Rainwater Harvesting

A joint effort of:

Ground catchment example



 

 




Ground catchment example from Ethiopia

Common types...

...of catchment systems are:

roof, ground and rock catchments; most common type is the roof catchment.

Runoff coefficients for ground catchments

Concrete lined:
0.73 - 0.76
Cement soil mix:
0.33 - 0.42
Buried plastic sheet:
0.28 - 0.36
Compacted loess soil:
0.13 - 0.19

Source: Nissen-Petersen