Rainwater Harvesting - Past or Future?

ISBN-13: 9783659906268 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 144 str.

Carlos Schmidt Quadros

Opis

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.

O autorze

Born in Lisbon in 1982, he graduated in Environmental Engineering from the Faculty of Science and Technology of UNL. During his youth he always had major ties to Africa - has Mozambican nationality - for which he worked in Mozambique between 2011 and 2013. Carlos Quadros is currently in the environmental coordination of The Navigator Company.