Rainwater Harvesting - Past or Future? - Schmidt Quadros, Carlos
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With increasing pressure on the environment, particularly on water resources, due to outside forces such as climate change and population growth, water is nowadays a scarce and a valuable resource. With the need to find new alternatives, rainwater harvesting should be seen as an important strategy for better management of water resources, once it constitutes a free source of potable water. Rainwater harvesting systems, which already have a global implementation, are a recognised way for urban buildings to reduce their reliance on the public mains supply. Its applications are predominantly…mehr

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With increasing pressure on the environment, particularly on water resources, due to outside forces such as climate change and population growth, water is nowadays a scarce and a valuable resource. With the need to find new alternatives, rainwater harvesting should be seen as an important strategy for better management of water resources, once it constitutes a free source of potable water. Rainwater harvesting systems, which already have a global implementation, are a recognised way for urban buildings to reduce their reliance on the public mains supply. Its applications are predominantly non-potable, namely toilet flushing and gardening. The aim of this report is to produce a comprehensive assessment of rainwater harvesting and its potential use all over the world, as well as the potential economical and environmental benefits. It is provided a description of all the rainwater harvesting system components, as well as water quality requirements according to the water final purpose
Autorenporträt
Carlos Quadros wurde 1982 in Lissabon geboren und schloss sein Studium der Umwelttechnik an der Fakultät für Naturwissenschaften und Technik der UNL ab. Während seiner Jugend hatte er immer eine starke Bindung zu Afrika - er besitzt die mosambikanische Staatsbürgerschaft - und arbeitete zwischen 2011 und 2013 in Mosambik. Carlos Quadros ist derzeit in der Umweltkoordination von The Navigator Company tätig.