For green or even brown roofs the amount is 40 at best.
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The amount of water available to a rainwater harvesting system is about 90 for pitched roofs and around 75 for flat roofs.
I am responding to the january 31 2010 texas water development board article effect of roof material on water quality for rainwater harvesting systems that has been resurfacing around the internet lately.
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I am glad the article has been covered so well because it brings concerns to the quality of rainwater and stirs up questions about materials used in each system.
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In fact it is quite common to harvest water from green roofs in germany and switzerland.
Thus the concave roof is made to help make even the smallest quantities of rain flow down the roof and eventually coalesce into bigger drops just right for harvesting before they evaporate.
Green roof systems are one of the best ways to manage stormwater runoff by reducing and delaying.
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Rainwater harvesting systems collect and store rainfall for later use.
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But if it was a green roof this would fall to only 23 3m3.
Furthermore it is possible utilise rainwater harvesting of a green roof contrary to claims from other industries.
With this system it is set in a way that it takes the rainwater directly to your plants.
So for example a 100m2 london roof pitched might send 52m3 of water to the tank per year.
Rainwater harvesting is a very simple process.
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When designed appropriately they slow and reduce runoff and provide a source of water.
A green roof system atop a building.
However you require a liner to shield your roof as well as a drainage system that takes care of the excess runoff.
However there are two issues.
Contrary to the other systems above which collects the rainwater into a storage container a green roof system doesn t.