Water collector

STAND-ALONE RAINWATER COLLECTOR: We are students industrial design and for the past 2 weeks we have been building a rain harvesting system. Our client is a community with a public garden because they don't have a private garden for themselves. The garden is a place where they can c…

Why Harvest Rainwater? Water is life. Whether you're an experienced homesteader or a beginner, this is a fact you already know. But what if there comes a day when your usual water sources are not readily available? This is a frightening scenario to ponder, but it's better to be afraid and prepared than caught off

Here's the product of our 6 months of researching, talking and thinking about how to balance our criteria to give our farm the best drinking water system we can possibly devise...

The Chaac Ha Water Collector, designed by students in the Yucatan region of Southern Mexico, can harvest up to 2.5 liters of dew for drinking water a night.

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My house has approximately 2,500 square feet of roof area. The gutters empty through six downspouts. I have been interested in rain harvesting for some time now and this year’s projects have …