rainwater collection

collocation in English

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rainwater
noun[U]
uk
/ˈreɪnˌwɔː.tər/us
/ˈreɪnˌwɑː.t̬ɚ/
water that has fallen as rain, rather than water that has come from ...
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collection
noun
uk
/kəˈlek.ʃən/us
/kəˈlek.ʃən/
a group of objects of one type that have been collected by one person or in ...
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The residents depend onrainwatercollectionfor water supply, which is collected off limestone-coated roofs and channeled into underground storage tanks.
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They include: household connection; public standpipe; bore hole; protected dug well; protected spring; orrainwatercollection.
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Gang and her team refined the terrace extensions to maximize solar shading, and other sustainable features will includerainwatercollectionsystems and energy-efficient lighting.
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The remaining 35% of the population were supplied through a variety of standpipes,rainwatercollection systems, water trucks, wayside tanks, and community catchment tanks.
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These include north-south orientation of the buildings, solar panels to generate lighting for common areas, centralised recyclable refuse chutes and arainwatercollectionsystem.
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Some coastal communities use fog nets to extract moisture from the atmosphere where groundwater pumping andrainwatercollectionare insufficient.
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In addition, the flat roof allows for the instillation of solar panels and easyrainwatercollection.
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Most of the changes affect the infrastructure, like the endless underground network of water supply, drainage,rainwatercollectionand electricity supply.
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Although the roof area of any tower is comparatively limited, the building will implement arainwatercollectionand recycling scheme for its cooling systems.
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It will include a vegetated roof,rainwatercollectionsystem, energy efficient systems, and recycled materials.
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The new site was designed with drought-tolerant landscaping and a 30000 usgalrainwatercollectiontank.
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Evidence of paved roads, drainage system, largerainwatercollection, storage system, terracotta brick, statue production, and skilled metal working (in both bronze and precious metals) has been uncovered.
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Evenari showed that the runoffrainwatercollectionsystems concentrate water from an area that is five times larger than the area in which the water actually drains.
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Pensmore will utilize thermal heat collectors, a geothermal ground source heat exchanger, radiant heating and cooling, advanced climate control software,rainwatercollection, and helix steel fibers.
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Other water sources includerainwatercollection.
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The island is set up as an eco-friendly project with compost toilets,rainwatercollection, proper waste management practices and solar energy for electricity and hot water.
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These sources include household connections, public standpipes, boreholes, protected dug wells, protected springs and rainwater collections.
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