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Passive versus Active - Rainwater Catchment

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There is wide spread interest in water conservation and specifically in capturing and reusing rainwater in both residential and commercial buildings to reduce costs, reduce the environmental impact of the building and lessen the load on the municipal sewer and stormwater systems in the arid southwest where droughts are a way of life.

Harvesting rainwater from rooftops is one solutions to conserving our precious water, where it can be used instead of municipal drinking water for many non-drinking water (i.e. non-potable) applications (e.g. landscape, toilet flushing) as well as drinking water.  There are two general types of rainwater catchment systems - "active" or "passive".   Most professionally installed systems incorporate aspects of both to maximize the water conserved.  >> More



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