Rainwater Harvesting Become Popular In the United States

2015-05-15

In urban and suburban areas, most of the people collect rainwater storage to cope with emergency situations, like power outages without water in remote areas may well respond to the plight of drought dry season water shortages.

In the U.S., there is still a lot of water pipe to patronize less than sparsely populated areas. In these areas, rain water collection after simple treatment hygiene degree that is not less than the city people to drink bottled water every day, and the cost is much lower than bottled water. In parts of Texas, even collecting rainwater for irrigation has to rely on to solve in people's daily water use. Therefore, in these areas rainwater harvesting is very high penetration. General terms, U.S. per capita daily consumption, washing, laundry and other daily use levels are 50 gallons. In Texas, an ordinary people receive rainwater collected annually more than 40,000 gallons of rainwater available for four by six months by relying on roof.

Rainwater harvesting not only reduces the pressure on the aquifer water for human consumption and slowing the excessive use of water resources, but also reduces soil erosion caused by rain and floods. Over the years, the real estate industry in the United States is committed to the research and development of environmentally friendly housing, rainwater harvesting has not overlooked this aspect. The United States has a large municipal rainwater harvesting systems, there are also private households rainwater harvesting equipment. Today, as long as the Internet, you can find a suitable rainwater harvesting modular for greening online freely, contact the technician to install as their own quickly. Some local governments even take rainwater harvesting as an important environmental projects, provide policy support and encouragement. InTexas Austin and San Antonio local government, the reduction rainwater harvesting facilities, sales tax and property tax, as well as the installation of rainwater harvesting facilities for families, all of this providing up to $ 450 of the cost of support. We can see rainwater harvesting become more and more popular in United States. 

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