The Battle to Regulate Rainwater Political and economic barriers
impede growth of rainwater harvesting Literature and popular
press are full of articles about the coming water shortage.
While there are a myriad of options and technologies available
to conserve, collect and recycle water, there is one source that
has been available for as long as water itself: rainwater.
Rainwater harvesting and reuse is developing into a good market
for water treatment professionals. Depending on the end use of
the captured water, different levels of treatment will be
required, creating a good place for water specialists to offer
their expertise in treatment system design and installation. So
why aren’t rainwater systems more common? Are there engineering
and technical hurdles that we have not yet found a way to
overcome? The engineering and water treatment requirements of
rainwater systems are relatively simple. They require a
collection system that flows to an appropriately sized storage
system with an appropriately sized p