Pin-Shi Primary School, Taiwan
Use of filter collector FS and vortex fine filter WFF 100
Object data
Hsin-Chu, Taiwan | 2003
Since 2002, there have been subsidies for primary schools in Taiwan if they invest in environmental protection. Typical projects are façade constructions for passive heat protection, biotopes and rainwater harvesting systems. Meng-Tai Fu is one of 6,000 employees of the Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI). With his advice, the underground rainwater storage tank with a capacity of 20 m³ was built at Pin-Shi Primary School and 400 m² of roof area was connected. In front of the storage tank, the rainwater is cleaned by WISY filter collectors FS and WISY vortex fine filters WFF 100.
The pupils have lessons in environmental protection. This includes recording the rain yield and the water level in the cistern every week. The pupils can also give information about the demand: 60 % of the cistern water is used in the toilet, 40 % is used for irrigation. The pupils can fill watering cans at three above-ground containers with a capacity of 250 litres of rainwater and use them to water the plants in the schoolyard. This service is part of the achievements in the subject of environmental protection. When empty, the containers are automatically refilled by the central pump technology in the cistern.
Project information
Water type
Rainwater
Use
Irrigation and toilet / WC
Cistern volume [m³]
20
Roof area [m²]
400
Architect
Meng-Tai Fu, ITRI, Taipei
Cisterns
Underground rainwater storage tank with 20 m³
3 above-ground 250 litre tanks
WISY products used
at Pin-Shi primary school, Taiwan
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Primary school in Taiwan
