Client: Charlottesville, Virginia
Challenge
Collect rainwater from the rooftop to supply irrigation demands on the landscaped grounds without relying on potable water supplies.
Application
- 7,500 gallon belowground storage
- 3 Wisy WFF 150 vortex filters
- 3 Wisy smoothing inlets
- Wisy coarse floating filter
Benefits
- Offer reliable source of high quality water
- Reduce reliance on potable water supplies
Client: Charlottesville, Virginia
Challenge
Collect rainwater from the rooftop to supply irrigation demands on the landscaped grounds without relying on potable water supplies.
Application
- 5,000 gallon belowground storage
- Wisy WFF 150 vortex filter
- Wisy smoothing inlet
- Wisy coarse floating filter
Benefits
- Offer reliable source of high quality water
- Reduce reliance on potable water
Client: Hillsville, Virginia
Challenge
The residents relied on well water for water source in the mountains of Virginia. The well did not supply a continual source of water for all their needs. The residents sought out a rainwater harvesting to replace the well. Installing the system was comparable in price to drilling a new well, which may or may not have supplied sufficient water.
Application
- 5,000 gallon belowground tank
- Wisy WFF 150 vortex filter
- Potable system to serve all of the household's needs
Benefits
- Offer reliable source of high quality, soft, potable water
- Protect groundwater resources
- Unnecessary to drill additional well
Client: Charlottesville, Virginia
Challenge
Collect water from the roof line to supply water for landscape irrigation and apply irrigation as efficiently as possible.
Application
- Two 3,400 gallon belowground tanks
- Wisy vortex fine filters
- Subsurface drip irrigation
Benefits
- Supply water efficient irrigation system
- Increase irrigation efficieny
- Reduce reliance on potable water for nonpotable needs
Client: Crozet, Virginia
Challenge
Collect water from residential rood line to supply water for irrigation needs.
Application
- One 3,400 gallon belowground tank
- Wisy vortex fine filter
Benefits
- Supply reliable water source for irrigation needs
- Reduce reliance on potable water for nonpotable needs
- Save money on water costs
Client: Salem, Virginia
Challenge
Utilize existing roofline from onsite tennis court building to supply water to refill resident's swimming pool and for landscape irrigation needs. Resident installed potable system with the goal of ultimately using rainwater in the home for drinking water needs.
Application
- Two 10,000 gallon aboveground tanks
- Potable water treatment system compromised of UV light and micron filters
Benefits
- Save money on water bill
- Have a potable system installed for future use in the home
- Providing plenty of water to refill a pool and supply irrigation needs
Client: Roanoke, Virginia
Challenge
Supply water for irrigation needs during a drought.
Application
- 500 gallon aboveground tank
Benefits
- Keep landscape alive during a drought, which also assists in reducing air conditioner need due to evaporative cooling
Client: Afton Mountain, Virginia
Challenge
To build a home following the US Green Building residential building program's guidelines. Rainwater harvesting is considered a green building approach and qualifies for LEED points.
Application
- Two 1,700 gallon belowground tanks
- Wisy vortex filters
- Potable water treatment system
Benefits
- Construct a green residential building
- Reduce groundwater reliance and conserve groundwater resources
Client: Franklin County, Virginia
Challenge
To collect rooftop runoff for landscape irrigation and prevent water from running down the hill and contaminating the pond. Collected water is applied as irrigation at a rate that does not exceed infiltration rate, which prevents runoff.
Application
- 3,400 gallon belowground nonpotable storage
- Wisy vortex fine filter
Benefits
- Reduce onsite runoff and protect local lake
- Provide landscape irrigation
Client: Allen
Shreeman
Challenge
The home’s original
well went dry in 2001. A second well was drilled to a depth of
900 feet, but only produced a half-gallon per minute. This was
inadequate to provide an ample water supply for peak demand.
Application
- Six 400 gallon storage tanks were placed in the crawl
space, providing the customer with a 2,400 gallon capacity
of stored rain water.
- The harvested rain water was filtered and sterilized for
potable use.
- The project was coordinated with local officials, who
issued a potable water permit for the rain water harvesting
system.
Benefits
- An additional well was not required.
- The system provides an average of 34,000 gallons of
water per year.
- A continuous source of high quality, soft potable water
is available from the system
 Client: Southeast Rural Community Assistance Project
Challenge
Residents, who in total numbered 11 community residents, lived in a cluster of three mobile homes. Before the project, they shared a pit privy and had never had any running water in their substandard dwellings. The residents also shared a well that was drilled about 15 years prior to the start of the project. But the well could not meet the residents’ demands and was not fully piped to the houses. Click here to see this job featured in Rural Matters Magazine
Application
Benefits
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- A continuous source of high quality, soft potable water
is available from the system
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