Dunstan, "Investigating the influences of season and coastal proximity on the elemental composition of harvested
rainwater," Water Science and Technology, vol.
Rainwater catchment is also a practice that can help property owners achieve LEED status for their buildings.
"The Works Ministry is drawing up and implementing some of these strategies on the ground, which aim to provide effective networks for
rainwater drainage and surface water to avoid the negative impacts that may arise from
rainwater harvesting, flood protection and proper operation of infrastructure services," Ms Hassan said during a presentation to the Capital Trustees Board.
Water encountered in daily life, namely
rainwater. Usually
rainwater containing substances that come mixed with rain water in the form of soluble solids and gases.
The
rainwater drainage project involves modifying existing
rainwater drainage works in order to improve the efficiency, increase the drainage capacity of
rainwater and ground water, and thus prevent the chance of flooding.
Other sessions highlighted the best practices and lessons learned from the artificial recharge of
rainwater to groundwater aquifers, the role of the Ministry of Health and the assessment of socio-economic and water-related topics at community scale in Palestine.
The 130 page report states that there will be more than 60,000
rainwater harvesting systems in use within the next few years, with growth in some key end use sectors remaining reasonably robust, despite water prices set to decline by 5% to 2020.
"
Rainwater harvesting is not new to Sri Lanka," said Ambassador Sison.
The
Rainwater Terrace is a brand new concept in
rainwater collection.
WASA wants LDA Building and Zoning Regulations 2007 amended to encourage
rainwater harvesting, which means collecting
rainwater during rains.
Thus it is evident that there are considerable scopes for the collection of
rainwater when it falls.
Rainwater harvesting would be one of the most conceivable and viable solutions to release the pressure on the groundwater table as the system utilizes natural
rainwater without affecting groundwater sources.