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Virginia Approves Regulations for Rainwater Harvesting

The Virginia Department of Health has finalized new regulations on potable rainwater harvesting systems, the 12 VAC 5-635, effective Oct. 21. These regulations establish guidelines for the collection and reuse of rainwater, ensuring systems operate safely and efficiently. The goal is to promote sustainable water practices while protecting public health in Virginia. Compliance with ASSE standards 2110, 21120, and 21130 will be mandatory under the new rules.

“This marks a big step forward for rainwater harvesting” says Heather Kinkade, executive director of ARCSA.

National Water Reuse Action Plan: Online Platform

WRAP actions seek to advance the consideration of reuse to improve the security, sustainability, and resilience of our nation's water resources, especially in the face of a changing climate. This action will focus on advancing nonresidential stormwater and rainwater catchment systems for potable and non-potable water reuse applications.

Water: A Life Source Not Only for Drinking

By Christy Langendoen, ARCSA Board Member, Water Storage Tanks, Inc. When you look at Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs, you will find that water is very important to human survival. We realize this as a need for consumption, but we do not always think about it in relation to our other need — shelter. The current era has found us plagued with increasing hazards that impact survival and the most increasing of these hazards has become wildfires.

U.S. GSA’s P100 Document Now Requires ARCSA International Standard Compliance

ARCSA International is pleased to announce the United States General Services Administration (GSA) has accepted its proposed change for the Facilities Standards for the Public Buildings Service (P100), requiring major capital projects of more than 5,000 square feet employing rooftop rainwater catchment and harvesting systems to comply with relevant ARCSA/ASPE/ANSI standards.

New Book Examines Pressing Water Issues in 21st Century

Water issues have long challenged human civilization, but the 21st century has brought complex new dimensions to this age-old problem. In the wake of 9/11, cybersecurity concerns have come to dominate water infrastructure management and research. As the water sector confronts this evolving landscape of challenges old and new, public access to objective scientific information is imperative. This book bridges that gap, providing citizens, students, educators, and other stakeholders with authoritative coverage of cutting-edge water science, technology, and innovation.

Rainwater Harvesting: A Decentralized Green Water-Infrastructure System

In the United States, nearly 83% of the population lives in urban areas. The combined effects of urban population growth, commercial and industrial activity, and high-water demand are well documented. The consequences of high-water demand include, but are not limited to, considerable use of surface and groundwater resources imported mostly from outside of urban boundaries; significant impact on surface water ecosystems; groundwater depletion; and substantial energy use for transporting water to urban areas.

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ARTICLES & GUIDES

Virginia Approves Regulations for Rainwater Harvesting

National Water Reuse Action Plan: Online Platform

Water: A Life Source Not Only for Drinking

U.S. GSA’s P100 Document Now Requires ARCSA International Standard Compliance

New Book Examines Pressing Water Issues in 21st Century

Rainwater Harvesting: A Decentralized Green Water-Infrastructure System

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