Isla Urbana - Rain Water Harvesting

Rethinking H2O

The best solution for a community is the best solution that works for them. Isla Urbana has harnessed the power of rain water harvesting to bring tangible water solutions to the largest city in Mexico, Mexico City.

Jennifer White of Isla Urbana tells us about how they have designed an environmentally, socially, and economically sustainable rainwater harvesting system that collects and cleans rainwater for households, schools and health clinics. The system is inexpensive, easy to install and provides individual residences with about 40% of their water supply. Implemented on a large scale throughout Mexico City, this simple technology could provide 30% of the city’s water and could help give a sustainable source of water to the 12 million Mexicans with no access to clean water. The rainwater harvesting systems are promoting sustainable water management practices, mitigating the city’s flooding problems, relieving poverty, reducing carbon emissions, and providing a reliable source of water for the citizens of Mexico City and throughout the country.

As half of the people on earth now live in cities, creating sustainable urban systems has the greatest impact on environmental and social issues. To ensure a future with access to clean water, the most vital resource on the planet, innovative water saving technologies need to be enacted on a large scale starting today.

To learn more please visit : http://islaurbana.org/english/

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