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Residential
and Commercial Water Harvesting Systems for Semi Arid Areas
ADC is pleased to offer expert, water harvesting consultants and
to highlight some possible water harvesting systems on our site.
We also offer a Water Harvesting class
in our regular design and building series.
NEW!
GRAY WATER IRRIGATION GUIDE AS OF MARCH 2003
Richardson
Signs Gray Water Act March 11, 2003
ADC's
Water Harvesting Symposium in June of 1996
There are a multitude of systems that can be designed for different
applications. The links listed below illustrate certain systems.
Water harvesting designs can also include: pumice wicks, swales,
terracing, check dams, aerobic treatment systems, foul flush designs
and control panel designs.
Water
Harvesting Basics
| Design Process and Semi Arid
Principles
ACTIVE SYSTEMS
Underground tanks
Tar and Gravel Roof Systems
Hybrid Gravity and Pumped Conveyance with Underground Concrete Tank
Sheet Flow Harvesting with Custom Filter
Drainage and Water Harvesting Project
at the Santa Fe Opera
Rainwater for Rural Household Potable System— Trujillo , NM
PASSIVE SYSTEMS
Greywater Dosing and Distribution
Straw Dams
Water Harvesting from Surface Runoff
Revegetation
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FACTS
AND FIGURES
Area of The City of Santa Fe
26 sq miles = 16640 acres (6740 hectares)
Volume
of Water From Rainfall
Average Year
14 inches rain/year (360 mm) =19,413 acre feet rain/year = (23,945,556
cubic meters)
= 6,325,854,080 gallons of water falling on the city in an average
year
Year
2000
10 inches rain/year (250 mm) =13,867 acre feet rain/year = (17,104,673
cubic meters)
= 4,518,467,200 gallons of water fell on the city in 2000
Historical Low (1917)
5 inches rain/year (127 mm) =6,933 acre feet rain/year (8,551,720
cubic meters)
=2,259,233,600 gallons of water
Water Used in One Year
YEAR ACRE FT Gallons Cubic Meters
1995 * 12700 4,138,307,700 15,665,201
1996 10400 3,388,850,400 12,828,196
1997 10800 3,519,190,800 13,321,588
1998 11300 3,682,116,300 13,938,329
1999 11225 3,657,677,475 13,845,818
* pre conservation ordinance
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