Rainwater Recovery — Recent Events and Media Coverage
Rainwater Recovery, Inc. Press Release, June 1, 2006
Rainwater Recovery, Inc. announced today the commissioning of the rainwater harvesting system installed at the Needham Public Library in Needham, Massachusetts. The system, which collects water from the building's roof drain system and directs it to a 12,000-gallon storage vault under the Library's parking area, was installed as part of a complete renovation and expansion of the Library. The water will be used to feed the site's landscape irrigation system, and was built as part of LEED Silver Certification being pursued by the project team, which signifies the incorporation of various sustainable technologies incorporated in the extensive library project. (Read more... View/download PDF.)
Rainwater Recovery, Inc. Press Release, May 15, 2006
Rainwater Recovery Inc. has completed the delivery and commissioning of 39 rainwater harvesting systems at residences in Wilmington, Massachusetts. The systems, which capture roof run-off and store it for outdoor water use, were provided under a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Targeted Watershed grant program being managed and administered by the Massachusetts Department of Conservation & Recreation (DCR). (Read more... View/download PDF.)
Rainwater Recovery, Inc. Press Release, July 20, 2005
Rainwater Recovery's Reidy Elected Northeast Rep to American Rainwater Catchment Systems Association
Philip Reidy, a Principal at Rainwater Recovery Inc. in Waltham, MA, was elected as the Northeast Regional Representative of the American Rainwater Catchment Systems Association (ARCSA) during their North American Rainwater Harvesting Conference in Seattle, WA. ARCSA, a non-profit organization which promotes rainwater harvesting in the United States and Canada, selected Reidy based on his efforts and that of his company in advancing rainwater harvesting in the Northeastern United States. (Read more... View/download PDF.)
State of Massachusetts Press Release, June 15, 2005
State Offers Free Rainwater Harvesting Systems to Wilmington Residents
The Massachusetts Department of Conservation & Recreation (DCR) is offering a limited number of free rainwater harvesting systems to Wilmington residents this summer. The systems are being provided through a Targeted Watersheds Grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for the Ipswich River. (Read more... View/download PDF.)
Rainwater Recovery, Inc. Press Release, June 15, 2005
EPA Administrators visit Rainwater Harvesting Project at Harvard University
As part of the recent announcement by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) that the Charles River water quality has significantly improved, state and federal officials visited a newly constructed rainwater harvesting system at Harvard University recently. (Read more... View/download PDF.)
Harvard University Gazette, April 2005
Rainwater cleans vehicles, river —
Harvard recycling system
points way to sustainable future
In a demonstration project designed to conserve water, control pollutants washing into the Charles River, and recharge groundwater supplies for the dry summer months, Harvard has begun using rainwater to wash as many as 250 University-owned vehicles a week. (Read more at www.news.harvard.edu...)
