Innovative Rainwater

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Innovative Rainwater Collection and Reuse
Michael Cloud Joseph Okelarin Joshua Miller
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Sustainability?
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Vision Statement
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Develop methods to efficiently collect and reuse
rainwater through innovative sub-surface
collection devices.
Mission Statement
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Target areas

• Residential
• 28.1 of CLEAN household water is used for
  flushing toilets
• 19.3 gallons of CLEAN water is use per day per
  toilet
• Goal To collect rain water and effectively use
  to flush toilets and
  water lawns

• Rural / Farmland
• Thousands of gallons of runoff pollute rivers
  like the
• Susquehanna every year
• The main pollutant is nitrates from fertilizer
• Goal To efficiently collect rain water to
  prevent runoff from polluting rivers and reuse it
  for irrigation .

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Target areas

• Seasonal storms followed by seasonal droughts

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Exploded view
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Possible materials matrix
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Flow diagram
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Cistern Cost analysis
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Whats in your water?
Microbes Radionuclide's Synthetic and Volatile
Organic Contaminants Inorganic Contaminants
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Inorganic Contaminants
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The Experiments
pH Dissolved Oxygen Chemical Oxygen
Demand Nitrate Levels
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pH
Measures the acidity of a sample Typical
drinking water results lie between 7-8 Results
are a little high and basic
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Dissolved Oxygen
Measures amount of dissolved O2 in
sample Difficult to Measure Results are
somewhat invalid
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Chemical Oxygen Demand
Measures amount of particulates able to oxidize
with oxygen Urban Water is typically 7 COD
mg/L Standard Solution is typically 3 COD mg/L
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Results (COD mg/L)
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Nitrate Levels
Measures amount of N in NO3- that is in the
sample Recall
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Inorganic Contaminants
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Nitrate Levels
Measures amount of N in NO3- that is in the
sample The standard solution should lie around
10 mg/L Conversion 1 mg/L 1 ppm for
water Lets compare our values to 10 ppm
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Nitrate Levels
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Conclusion
Motivation Sharing leadership Sustainability Se
eing the future