Project 1 - Rainwater Collector

Project 1 – Rainwater Collector

Runoff Does Not Have To Be A Nuisance

Rainwater harvesting is a technique for providing water to humans that has been used across the planet since the dawn of time. Recent generations have come to take the rainfall for granted. Their primary goal was to treat the runoff as a problem instead of an asset. Understanding the overall water cycle and looking at the effects of rainwater harvesting on the environment help us understand how it can be one of the methods to providing water for our growing demand. – AgriLife Extension, Texas A&M

It Has Been Said…

The nation behaves well if it treats the natural resources as assets which it must turn over to the next generation increased and not impaired in value. – Teddy Roosevelt

130

Hours of Work

March 2015

Construction Date

30,000gal

Surface Area

$85,000

Budget

Plan For The Future

There are many diverse uses for captured rainwater but the impact is the same; water is conserved. Today, most folks install RWH systems as a luxury or to augment their existing supply of water. In the future, however, many U.S. residents will be capturing rainfall to meet their basic drinking water and cooking needs. The U.S. population is forecasted to increase substantially, while our fresh water supply is predicted to decrease. A review of the obvious and less obvious uses of captured rainfall is beneficial to the RWH planner. – AgriLife Extension, Texas A&M System

Collecting For Generations To Come

Rainwater collectors are diverse, complex, and range in catchment surface area from 25 to more than 1 million square feet. All too often, aggressive, financially driven endeavors result in negative impacts on our clean and abundant supply of water. In the next 40 years, the demand for drinking water in the United States will more than double, while currently more than 50 percent of diseased people throughout the world are infected as the result of consuming unclean water. – AgriLife Extension, Texas A&M System