Abstract:
A covering structure in the form of a stainless steel tree, possessing features for protection against rain, stands upon a box-shaped base embedded in a reinforced concrete buried plinth and includes piping for drainage purposes. The trunk is formed of pipes that penetrate the inside of the base, held in place by superimposed disc-shaped plates. The lower part of the trunk, bare of branches, is joined to the upper part by a flange. The pipes in the trunk form ramifications starting from respective elbows and flanges that support the branch tubes of varying lengths, symmetrically grouped around the trunk at different heights. At the top of each branch an elbow and a flange support a leaf, consisting of a funnel-shaped receptacle designed to catch rainwater and drain it into the branch below. A central leaf communicates direct with the trunk. Groups of leaves, partially extending over groups below them, completely cover the area projected on the ground underneath. Branches and trunk are joined by steel wires forming a stretched flexible structure.
Abstract:
A self-cleaning filter device adaptable to the volume of rainwater and a method for its use are described. The self-cleaning filter device adaptable to the volume of rainwater comprises a body including a rainwater inlet, a debris outlet, at least one filtered rainwater outlet, a filter element provided inside the body and comprising a flexible element having a filter means involving and secured to it and whose upper end is connected to said rainwater inlet and whose lower end is connected to said debris outlet, said filter element being provided with an upper portion, a central portion and a lower portion, and a regulating device provided inside the body and connected to the filter element.
Abstract:
Applicant discloses a new viewpoint and its application for freshwater generation here: Air temperature exchanges between the inside and outside of the deserts always play an important role in the generation of freshwater in a desert environment. Because this procedure is continually happening through days and nights and the desert area is so large in the world, the amount of water production by this way is extent to people could be imagined. According to the viewpoint disclosed here, big benefits will be gained from taking over the plight of shortage of water for the development of the desert. According to this doctrine, the easiest way to collect water from the desert is setting an impermeable layer under the dune: the fresh water should flow out. By use of artificial stacked large amounts, sands can also obtain freshwater anywhere where the changes of the temperature are big.
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:
Various embodiments of the present disclosure provide a system and method for harnessing in-situ water sources to provide a water supply. In an embodiment, the system comprises a collection unit and a storage unit. In the embodiment the collection unit may a capture surface configured to capture atmospheric water in an in-situ manner and transport the captured water to a periphery of the capture surface. The storage unit may have at least one cavity configured for storing the collecting water and a storage frame comprising a storage wall that extends around a periphery of the at least once cavity. In the embodiment the storage frame may be coupled to the collection unit and may be configured to transport the collected water from the collection unit to at least one cavity.
Abstract:
A method for processing water, including, collecting contaminated water from a first water collection site; collecting contaminated water from a second water collection site; transferring the contaminated water collected from the first and second water collection sites to a water treatment site; and processing the contaminated water to produce a processed water. Also, a system for processing rainwater, the system including a separation unit configured to receive a flow of rainwater from hardscape; a storage tank in fluid communication with the separation unit; a primary filtration unit in fluid communication with the storage tank; a secondary filtration unit in fluid communication with the primary filtration unit; an adsorption unit in fluid communication with the secondary filtration unit; and a disinfection unit in fluid communication with the adsorption unit.
Abstract:
A method for processing water, including, collecting contaminated water from a first water collection site; collecting contaminated water from a second water collection site; transferring the contaminated water collected from the first and second water collection sites to a water treatment site; and processing the contaminated water to produce a processed water. Also, a system for processing rainwater, the system including a separation unit configured to receive a flow of rainwater from hardscape; a storage tank in fluid communication with the separation unit; a primary filtration unit in fluid communication with the storage tank; a secondary filtration unit in fluid communication with the primary filtration unit; an adsorption unit in fluid communication with the secondary filtration unit; and a disinfection unit in fluid communication with the adsorption unit.
Abstract:
A rod for collecting water or transporting water is structured to result in capillary spaces between it and other similar-shaped rods when such rods are adjacent to one another. The rod has a cross-sectional shape with one surface portion of the rod being a greater distance from the centre of the rod than another surface portion of the rod. The rods can be laid together in an assembly or prefabricated into an assembly that provides an efficient, high capacity water collection and/or transportation system that is resistant to clogging.
Abstract:
Applicant discloses a new viewpoint and its application for freshwater generation here: Air temperature exchanges between the inside and outside of the deserts always play an important role in the generation of freshwater in a desert environment. Because this procedure is continually happening through days and nights and the desert area is so large in the world, the amount of water production by this way is extent to people could be imagined. According to the viewpoint disclosed here, big benefits will be gained from taking over the plight of shortage of water for the development of the desert. According to this doctrine, the easiest way to collect water from the desert is setting an impermeable layer under the dune: the fresh water should flow out. By use of artificial stacked large amounts, sands can also obtain freshwater anywhere where the changes of the temperature are big.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a box and a system for cascading rainwater management intended for draining, draining and storing rainwater that has installed gutters, preferably in the amount of 12 gutters, which can be connected in line to other crates to ensure the flow of water in one direction. At the end of the last box, there is a one-sided or double-sided water collecting cap installed, and another box can be attached to the cap in the same or opposite direction, increasing the length of the drainage by another section.