Managing Wet Weather With Green Infrastructure Municipal Handbook: Rainwater Harvesting Policies
Rainwater harvesting, collecting rainwater from impervious surfaces and storing it for later use, is a technique that has been used for millennia. It has not been widely employed in industrialized societies that rely primarily on centralized water distribution systems, but with limited water resources and storm water pollution recognized as serious problems and the emergence of green building, the role that rainwater harvesting can play for water supply is being reassessed.