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#Create a subcatchment area to harvest rainwater. Maybe this is a one or more building rooftops?
 
#Create a subcatchment area to harvest rainwater. Maybe this is a one or more building rooftops?
##Select the subcatchment button and draw over the desired catchment area, close the are with a double click.   
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#:Select the subcatchment button and draw over the desired catchment area, close the are with a double click.   
 
#Specify the RWH cistern as the outlet for the subcatchment(s).   
 
#Specify the RWH cistern as the outlet for the subcatchment(s).   
##Select the Storage button and place it nearby to the associated catchment.  
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#:Select the Storage button and place it nearby to the associated catchment.  
  
 
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Revision as of 15:00, 18 September 2017

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Subcatchment element as displayed in the TT menu
Storage element as displayed in the TTT menu

Once the size of cistern has been determined, it can easily be modeled in many open source and proprietary applications. For planning purposes, a RWH system can be integrated into a site plan as a storage element, using the TTT:

  1. Create a subcatchment area to harvest rainwater. Maybe this is a one or more building rooftops?
    Select the subcatchment button and draw over the desired catchment area, close the are with a double click.
  2. Specify the RWH cistern as the outlet for the subcatchment(s).
    Select the Storage button and place it nearby to the associated catchment.
A RWH cistern as a storage element (key parameters)
Land Use
Roof (%) 100
Subcatchment
Outlet Select the name of your RWH cistern storage element (see below)
A RWH cistern as a storage element
Stage Storage
Storage type No removal
Catchment In many scenarios this will be the roof area, delineated on the map as a 'subcatchment'.
? Lined
Underlying soil Any:This doesn't matter for RWH cistern systems
Evaporation factor 0
Suction head (mm) 0
Saturated conductivity (mm/hr) 0
Initial soil moisture deficit (fraction) 0
The dimensions of the rainwater cistern can be placed into the fields:
  1. Bottom elevation (m)
  2. Maximum depth (m)
  3. Initial water depth (m)

The Curves table is designed to accommodate ponds of roughly conical dimensions. A rainwater cistern is usually cuboid or cylindrical in shape, so that the area (m2) will remain the same throughout the depth.