Design for Water: Rainwater Harvesting, Stormwater Catchment, and Alternate Water Reuse

Synopsis

Water, once abundant and cheap, is poised to become the new oil as the entire world faces the reality of a decreasing supply of clean water. If we are to avert a devastating shortages, we must look at alternative water sources, both in our homes, and in the planning of new developments. Rainwater expert Heather Kinkade-Levario builds on her award-winning book, "Forgotten Rain with Design for Water". This accessible guide is the most up-to-date book on the market dealing with alternate water collection, with a special focus on rainwater harvesting in the urban environment.The aspects include: passive and active systems set-up; storage; stormwater reuse; distributional purification; analysis; and filtrations. Numerous case studies outline the process of water collection from landscape, residential, commercial, industrial, school, park and municipal systems. Other accessible (affordable) alternate sources include cooling tower bleed-off water, air conditioning condensate, graywater and fog collection. The book provides the necessary guidelines to set up passive harvesting techniques to anyone harvesting techniques, or to anyone making development decisions - engineers, landscape architects, developers, policy-makers, planners and land-owners.