CATCH THE RAIN 2020 - WROCLAW


The Water and Energy Office of the City Wrocław has prepared the second edition of the "Catch the rain 2020" project. The earlier edition enjoyed great interest and the beneficiaries quickly used the available budget. This year, the city decided to double the available funds and resume the edition, „because we can see that the residents' interest and their pro-ecological attitude are at a very high level. I invite residents of Wrocław to submit applications for the new edition of the program” - said Jacek Sutryk, mayor of Wrocław. The program helps to encourage residents to use rainwater effectively, to water their gardens with rainwater, by installing rainwater tanks, which at the same time reduces the consumption of drinking water. 

Interest has exceeded everyone's expectations - Catch the Rain 2020 will be a hit!

The first, pilot edition of the "Catch the Rain" program, organized in August 2019, turned out to be a great success. The interest was so great that after a few days of its duration, a decision was made to increase the pool of funds from the initial PLN 80 thousand to PLN 250 thousand. As a result, nearly 100 applications were realized. The average value of the subsidy was PLN 2,990. - writes the portal wrocław.pl. In the previous edition, 143 applications with a total value of PLN 600,000 were submitted within three weeks. „Therefore, this year we are immediately increasing the program pool. In addition, we have created a special guide for residents that will allow you to independently perform the installation for catching rainwater, i.e. the Catalog of Good Practices” - explained Małgorzata Brykarz, director of the Water and Energy Office of the City Wrocław.

Above-ground and underground containers turned out to be the most frequently chosen rain retention installation - 89 implementations in total in 2019. Several absorption wells and rain gardens were also built. The management of rainwater significantly relieves the sewage system. Using it for watering plants and flushing the toilet bowl contributes to savings of up to 50% of drinking water, in addition, such activities reduce the risk of flooding and mitigate the effects of drought.

It is worth keeping the rainwater

Poland has very little recources of drinking water, Spain has bigger. In recent years, we can see with our own eyes climate changes like droughts, snowless winters and dry autumn which causes the rise in temperature and intense evaporation. The use of rainwater brings economic advantages, such as saving on drinking water. However, the greatest advantage of its using is contributing to the improvement of the environment. Therefore, we should retain as much as possible of rainwater.

Rainwater is a free source of water, thanks to which we can live more economically and more ecologically. By maintaining the natural water cycle in nature, we have a positive effect on the microclimate and biodiversity.

Advantages of rainwater management:

  • rainwater irrigates the ground instead of unused going to the sewage system, which allows for the simultaneous relief of underground technical infrastructure facilities,
  • rainwater irrigates plants, thus improving the microclimate and cleaning rainwater and snowmelt runoff, 
  • local retention affects the costs of servicing the traditional sewage system and sewage treatment plant,
  • the collected rainwater can be used, for example, to irrigate urban green areas and a home garden.

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    • Maciej
    • 2020-05-12 14:01:05
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