Mastodawn

Sustainable Sailing Apr 15, 2025

We are looking to capture rain water on our boat for drinking, washing etc especially during the 12 months we will be in the UK.
I'm not enthusiastic about collecting from the decks from a cleanliness point of view.
So thinking about some form of flexible sheet material that we can suspend to catch water and direct it into a hose - probably into containers that we can filter into our tanks.
Any experiences, ideas, suggestions?
#rainwater #rainwatercollectors #rainwatercapture #saveRainwater

glennmagusharvey Mar 26, 2024

I ran across the following short video about urban adaptations to accommodate rainwater and decrease flooding due to extreme rain events in China (and also capture some of it for groundwater/aquifer recharge). As the video notes, these are being worked on in other countries but China is implementing them at scale.

https://youtu.be/jursRm7mnQk

#ExtremeWeather #flooding #China #ClimateAdaptation #impermeable #permeable #UrbanPlanning #Sustainability #RainwaterCapture

China is Building Sponge Cities to Fix Its Flood Problem

YouTube

glennmagusharvey Feb 20, 2024

Came across this article about #LosAngeles 's #WaterConservation measures, mainly by leaving spaces for and replacing impervious surfaces with places where water can percolate into the aquifer.

https://www.wired.com/story/los-angeles-just-proved-how-spongy-a-city-can-be/

#Water #WaterResources #California #Rainwater #RainwaterCapture

Los Angeles Just Proved How Spongy a City Can Be

As relentless rains pounded LA, the city’s “sponge” infrastructure helped gather 8.6 billion gallons of water—enough to sustain over 100,000 households for a year.

WIRED