Rainwater
Rain is liquid water in the form of droplets that have condensed from atmospheric water vapor and then become heavy enough to fall under gravity. Rain is a major component of the water cycle and is responsible for depositing most of the fresh water on the Earth. It provides suitable conditions for many types of ecosystems, as well as water for hydroelectric power plants and crop irrigation. The major cause of rain production is moisture moving along three-dimensional zones of temperature and moisture contrasts known as weather fronts. If enough moisture and upward motion is present, precipitation falls from convective …
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Alberta WaterSMART Solutions · 1 April 2024 English
This showcases the dedication of water managers and advocates in the SSRB to strategic water resource management, and it has improved the water management outlook of the SSRB. [...] For …
green roofs reduce runoff and ultimately reuse rainwater more effectively, more efficient HVAC systems …
AIC: Agricultural Institute of Canada · 31 March 2024 English
The success of the Quebec pilot, combined with the identified need across the agriculture sector for more training opportunities for women led to the expansion of the program Canada-wide and …
panels instead of electricity, digging wells for rainwater collection, and installing solar heaters. The …
National Collaborating Centre for Environmental Health · 15 March 2024 English
Temporary evacuations due to fires or floods could affect stored water quality due to disuse and stagnation causing increased water age and growth of bacteria and biofilms, enhanced by moderate …
larger storage systems. Note: this review excludes rainwater and greywater harvesting and water stored for …
ICLEI - Local Governments for Sustainability Canada · 29 February 2024 English
We acknowledge the lands which constitute the present-day City of Mississauga as being part of the Treaty and Traditional Territory of the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation, Co-operators The …
Wastewater System Resilience Projects 49 Building Rainwater Retention (Blue Roofs) 21 Flood Protection of … 20 Flood RFelsoiolide nRceesilience Building Rainwater Community outcomes It is expected that the installation … solution engineered to effectively store and control rainwater on building rooftops. They serve as temporary … temporary reservoirs, releasing retained rainwater into stormwater Possible sources of cash flows systems after … architectural approach used would large onsite rainwater storage, as well as tax increment embrace the …
NWMO: Nuclear Waste Management Organization · 26 February 2024 English
The data acquired at the Revell Site indicate that the orientations of lineaments at the surface on a larger scale are also present in the orientations of fractures in the …
consideration for a mining rock pile is whether the rainwater that falls on and percolates through the rock …
EAC: Centre d'action écologique · 1 February 2024 English
The sources and sinks of carbon emissions are used to calculate the carbon balance, i.e., net emissions, as the embodied carbon plus the operational carbon minus the avoided emissions from …
reduction strategies such as low flow fixtures, rainwater harvesting, and water efficient landscaping. 2 …
IISD: International Institute for Sustainable Development · 17 January 2024 English
This report explores recent market trends in the tea sector and explains why sustainability standards and other value chain actors need to get better at recognizing the social and environmental …
(Baruah & Handique, 2021). In Assam, India, rainwater harvesting, sustainable irrigation, and mulching …
CWN: Canadian Water Network · 16 January 2024 English
The theme of our successful 2023 Blue Cities Consortium is a national network of utility lead- water and communities, water and health, The course explores the complex experiences conference — …
longer growing seasons nities requires effective rainwater and storm- and greater productivity due to climate …
CFI: Canada Foundation for Innovation · 15 January 2024 English
The adaptability of the equipment also adds value, as it allows the team to research a wide range The research of water-related issues. [...] perfluorinated compounds (also known as PFAS, …
pressing issues in drinking water, wastewater, rainwater, industrial wastewater and sludge treatment. About … primary microplastics released into the oceans. rainwater management to protect its sources of CREDEAU participated …
APF: Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada · 22 November 2023 English
in New York (1995-98), the Embassy of Canada to France, Paris (2001-06 and 2013-14), and the She served as consul general in Mumbai from Mission of Canada to the European …
potential interest in for its Fog Atlas-based water rainwater is considered vertical integrating steam recycling … market validation for their steam outperforms rainwater collection Water management, cleantech recycling …
