Category Archives: Rainwater Harvesting

School Toilets

Rainwater Harvesting for Toilet Flushing in Schools, Colleges and Universities. Managing water quality in the header tank.

In this article, we explore how to manage water quality in school rainwater harvesting systems during the holidays and in gravity fed systems where the header tank water is dormant for longer periods Many education institutes in the UK have installed gravity type rainwater harvesting systems to flush their vast amounts of toilets. It makes […]

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Simple Hydrograph

Smart Rainwater Harvesting to help Prevent Floods

How smart rainwater harvesting (with a water butt or large above-ground water tank) can play its part to slow the flow of stormwater and help prevent floods and in particular overflow from sewers. Floods are again making the news in the UK as Storm Ciara brought heavy rainfall to parts of the north and west […]

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Irrigation Filters 3P Technik UK

The Best Filters for Rainwater Irrigation Systems

The Rainwater filters from 3P Technik that are most suitable for Rainwater Irrigation Systems include: 1000600 – Garden Filter, 1000630 – Retention Filter, 1000250 – Flat Filter (NEW), 1000671 – Garden Filter XL, 1000675 – Retention Filter XL. When investigating rainwater harvesting systems and water storage methods for agriculture, it is important to filter rainwater […]

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Advocating rainwater storage to help mitigate against Flooding

Rainwater management Culture Shift to combat UK drought and flooding

Cardigan business advocates rainwater management culture shift to combat drought and flooding in the UK. With famers struggling in the heatwave conditions, springs and boreholes at very low levels, private supplies drying up and water companies calling for customers to conserve supplies, the situation is all too predictable in the view of one Cardigan business […]

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