Rain water harvesting IGIN March

Hello,

I recently received my March issue of Irrigation & Green Industry magazine. It is the publication of the Irrigation Association. I will update everyone monthly on good articles or product reviews in the magazine.

There was an article by Ryan Friedman titled: Let it Rain. This article discussed harvesting rain water as an alternative source of water for non-potable applications such as irrigation. The article talks about how it is common place in Australia, South Africa, Bermuda and other parts of the world to require homes to capture rainwater. And the trend is not only to harvest rainwater in areas where there are water shortages but evermore it is becoming popular in locations where water is not scarce since too much water can overwhelm a city’s storm water infrastructure and such is a current concern for the Cincinnati Ohio area. Some city’s in the US have decided instead of upgrading existing sewer systems to handle the runoff they are providing incentives for the both the consumers and businesses to capture the water. In Portland Oregon more then 42,000 homeowners participated in a program to disconnect their downspouts from the sewer/storm water system and then use the roof runoff to irrigate their landscapes. Those homeowners removed 842,000,000 gallons of rain from going through the sewer/storm water system. Another northwestern city that is coming known for its cutting-edge approach to rainwater harvesting is Seattle Washington. If you are interested in learning more about this concept give me a call (800)435-4979 x701. Typical pricing would start at $2 per gallon stored and up. I would assume that the average half acre lot would want to store 5,000-10,000 gallons so they could run the system for 2-4 weeks on a normal program.