Abstract:
A conduit system for gathering water from soil includes multiple conduits configured for insertion into soil. Each conduit includes a wall having an outer surface configured to be exposed to soil and an inner surface defining a central passage. The wall includes multiple gathering pores extending through the wall. The cross-sectional area of each gathering pore decreases from the outer surface to the inner surface to promote capillary action for moving water from the soil through each gathering pore to the central passage.
Abstract:
The present invention provides a system for solar and/or rainwater harvesting to be installed in open spaces to store the rainwater or charge ground water level and/or to harvest solar energy. The system for rainwater harvesting comprises: - at least one canopy (110) to be installed for capturing rainwater in the open space, having inverted cone-like structure to capture water and at least one discharge opening (185) for outflow of the captured water; - a storage unit for storing the captured water; - a connecting means (130, 160) extending from the discharge opening of the canopy to the storage unit for allowing flow of the captured water from the canopy to the storage unit; and - at least two filtration means (150, 120) adapted between the canopy and the storage unit for filtering the captured water.
Abstract:
A method of constructing a pavement, including: providing a plurality of concrete slab pavement sections having an upper surface adapted to support thereon vehicular traffic and a lower surface adapted to engage supporting piles, beams or foundations; providing a plurality of water storage containers adapted to be housed under the pavement sections, the containers each having one or more inlets adapted to receive rainwater therethrough; driving a plurality of piles into the ground upon which the pavement is to be constructed in predetermined respective locations to a founding depth; placing or forming pavement section supports on said piles for supporting the pavement sections thereon; forming cavities between adjacent piles for housing the water storage containers; placing the water storage containers within the cavities; and placing the pavement sections on the pavement section supports to form a pavement above the containers.
Abstract:
A system of water collecting, cleaning, and storing comprises a top-opened water storing container (1), with the wall of which a watertight structure; a collecting well (2) provided in the water storing container (1), which has a lid (6) and has a wall of permeable structure through which water exchange between the water storing container (1) and the collecting well (2) is achieved; filling elements (4) filled between the collecting well (2) and the water storing container (1), on top of which a pervious surface layer (5) is paved.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a method for improving a water quality using a multi-staged water storing device which has a water gate opened and closed automatically in order to purifiy contaminated water naturally. More specifically, the present invention relates the water storing device of the multi-stage which is installed in an underwater dam or irrigation canal of the river so as to maintain a stored water level within a certain extent, and also constructed along a water level of a river using a lower discharge type water gate which opened and closed automatically so as to purify contaminated naturally. The present invention is characterized in that the nulti-staged and low discharge type water storing device (1) is constructed to block the river across an entire width thereof along a water level of an upper and lower stream of a river, or at each point of 50 % - 70 % or certain value of the stored water level, so that the level of the stored water is maintained in a certain extent continuously, and water is pufified and the water quality is improved each time water passes through every water string device by stages.