Rain water provides the benefits of purity and softness, while having a PH value that is nearly neutral. These characteristics make rain water a valuable asset to home owners looking to cultivate their landscape and also add longevity to the household appliances; by way of reduction in corrosion and scaling effects caused by hard water. Rainwater harvesting has many benefits and advantages, a few being:
* Rainwater is free
* Rainwater's softness makes it much easier on the inner workings of appliances, adding longevity to them
* Rainwater is superior for landscape irrigation
* Rainwater reduces the strain on storm water drains and storm drain systems
* Rainwater is a great resource when groundwater is nonexistent, unacceptable or present in a limited capacity.
The fact that you can harvest or collect rain water at its origin, in other words in your own backyard, eliminates the cost and expense of having it pumped or delivered to your home through a meter that is spinning faster than the speed of light. This would be the benefit mentioned above, it is free. Now of course your main water supply will not come from your rainwater harvesting system, but you can augment a high percentage of your water usage. There are many harvesting systems ranging from simplistic to very extensive. Depending on your requirements and the amount of rain fall your area receives, will determine how much or how little your system will play a role in your every day water consumption.
There are many resources for information on rainwater harvesting on both the commercial and residential levels. Here are three very good resources that I would recommend:
1) The Texas Manual On Rainwater Harvesting is put out by The Texas Water Development Board. This manual is a very effective How-To tool when designing & building a rainwater catchment system. It is intended for Texas Residents, but is widely applicable to residents across the United States.
2) Sky Harvester Water Conservation Systems, this site seems to deal more with the commercial level, you will be able to view a video that is very informative and makes the process of rainwater harvesting crystal clear.
3) Brae Rain Harvesting Systems provides a tremendous amount of information on both residential & commercial rainwater harvesting.
These three resources are a great starting point to create a system that is right for you or your business. Rainwater Harvesting Systems, some day we will look back and wonder how we ever lived without them.
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