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catchwaternoun
A device which captures surface runoff for use as a water supply.
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Catchwater
A catchwater device is a large-scale man-made device for catching surface runoff from hills and the sky from precipitation by channeling it to reservoirs for commercial and domestic use later. Freshwater is a scarce natural resource due to pollution, droughts, and overpopulation. Catchwater is a sustainable mechanism to increase freshwater in areas facing droughts or polluted waterways.
Webster Dictionary
Catchwaternoun
a ditch or drain for catching water. See Catchdrain
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Catchwater
A catchwater is a large-scale man-made device for catching surface runoff from hills and channelling it to reservoirs for later usage as a part of the public water supply. Catchwaters may take the form of concrete canals, such as in Hong Kong, where there are many. Alternatively, they may take the form of a large concrete sheet, smothering a hill, and preventing rainfall from entering the rock strata, with a smaller channeling system for transport of the water to the storage tank - this latter system is in operation in Gibraltar. Due to the expense of these systems, they are generally only to be found where there is an extreme shortage of freshwater, because of geographical or political issues.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of catchwater in Chaldean Numerology is: 7
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of catchwater in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3
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