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Once popular for wedding receptions and baptism parties, the hotel's pool now holds only a few inches of stagnant rainwater , and a stream of exhausted international aid workers has replaced the celebrations.
Related: Brazil drought: water rationing alone won't save Sao Paulo At the Waterbank School in Laikipia, pupils demonstrate in class what they learn about economically and environmentally sustainable rainwater harvesting, water filtration, sanitation and agricultural practices, which is bound to have a wider knock-on effect for their futures.
While the company established its environmental principles 20 years ago, it now boasts an innovative range of measures to meet its 10 10 targets, not to mention saving water by washing trucks and flushing loos with rainwater collected from the roof of its distribution centre.
With water levels worryingly low in at least two of São Paulo's largest reservoirs, insecurity around water has become a fact of life for most paulistanos – as has a newfound interest in self-reliance and thrift: in stored water, rainwater collection and reduced usage.
Water from rivers, ponds, puddles and rainwater can be filtered through the system and safely drunk.
More than just a simple building, the Waterbank School is a living infrastructure that harvests rainwater – 360,000 litres over the course of two rainy seasons – as well as being an education centre.
There's nothing remarkable about Rolf Nikolaus Cornelius Gurlitt's flat, a fifth-floor apartment on the shady side of a modernist apartment block in Munich's Schwabing district: walking distance to the lush English Gardens nearby; a balcony with black stains from years of inefficiently drained rainwater ; no plants or flowers.
There was nowhere for the rainwater to go.
Atopia's structure was designed to collect rainwater and generate power from solar cells rather than burning a constant supply of natural gas, but their sketches and models bear an uncanny resemblance to Heatherwick's design.
Two thirds of water from the tap comes from surface water (reservoirs, lakes, rivers) and the rest from ground water (underground geological formations that store rainwater).
And with electricity from the rooftop solar panels, rainwater tanks hooked up to the bathroom and kitchen, and thick stone walls negating the need for air conditioning, it's an eco hideout, too.
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The primary grammatical function of "rainwater" is as a noun , referring to water that falls as rain. As seen in Ludwig, the word is used both as a simple descriptor and as a component in compound nouns like "rainwater harvesting".
Expression frequency: Very common
