Henry Vilas Zoo system

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Henry Vilas Zoo system

Custom cistern at Henry Vilas Zoo Children's Barn

In order to handle high water tables, we used Aquascape’s RainXchange system to build a shallow, wider 1,000 gallon underground cistern for the new Children’s Barn at Henry Vilas Zoo this past November.

Installed correctly, this system can be driven on safely

There is an inspection riser near the building, as well as a 4″ inlet pipe from the 4″x5″ commercial downspout (we used a customized Saving Rain diverter to be able to winterize easily). A pump is mounted inside the building to reduce maintenance.

More details for the diverter that was used here and a schematic of the whole system coming soon– you can find out more info on Aquascape’s system by clicking either photo.

By sgear|2016-12-12T06:29:46+00:00February 1st, 2011|rain harvesting examples|0 Comments

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Scott is a landscape designer who's philosophy has always centered around living closer to nature. Since 2000, his designs have reflected this and increasingly he has become obsessed with designing creative ways to save water in landscapes. As a designer, the focus of enhancing both form and function have led to this inevitable conclusion: something has to be done to make water conservation more attractive. That something, he believes, is integrating its storage into every possible landscape element, and that is what he and his wife Emily are doing at Second Rain.