Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A catching or collecting of water, especially rainwater.
- noun A structure, such as a basin or reservoir, used for collecting or draining water.
- noun The amount of water collected in such a structure.
- noun A catchment area.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Drainage: rarely used except in the following phrases.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A surface of ground on which water may be caught and collected into a reservoir.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Any
structure or landfeature which catches and holdswater .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a structure in which water is collected (especially a natural drainage area)
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Examples
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To give one example, at this point, what we call our catchment area, which is the underlying population of arrestees, in some communities, it's a city; in other communities, it's a county; in some communities, we're only one of the jails that might be in the county.
Travis Briefing On The Radio Address ITY National Archives 1998
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We have a lovely rain catchment pond, which has easily collected 50,000 gallons this rain season in a proof-of-concept test, and mostly overflowed.
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Also, water catchment from the roof would be a nice design feature. i believe that the key factor is cost.
Eco-Friendly Single Family Residence by AKA Architetti | Inhabitat 2008
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IMAGE: west coast green lorax clipper house green sustainable san francisco reclaimed wood rain catchment
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Thoughtful planning also went into the three rather large rain catchment cisterns hidden from view, beneath the Trex deck off the lower family room.
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Other rain catchment systems can be devised in the form of botanical facades, and modular permeable pavement.
Sustainable Design Update » Blog Archive » Water Efficiency 2006
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A rain catchment system will irrigate the vegetation during much of the year, while grey and black water recycling systems will generate much of the centers’ own water supply.
Vancouver Convention Center Expands on Green | Inhabitat 2008
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Same goes for the insulated walls ... rain catchment etc, etc)
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LORAX’S “GREENEST HOUSE IN SAN FRANCISCO” west coast green lorax clipper house green sustainable san francisco reclaimed wood rain catchment – Inhabitat about mission submit a story shop advertise with us support us press contact sign up
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The assertion is based on the fact that this house has the first ever approved rain catchment system in San Francisco, and for a conventional family of five - that’s huge!
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