Frequently Asked Question
Rainwater harvesting is the capture and storage of rainwater for detention or future use.
One inch of rain on a 1,000 sq. ft. roof surface yields 620 gallons of rainwater.
In order to determine how many gallons you can collect off of your catchment surface annually; take the roof footprint and times it by .623 and then times by the average annual rainfall in your area.
Catchment surface x .623 x average annual rainfall = Total rain catchment.
- Stormwater Control – MS4 Compliance
- Reduced cost of site plan
- Mitigation credits
- Reduced cost of irrigation
- Availability of water
- Reduced Cost of water
- Superior water quality (Naturally soft!)
Using rainwater harvesting as a method for stormwater mitigation gives you more than just a solution for your stormwater problem, it provides you with a resource, an asset, to be used!
Rather than taking rainwater and paying to direct it offsite in a controlled manner just to turn around and pay to bring water back to your site for use, you can easily integrate a rainwater harvesting system to capture the rainwater and filter it for use. This solution will solve your stormwater runoff problem and save you money on municipal water costs.
Rainwater Resources™ will help you optimize a rainwater harvesting system to maximize runoff reduction.
