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2. Rainwater management - Wikipedia

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   Rainwater harvesting (RWH) is the process of collecting and storing rainwater rather than letting it run off. Rainwater harvesting systems are increasingly becoming an integral part of the sustainable rainwater management "toolkit" [5] and are widely used in homes, home-scale projects, schools and hospitals for a variety of purposes including watering gardens, livestock, [6] irrigation, home ...

3. Rainwater tank - Wikipedia

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   A rainwater catchment or collection (also known as "rainwater harvesting") system can yield 1,000 litres (260 US gal) of water from 1 cm (0.4 in) of rain on a 100 m 2 (1,100 sq ft) roof. Rainwater tanks are installed to make use of rain water for later use, reduce mains water use for economic or environmental reasons, and aid self-sufficiency.

4. Rain garden - Wikipedia

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   This system proved to be highly cost-effective. Instead of a system of curbs, sidewalks, and gutters, which would have cost nearly $400,000, the planted drainage swales cost $100,000 to install. [6] This was also much more cost effective than building BMP ponds that could handle 2-, 10-, and 100-year storm events. [6]

5. Which drinking water is healthiest? The pros and cons of tap ...

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   The act also requires water systems to issue annual water quality reports to customers. “This protects the health of our drinking water supplies, and mostly just protects us,” Kauffman says.

6. Sustainable drainage system - Wikipedia

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   Retention ponds such as this one in Dunfermline, Scotland, are considered components of a sustainable drainage system. Sustainable drainage systems (also known as SuDS, [1] SUDS, [2] [3] or sustainable urban drainage systems [4]) are a collection of water management practices that aim to align modern drainage systems with natural water processes and are part of a larger green infrastructure ...

7. Roof insurance: ACV vs. replacement cost - AOL

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   If your home is insured for $100,000, which includes your roof, and you have 125 percent extended replacement cost coverage, you actually have $125,000 in coverage, should the $100,000 not be ...