http://www.rwhdigest.com RWH news en Copyright (c) 1997-2009 RWHdigest Fri, 21 Aug 2009 13:15:15 GMT Fri, 21 Aug 2009 13:15:15 GMT raindigest@yahoo.com http://www.rwhdigest.com/img/feedlogo2.gif http://www.rwhdigest.com 102 55 RWHdigest logo http://www.rwh.in In January 1996 we installed a rainwater catchment system to capture Oregon's abundant rainfall. Portland receives between 3 and 4 feet of rainfall annually. During a gentle rain a typical Oregon downspout sheds several gallons per minute. Our twelve hundred square foot roof captures on average 3600 cubic feet (27,000 gallons) of water per year..... Fri, 21 Aug 2009, 07:33 http://www.rwh.in/offgrid.htm “The straw is then covered with chicken wire and a stucco coating is then applied. This coating keeps the straw from getting wet and increases the fire protection. A straw bale house constructed this way has a better fire rating than a normal wood frame house. The insulation value of a straw bale house is about R-45, which is way better than a ... Fri, 21 Aug 2009, 07:20 http://www.rwh.in/sitemap.htm How to design and construct rainwater harvesting systems: roof materials, gutter, cistern, tanks, storage, pump filtration, roof washers, water quality issues. Rainwater catchment ... Fri, 21 Aug 2009, 05:51 http://www.rwh.in/RainwaterHarvestingManual_3rdedition.pdf The Texas Manual on Rainwater Harvesting Texas Water Development Board in cooperation with Chris Brown Consulting Jan Gerston Consulting Stephen Colley/Architecture Dr. Hari J. Krishna, P.E., Contract Manager Third Edition 2005 Austin, Texas. Thu, 20 Aug 2009, 23:39 http://www.rwh.in/howto.html Step 1: Drill three of four holes in the barrel. One of these is for the bibet to connect your garden house to the barrel and the other fittings will allow you to add more barrels in the future. One of the barrels must have an overflow fitting near the top of the barrel. If you plan on using 3/4 inch fittings ... Thu, 20 Aug 2009, 15:34 http://www.rwh.in/RWHSystemSizingCalculator.xls Raw Data (Change to fit your conditions) Indoor demand Irrigation Total demand Average rainfall Collection surface size Gallons/ft 2 collection coefficient Efficiency factor Rainfall collected (85% efficiency) End of month storage (starting with ... Thu, 20 Aug 2009, 11:54 http://www.rwh.in/rainwatr/rain414.gif Blueprint of Rain Water Cistern Setup.... Thu, 20 Aug 2009, 11:46 http://www.rwh.in/healthissues.htm ... RWH use is widespread and of long standing. We are interested in the mineral quality of roof run-off, in its bacteriological quality, in the connections between RWH and the breeding of disease vectors (especially mosquitoes), and in the risk of accidents such as children drowning. We would like to know not only how new systems might ... Thu, 20 Aug 2009, 11:06 http://www.rwhdigest.com/sitemap.htm How to design and construct rainwater harvesting systems: roof materials, gutter, cistern, tanks, storage, pump filtration, roof washers, water quality issues. Rainwater catchment ... Thu, 20 Aug 2009, 05:25 http://www.raincentre.in/download/download.htm How-to guide to installing RWH systems: All you wanted to know on how to design and install a rainwater harvesting system is in this book. Thu, 20 Aug 2009, 01:49 http://www.fogharvesting.com Dew Harvesting. Fresh water is of critical importance to most plant and animal life on land. Harvesting rainwater is not always practical or economical. Thu, 20 Aug 2009, 01:00 http://www.rainwaterharvesting.in Masanobu Fukuoka (Fukuoka Masanobu), born February 2, 1913, author of The One-Straw Revolution, The Road Back to Nature and The Natural Way Of Farming, is one of the pioneers of no-till ... Wed, 19 Aug 2009, 18:04 http://www.rainh20harvesting.com How to design and construct rainwater harvesting systems: roof materials, gutter, cistern, tanks, storage, pump filtration, roof washers, water quality issues. Rainwater catchment ... Wed, 19 Aug 2009, 18:00