system from recycled barrels. That is why my husband and i began harvesting our rainwater.

Building a rain roof as another option to harvest rainwater for home garden or livestock use. Now we come to the heart of he rainwater harvesting system. Water is an essential need in the garden. In fact it is quite common to harvest water from green roofs in germany and switzerland.

While metal roofing or plastic sheeting e g. Storing the rainwater you collect for use in dry times. Furthermore it is possible utilise rainwater harvesting of a green roof contrary to claims from other industries. There s just a short list of rooftop surfaces that rainwater harvesters should avoid.

Rainwater harvesting for use in the garden helps us to use water that would otherwise go to waste. Specifically this is set up for my rainwater garden area but c. We have been collecting rainwater for many years in different ways and places. Plants prefer to be watered with stagnant water that had the chance to warm up.

I am responding to the january 31 2010 texas water development board article effect of roof material on water quality for rainwater harvesting systems that has been resurfacing around the internet lately. Having rainwater around the garden is very convenient during a dry spring it s a must have. The same methods that are used to harvest rainwater from the roof of your home could also be used to collect rainwater from a shed garage or other garden building. I am glad the article has been covered so well because it brings concerns to the quality of rainwater and stirs up questions about materials used in each system.

The volume of water that can be harvested is reduced. Rainwater harvesting rwh is the collection and storage of rain rather than allowing it to run off. Rainwater is collected from a roof like surface and redirected to a tank cistern deep pit well shaft or borehole aquifer or a reservoir with percolation. However there are two issues.

Around 600 gallons of rainwater can be harvested from about one inch of rain if it falls from a thousand square foot roof. Such structures may not already be fitted with guttering and so it is likely that you will have to install it. Doesn t that sound like a lot of water that you could harvest and use for free. Read down the list for info on roofing materials for rainwater harvesting.