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This should be an interesting project and hugely useful for the Pomáz site. How to build a D.I.Y. Solar Shower via TreeHugger


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Free Water UK Rainharvesting Systems Rainwater Harvesting FreeRain The UK Rainwater Harvesting Association


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When it rains in urban areas stormwater washes over streets, roofs, paved areas and other impervious surfaces moving large volumes of water, sediment and pollution to sewers and adjoining water bodies. We can all help reduce this run-off and the pollution it carries by managing the rain that falls on our property. Learn how to start harvesting your rain. The differences between impermeable and permeable paving, and how these differences in combination with different landscaping styles affect the amount of runoff run-off generated during rainfall, are equally important. Rain Barrels, University...


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Greywater Action


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Drip irrigation is a more efficient way to bring water to your plants. Here, Eric shows you how to install a simple battery-operated system. I plan to implement a similar system when we move to Hunagry. As I've discussed previously provision of sufficient water, for domestic & agricultural use, will be a major issue for us once we're there. We will need to employ any and all techniques that allow us to conserve, re-use, reclaim and use efficiently all water that we have. We'll use a combination of a rainwater-collection, grey-water and efficient irrigation systems in addition to developing practices...


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Something to read later ... Irrigating a small garden is a relatively relaxing and sometimes therapeutic activity (well if you are a botany/biology nerd [or really in need of a hobby]) but going away for any length of time can present a problem. The simple solution of course is to purchase a hose-bib/timer package from Home Depot for about $30 and set up a small drip system to efficiently water each plant or row of plants (rather than a wasteful sprinkler system). Going along with conserving water is using a rain barrel collection system to capture rain for later use thus eliminating or more likely...


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Five Best Rain Barrels via Green Daily. This is an American article - the barrels in question are all sold in stores in the USA - however I can use the criteria to help me search for, and select, barrels closer to home (in Hungary obviously).


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One of the main challenges we will face after our move to Hungary is that of water reclaimation & conservation. We wish to make as little impact on groundwater/domestic-supplied water as possible and to this end we realise that we'll need to reclaim rainwater, re-use domestic washing/showering (grey) water and basically find water any way we can. At the time of writing this I have read a couple of articles via Inhabitat which deal with dew collectors. These devices allow the (fairly simple & easy) condensation and collection of early morning/night moisture. DropNet Fog Collector Harvests the Mist...


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An article, from Wikipedia, about Living Machines and their place in trying to achieve Net Zero Water. More about Net Zero Water from 100K House.


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A map (pdf, 8MB) showing the distribution and location of the world's groundwater resources in comparison to Mean Annual Precipitation, River Basins and Mean Annual River Discharge, Population Density and Groundwater Recharge per Capita.


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