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====Rapid====<p>Five percent of the average annual yield can be estimated: <br><strong>Y<sub>0.05</sub>= A × C<sub>vol, A</sub> × R<sub>a</sub> × e × 0.05</strong> <br>Y<sub>0.05</sub> = Five percent of the average annual yield (L) <br>A = The catchment area ( m<sup>2</sup>) <br>C<sub>vol, A</sub> = The annual runoff coefficient for the catchment <br>R<sub>a</sub> = The average annual rainfall depth (mm) <br>e = The efficiency of the pre-storage filter <ul> <li>Filter efficiency (e) can be reasonably estimated as 0.9 pending manufacturer’s information. </li> <li>In a study of three sites in Ontario, STEP found the annual C<sub>vol, A</sub> of the rooftops to be around 0.8 [http://www.sustainabletechnologies.ca/wp/home/urban-runoff-green-infrastructure/low-impact-development/rainwater-harvesting/performance-evaluation-of-rainwater-harvesting-systems-toronto-ontario/]. This figure includes losses to evaporation, snow being blown off the roof, and number of overflow events.</li> </ul></p><p>Five percent of the average annual demand (D<sub>0.05</sub>) can be estimated: <br><strong>D<sub>0.05</sub> = P<sub>d</sub> × n × 18.25</strong> <br>D<sub>0.05</sub> = Five percent of the average annual demand (L) <br>P<sub>d</sub> = The daily demand per person (L) <br>n = The number of occupants</p><p>Then the following calculations are based upon two criteria: <ol> <li>A design rainfall depth is to be captured entirely by the RWH system.</li> <li>The average annual demand (D) is greater than the average annual yield (Y) from the catchment. </li> </ol></p><p>When Y<sub>0.05</sub>/ D<sub>0.05</sub> < 0.33, the storage volume required can be estimated: <br><strong>V<sub>S</sub> = A × C<sub>vol</sub> × R<sub>d</sub> × e</strong> <br>V<sub>S</sub> = Storage volume required (L) <br>A = The catchment area (m<sup>2</sup>) <br>C<sub>vol, E</sub> = The design storm runoff coefficient for the catchment <br>R<sub>d</sub> = The design storm rainfall depth (mm), and <br>e = The efficiency of the pre-storage filter. <ul> <li>Good catchment selection means that the runoff coefficient, for a rainstorm event (C<sub>vol, E</sub>) should be 0.9 or greater.</li> </ul> </p><p>When 0.33 < Y<sub>0.05</sub>/ D<sub>0.05</sub> < 0.7, the total storage required can be estimated by adding Y<sub>0.05</sub>: <br> <strong>Total storage = V<sub>S</sub> + Y<sub>0.05</sub></strong></p></div><div class="col-md-4"> <panelWarning> <gallery mode="packed" widths=300px heights=300px> Cistern Size.png| Schematic diagram of the inputs and outputs to a rainwater harvesting cistern </gallery> </panelWarning></div><div class="col-md-12"> ====STEP Rainwater Harvesting Tool====</div><div class="col-md-8"><p>The Sustainable Technologies Evaluation Program have produced a rainwater harvesting design and costing tool specific to Ontario. The tool is in a simple to use Excel format and is free to download.</p></div><div class="col-md-4"><panelWarning><gallery mode="packed" widths=300px heights=300px>RWH_tank_capacity_table.jpg| Quick reference table generated using STEP RWH tool, (data for the City of Toronto (median annual rainfall 678 mm). Optimal cistern size is that providing at least a 2.5% improvement in water savings following an increase of 1,000 Litres in storage capacity. </gallery></panelWarning></div><div class="col-md-12"> ====STEP Treatment Train Tool====<p> Once the size of cistern has been determined, it can easily be modeled in many open source and proprietary applications. For planning purposes, a RWH system could be integrated into a site plan using STEP's Treatment Train Tool.<ul><li>The catchment (roof) would be 100% impervious</li><li>The rainwater harvesting system would be a 'Storage' Element with the following properties:</li><ul><li>Storage type = No removal</li><li>Lined</li><li>Underlying soil = <em>doesn't matter, can ignore</em></li><li>Evaporation factor = 0</li><li>Suction head (mm) = 0</li><li>Saturated conductivity (mm/hr) = 0</li><li>Initial soil moisture deficit (fraction) = 0</li> </ul><ol><li>Bottom elevation (m)</li><li>Maximum depth (m)</li><li>Initial water depth (m)</li><li>The Curves table is set up to accommodate ponds of roughly conical dimensions. A rainwater cistern is usually cuboid or cylindrical in shape, so that the area (m<sup>2</sup>) will remain the same throughout the depth. </li> </ol></ul></p>
Rainwater harvesting: Sizing and modeling (view source)
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[[File:Cistern Size.png|thumb|Schematic diagram of the inputs and outputs to a rainwater harvesting cistern]]
===Simple===
Five percent of the average annual yield can be estimated:
<br><strong>Y<sub>0.05</sub>= A × C<sub>vol, A</sub> × R<sub>a</sub> × e × 0.05</strong>
<br>Y<sub>0.05</sub> = Five percent of the average annual yield (L)
<br>A = The catchment area ( m<sup>2</sup>)
<br>C<sub>vol, A</sub> = The annual runoff coefficient for the catchment
<br>R<sub>a</sub> = The average annual rainfall depth (mm)
<br>e = The efficiency of the pre-storage filter
*Filter efficiency (e) can be reasonably estimated as 0.9 pending manufacturer’s information.
*In a study of three sites in Ontario, STEP found the annual C<sub>vol, A</sub> of the rooftops to be around 0.8 [http://www.sustainabletechnologies.ca/wp/home/urban-runoff-green-infrastructure/low-impact-development/rainwater-harvesting/performance-evaluation-of-rainwater-harvesting-systems-toronto-ontario/]. This figure includes losses to evaporation, snow being blown off the roof, and number of overflow events.
Five percent of the average annual demand (D<sub>0.05</sub>) can be estimated:
<br><strong>D<sub>0.05</sub> = P<sub>d</sub> × n × 18.25</strong>
<br>D<sub>0.05</sub> = Five percent of the average annual demand (L)
<br>P<sub>d</sub> = The daily demand per person (L)
<br>n = The number of occupants
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Then the following calculations are based upon two criteria:
#A design rainfall depth is to be captured entirely by the RWH system.
#The average annual demand (D) is greater than the average annual yield (Y) from the catchment.
When Y<sub>0.05</sub>/ D<sub>0.05</sub> < 0.33, the storage volume required can be estimated:
<br><strong>V<sub>S</sub> = A × C<sub>vol</sub> × R<sub>d</sub> × e</strong>
<br>V<sub>S</sub> = Storage volume required (L)
<br>A = The catchment area (m<sup>2</sup>)
<br>C<sub>vol, E</sub> = The design storm runoff coefficient for the catchment
<br>R<sub>d</sub> = The design storm rainfall depth (mm), and
<br>e = The efficiency of the pre-storage filter.
/*Good catchment selection means that the runoff coefficient, for a rainstorm event (C<sub>vol, E</sub>) should be 0.9 or greater.
When 0.33 < Y<sub>0.05</sub>/ D<sub>0.05</sub>< 0.7, the total storage required can be estimated by adding Y<sub>0.05</sub>:
<br>
<strong>Total storage = V<sub>S</sub> + Y<sub>0.05</sub></strong>
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===STEP Rainwater Harvesting Tool===
[[File:RWH_tank_capacity_table.jpg| Quick reference table generated using STEP RWH tool, (data for the City of Toronto (median annual rainfall 678 mm). Optimal cistern size is that providing at least a 2.5% improvement in water savings following an increase of 1,000 Litres in storage capacity.]]
The Sustainable Technologies Evaluation Program have produced a rainwater harvesting design and costing tool specific to Ontario. The tool is in a simple to use Excel format and is free to download.
<strong>[http://www.sustainabletechnologies.ca/wp/home/urban-runoff-green-infrastructure/low-impact-development/rainwater-harvesting/rainwater-harvesting-design-and-costing-tool/| Rainwater Harvesting Tool]</strong>
<strong>[http://www.sustainabletechnologies.ca/wp/home/urban-runoff-green-infrastructure/low-impact-development/rainwater-harvesting/rainwater-harvesting-design-and-costing-tool/| Rainwater Harvesting Tool]</strong>
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===STEP Treatment Train Tool===
Once the size of cistern has been determined, it can easily be modeled in many open source and proprietary applications. For planning purposes, a RWH system could be integrated into a site plan using STEP's Treatment Train Tool.
In a typical configuration:
In a typical configuration:
*The catchment (roof) would be 100% impervious
*The rainwater harvesting system would be a 'Storage' Element with the following properties:
**Storage type = No removal
**Lined
**Underlying soil = <em>doesn't matter, can ignore</em>
**Evaporation factor = 0
**Suction head (mm) = 0
**Saturated conductivity (mm/hr) = 0
**Initial soil moisture deficit (fraction) = 0
*The dimensions of the rainwater cistern can be placed into the fields:
#Bottom elevation (m)
#Maximum depth (m)
The dimensions of the rainwater cistern can be placed into the fields:
#Initial water depth (m)
#The Curves table is designed to accommodate ponds of roughly conical dimensions. A rainwater cistern is usually cuboid or cylindrical in shape, so that the area (m<sup>2</sup>) will remain the same throughout the depth.
<strong>[http://www.sustainabletechnologies.ca/wp/low-impact-development-treatment-train-tool/|The Treatment Train Tool]</strong>
<strong>[http://www.sustainabletechnologies.ca/wp/low-impact-development-treatment-train-tool/|The Treatment Train Tool]</strong>
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