Sumida City Hall, Japan
Use of the FS filter collector
Object data
Sumida City Hall, Japan | 1997
Project information
The centre of rainwater harvesting in East Asia is in Sumida, a district of Tokyo, with 230,000 inhabitants. Dr. Makoto Murase, head of the "Rainwater" staff unit, has been proselytising in local politics in the island state for 20 years and proclaims: "Every household should have a dam for rainwater, especially in the big city! This would kill two birds with one stone: the unnecessary load of rainwater from roofs on sewers and sewage treatment plants and the senseless waste of precious drinking water for flushing toilets."
Roof area [㎡]
300
Use
Vehicle wash on the 2nd floor of the underground car park of the town hall
Cistern volume [㎥]
2
Rainwater yield [m³ / year]
1.500
Annual precipitation [mm = litres / m²] 1,500
1.500
Location
Tokyo, Japan
Company / Architect
Dr. Makoto Murase, Environmental Protection Department Sumida, Tokyo
Components
Filter
Vortex fine filter WFF 150, mesh size 0.28 mm
Project information
With his civic association "Friends of Rainwater Harvesting", Murase succeeded in convincing the city administration of the need for a rainwater museum. It was opened on 14 May 2001 in a former primary school, which was empty due to the decline in the birth rate in Sumida. Products and books on the proper use of rainwater "Made in Germany" have been given a permanent place there.
Wisy products used
Sumida City Hall, Japan
Picture gallery
To the project in Japan
