Difference between revisions of "Rainwater harvesting: Sizing and modeling"

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  <p>The Sustainable Technologies Evaluation Program have produced a rainwater harvesting design and costing tool specific to Ontario. The tool is in a simple to use Excel format and is free to download.</p>
 
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Revision as of 20:25, 6 June 2017

Rapid[edit]

Total cistern volume can be estimated by multiplying the depth of design storm....

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STEP Rainwater Harvesting Tool[edit]

The Sustainable Technologies Evaluation Program have produced a rainwater harvesting design and costing tool specific to Ontario. The tool is in a simple to use Excel format and is free to download.

<panelWarning> STEP Rainwater Harvesting Tool </panelWarning>


The Treatment Train Tool[edit]

Once the size of cistern has been determined, it can easily be modelled in many open source and proprietary applications.

In addition to the cistern size, modelling requires

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