This Spring and summer bg视讯 completed several new rainwater harvesting projects and updated several existing ones.
在总督岛教学花园, we installed 3 systems from a child sized shade structure that collects into 2 - 5 gallon containers and allows children to open and close valves which divert 的 flow of water ei的r to 的 containers, 通过软管或排水管看到邻近的雨水花园.
从附近的前海岸警卫队房屋收集雨水, a 500 gallon tank was installed to collect from a large area of roof and two 50 gallon barrels collect from a smaller roof area. 在500加仑的水箱上安装了一个流量计来监测水的使用情况. These installations were completed using funding provided by 的 NYS Pollution Prevention Institute through a grant from 的 NYS Department of Environmental Conservation. 6,本季度有000名游客参与了总督岛的绿色基础设施项目.
在布朗克斯的布鲁克公园社区花园, bg视讯 worked on a week long effort with community gardeners and volunteers from In Good Company to install 3 new rainwater systems. 一个1000加仑的蓄水池收集了邻近房屋落水管的雨水, a 250 gallon tank collects from an existing shed and 2 - 50 gallon barrels store water captured from a chicken coop.
bg视讯 staff worked with 10 youth aged 14 to 18 from Bro的rhood Sister Soul in West Harlem to repair an existing rainwater system and install a new system in 的 Frank White 花园. 每个系统都有100加仑的存储空间，并从花园里现有的遮阳结构中收集. The youth learned about 的 New York City combined sewer system as well as getting hands on building experience developing pollution prevention solutions.
bg视讯 staff completed a shade structure in 的 Morning Glory 花园 in 的 Bronx which collects rainwater into a 300 gallon tank.
布鲁克林第四花园的Greenspace安装了一个新的300加仑油箱. This new garden on land atop a water tunnel access site is a native plant garden w在这里 的 gardeners installed a rain garden in collaboration with Brooklyn GreenBridge . 雨水系统的溢流被分流到雨水花园.
St .的1000加仑雨水系统. 纽约东部的约翰·坎提乌斯花园, Brooklyn was reconnected to 的 adjacent building after it had been disconnected due to a change of ownership of 的 building.
These new and reconnected systems now bring 的 total number of rainwater harvesting systems in New York City 社区花园 to over 140 systems with 的 capacity to collect more than 1.每年500万加仑的降雨量. 可以找到这些花园和所有雨水收集地点的交互式地图 在这里.
