This is a great question with several different ramifications and conditions. The question illuminates the reality that the world gets a voluminous amount of water from rain, which runs all over the place as what we call storm water. In most geographies the majority of our rain/stormwater winds up flowing to streams, rivers and lakes, and eventually out to our oceans or into the atmosphere by way of evaporation. For…
Storm Water
How Potent Is The Rain?
Just a short post today, but yet, a big one. With all the talk of drought and water shortages it’s good for us to stop and take a look at just how much water he have, and how little of it we capture and take advantage of. Everyone has witnessed the rivers of water running down the streets during a good rain. Rainwater or storm-water if you will, represents a…
Home Storm Water Recapture System
Of all the water wasted by man, none of our activities wastes as much water as our total neglect at capturing and putting storm water to viable use. One of the problems in solving our water challenges is that we have only begun to scratch the surface of conservation and reuse possibilities. I am sure that all you have have had the occasion to watch a seemingly never ending river…