STAND-ALONE RAINWATER COLLECTOR: We are students industrial design and for the past 2 weeks we have been building a rain harvesting system. Our client is a community with a public garden because they don't have a private garden for themselves. The garden is a place where they can c…

Capture precious runoff in catch basins, barrels, and cisterns

Collecting rainwater for drinking purposes may seem simple enough, but there are many ways it can go wrong – some of which can be dangerous.

Instructions on how to make a DIY charcoal water filter, for survival or as a cheap Berkey alternative, to remove chemicals from water.

rainwater collection diagram

Rainwater harvesting is the sustainable practice of collecting and storing rain for reuse. Learn more about how to harvest and use rainwater.

The water harvesting system received the 2015-2016 World Design Impact Prize

To harvest water from the air, NexLoop seeks to pilot its AquaWeb prototypes with urban farms and greenhouses.

When most of us think of rainwater capture, we think of rain barrels, tanks, or cisterns. That’s ok, but it presents a couple of problems—cost and space. Installing a storage system that holds a meaningful amount of water gets expensive. It would also take a proportionally large amount of

Educational DIY Rainwater Collection System - All You Need to Know shows a rainwater system I put in this past weekend for catching water.