MD Energy Rain Water Harvesting

Uses

• WC and urinal flushing
• irrigation and landscape watering
• garden watering
• vehicle washing
• domestic laundry

What is Rainwater Harvesting?

Environmentally friendly: Climate change is leading to more violent and erratic rainfall patterns leading to increased flooding on the one-hand and prolonged droughts on the other. Rainwater harvesting helps to mitigate these effects in the following ways:

• During periods of drought, rainwater harvesting helps to ease the pressure on mains water supply meaning more effective use of water resources for all
• Preserves groundwater supplies.
• Reduces effort and costs for water treatment and transport
• Counters rising water and waste water costs
• Relieves sewage treatment systems, as some rain is retained for use later after heavy rainfall and peak loads are reduced for the sewer network.

Emerging Planning Regulations: Provision for rainwater harvesting is increasingly becoming a prerequisite for being granted planning permission, especially in areas that have a high flooding risk and areas that are facing increasing water shortages. As mentioned above rainwater harvesting can help to successfully mitigate both these issues.

Water Security of Supply issues:

There have been increasing instances where the ability of mains water systems to adequately supply the population it serves has come under significant pressure. As a result, one can no longer assume that mains water by itself is going to be able to cater for one’s water needs. Effective water management planning will require an effective back-up system when mains water is under pressure and rainwater harvesting is the most environmentally friendly back-up system available.  

Existing House’s

It is possible to put a rainwater harvesting system into an existing house if the service runs are readily accessible, but for the money that it cost you will not make a return on it so we do not recommend it for existing building, only for new builds.