Roof Garden Rainwater Harvesting

I am responding to the january 31 2010 texas water development board article effect of roof material on water quality for rainwater harvesting systems that has been resurfacing around the internet lately.

Roof garden rainwater harvesting.

Barrels there are several great water storage barrels available from specialty garden online catalogs or you can build your own using garden gate s plan for constructing a rain barrel. Read down the list for info on roofing materials for rainwater harvesting. The volume of water that can be harvested is reduced. Dew and fog can also be collected with nets or other tools.

Plants prefer to be watered with stagnant water that had the chance to warm up. Specifically this is set up for my rainwater garden area but c. Such structures may not already be fitted with guttering and so it is likely that you will have to install it. We have been collecting rainwater for many years in different ways and places.

In fact it is quite common to harvest water from green roofs in germany and switzerland. Rainwater is collected from a roof like surface and redirected to a tank cistern deep pit well shaft or borehole aquifer or a reservoir with percolation. Water is an essential need in the garden. Well we thought so too.

Rainwater harvesting resources further information. Having rainwater around the garden is very convenient during a dry spring it s a must have. Building a rain roof as another option to harvest rainwater for home garden or livestock use. There s just a short list of rooftop surfaces that rainwater harvesters should avoid.

Storing the rainwater you collect for use in dry times. I am glad the article has been covered so well because it brings concerns to the quality of rainwater and stirs up questions about materials used in each system. Rainwater harvesting for use in the garden helps us to use water that would otherwise go to waste. The same methods that are used to harvest rainwater from the roof of your home could also be used to collect rainwater from a shed garage or other garden building.

However there are two issues. While metal roofing or plastic sheeting e g. How to harvest rainwater from a shed. Greenhouse roof has the highest collection efficiency most surfaces are a ok.

Furthermore it is possible utilise rainwater harvesting of a green roof contrary to claims from other industries. Rainwater harvesting rwh is the collection and storage of rain rather than allowing it to run off. Now we come to the heart of he rainwater harvesting system. That is why my husband and i began harvesting our rainwater.