Options for Rainwater harvesting methods.

I am looking for technologies to collect, filter and store rainwater for Southern countries. Thank you for giving me names of companies and/or clean-technologies for different quantities. Valérie

Taxonomy

• Water Harvesting
• Rainwater Harvesting
• Water Harvesting
• Environment
• Reuse
• Water Storage
• Water Harvesting Structure Design
• Harvesting Machines
• Construction
• Environment
• Environmental
• Environmental Impact

5 Answers

1. Traditional  system, much better then any other.

2. Valerie,

   Check out my company Rainwater Management Solutions (RMS). We work in Central America and have partners in South America. There are a lot of technologies on the market. If you let me know what you are looking for I will point you in the right direction. 

   www.rainwatermanagement.com

   Shawn Crawford

3. Many thanks, reverting

4. Hi Valérie: My company OpenMS it’s actually specialized in water treatment and water harvesting. We have different technologies that allow us to collect rainwater, mist and fog water collectors and produce atmospheric water from condensation extracting it from the humidity of the air. But also is very important that this water also needs to be treated for human consumption or irrigation. We have available nanotechnology products for an efficient and save filtration based in carbon nanotubes. If you are interested I can send you detailed information. In the mean time you can visit our website http://www.openms.es or contact me in SKYPE: jdhaldane Kind Regards, Jonathan Haldane

5. some answers
   
   

   Hi Valerie,
   The rainwater can be one of two: roof water (water from roofs only) or storm water (water from both roofs and land/roads etc.) The roof water is typically easy to collect and require minimal (if any) treatment. Storm water is likely to require more treatment prior to reuse. Treatment of storm water could be designed either via more environmentally friendly features (like vegetated swales, bio retention, wetlands) or more "hard engineered" solutions like sand filtration, media filtration and likes. Depending on the land available, economical and political drivers and local legislation the designer should select either one or a combination of both. To design the treatment solution the designer will also need to know the quality of rainwater and the quality of product water required. Design of the collection and storage elements of the rainwater harvesting scheme typically require the analysis of local rainfall both in terms of amount and pattern/monthly/yearly distribution. You will also need to know the demand for product water on the monthly and peak daily basis.
   Not sure you can get a simple answer you asked for unless from the companies manufacturing/distributing the related equipment - however you need to tell them where your project is located.
   
   Would be happy to assist further if you provide more details on the project.
   
   Regards
   
   Iouri