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Rainwater Collection Strategies
Where Water Use Restrictions meet Eco-friendly Solutions  
 
 
         
 
 Fall 2007 - Lake Lanier (One of the main water sources for the City of Atlanta)
 

 

 

Benefits and Effectiveness:

 

  • Rain barrels and cisterns can reduce water demand for irrigation, car washing, or other non-potable uses.

 

  • Property owners save money on their water bills and public water systems experience lower peak water demand and less stress on local water supplies.

 

  • Property owners who have cisterns and rain barrels can use stored water for landscape purposes, even during outdoor watering bans.

 

  • If installed and used properly, rain barrels and cisterns can reduce storm water runoff volume through retention, and will also help to reduce the peak discharge rate through retention.
            
An example of a project in California
                                     

 Construction of a large underground cistern at a commercial site; this vault consists of a weight-bearing skeleton wrapped in a waterproof membrane. Photo: Rainwater Recovery Systems, LLC
 
 
BEFORE - This mostly paved campus flushed polluted runoff into Santa Monica Bay and increased the heat-island effect.
 
 

                

 
UNDERGROUND STORAGE - The cistern holds 110,000 gallons of rainwater, which is used for irrigating the campus, thus decreasing the city's need for imported water (and its unnecessary use of potable water).
 
AFTER - A grassy playing field over the cistern, as well as new trees, gardens and creek-like swales throughout the campus, help capture storm water, improve air quality and cool the campus.  (A pre-treatment unit was also incorporated to filter sediment, garbage and motor oil.)
 
Construction of the Open Charter Elementary School Storm Water Project began in Spring 2003 and was completed in Winter 2004.  Photos Courtesy of TreePeople.org
 

 
Contact us today for a turnkey project quote and start collecting one of Nature's most precious resource.
 
      
 
 GMI is not aligned to a particular cistern manufacturer, which allows our projects to be customized and function-specific.
A storm will come; So, make the call!