WATER / ROOF HARVEST

Rainwater Tank Sizing Calculator

Compare roof-harvest yield with entered storage-period demand to estimate a bounded rainwater-tank planning capacity.

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Calculation path

Roof square metres times rainfall millimetres gives litres before runoff loss; capacity is bounded by harvest and entered demand.

Calculation path

Harvest litres = roof m² x rainfall mm x runoff fraction; planning capacity is limited by entered demand and harvest.

What you provide

Effective roof catchment: Horizontal catchment area contributing to the collection system.
Design-period rainfall: Rainfall depth for the same modeled storage period.
Collection efficiency: Share reaching storage after first flush, splash, and system loss.
Storage period: Number of demand days represented by the rainfall period.
Daily rainwater demand: Average intended non-potable or treated-water use.

What you receive

Planning tank capacity
Estimated harvest available
Demand over the selected period

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Choose the maximum decimal places shown. This does not increase source accuracy.

Use local rainfall sequences, dry spells, first flush, overflow, treatment, potable-water rules, and structural requirements for design.

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Rainwater Tank Sizing Calculator

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What you provide

What you receive

Choose the maximum decimal places shown. This does not increase source accuracy.

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