Captação pluvial

English translation: Rain / Rainwater Catchment

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Portuguese term or phrase:Captação pluvial
English translation:Rain / Rainwater Catchment
Entered by: Lilian Magalhães

12:30 Nov 12, 2007
Portuguese to English translations [PRO]
Science - Geography / chuvas
Portuguese term or phrase: Captação pluvial
Em 34 meses de pesquisas e ações tendo o apoio da empresa veiculadora de mídia e bureaus de impressão, bem como da SEPEX-MG (sindicato da empresa de publicidade exterior) foram viabilizadas 25 formas principais de reaproveitamento do material vinilico, destacando-se:
* Produção de lagos(tanqueamento)
*Produção de cisternas
*Captação pluvial
Produção de canaletas e canais
Lilian Magalhães
Brazil
Local time: 21:53
Rain / Rainwater Catchment
Explanation:
Best of luck :)

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Note added at 5 mins (2007-11-12 12:36:52 GMT)
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Some links:

Host of the first North America Rainwater Catchment conference and the first Green Building program in the US, Austin is green and growing. ...
www.harvesth2o.com/peterson.shtml

The addition of a rain catchment system to one’s home is a highly ... State University is a rain catchment system that provides running water for all of the ...
www.humboldt.edu/~ccat/waterconservation/raincatchment/rain...

Using a rain catchment system in my location is less worthwhile than it would be in Texas, because we typically have seven straight months without any rain ...
http://hv.greenspun.com/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg.tcl?msg_id=...

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R. Alex Jenkins
Brazil
Local time: 21:53
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obrigada

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Summary of answers provided
4Rain / Rainwater Catchment
R. Alex Jenkins
4captation of rain water
Michael Powers (PhD)
4collection of rainwater
Elvira Alves Barry


  

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Rain / Rainwater Catchment


Explanation:
Best of luck :)

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Note added at 5 mins (2007-11-12 12:36:52 GMT)
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Some links:

Host of the first North America Rainwater Catchment conference and the first Green Building program in the US, Austin is green and growing. ...
www.harvesth2o.com/peterson.shtml

The addition of a rain catchment system to one’s home is a highly ... State University is a rain catchment system that provides running water for all of the ...
www.humboldt.edu/~ccat/waterconservation/raincatchment/rain...

Using a rain catchment system in my location is less worthwhile than it would be in Texas, because we typically have seven straight months without any rain ...
http://hv.greenspun.com/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg.tcl?msg_id=...

etc...

R. Alex Jenkins
Brazil
Local time: 21:53
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 8
Grading comment
obrigada
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captation of rain water


Explanation:
Mike :)

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Design for the Other 90%: Schools Lead
... so they can do the captation of rain water and get purified for free, please let me know all the info to search the basic material. Thank you very much. ...
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Irrigated Lands of United States, Canada and Mexico - Google Books Result
by Power, J. Clyde, Charles Ryan Price - 1909 - Irrigation - 208 pages
Guanajuato is one of the states of the Mexican republic where most important works have been completed for the captation of rain water and the canalization ...
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Agris Search Results
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Titles, [Captation of rain water in rainfed maize in Apatzingan Valley, Michoacan State]. Personal Authors, Tapia Vargas, Luis Mario; Caballero Hernandez, ...
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[Captation of rain water in rainfed maize in Apatzingan Valley, Michoacan State]. Tapia Vargas; Luis Mario Caballero Hernandez; Filiberto Alcantar Rocillo; ...
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House in Huitzilac for sale $5000000 MXP - Grupo SyS
System of water captation of rain to 2 cisterns, tennis court, multiple ball court, paved walkways and road, 2 small bungalows. ...
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Michael Powers (PhD)
United States
Local time: 20:53
Native speaker of: English
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collection of rainwater


Explanation:
My suggestion.

Elvira Alves Barry
Local time: 01:53
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
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