Rainwater Cistern Sizer

Size a rain tank from a monthly mass balance of catchment, rainfall, runoff coefficient and household demand, with days of autonomy.

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Rainwater Cistern Sizer screenshot

Size a rain tank from a monthly mass balance: catchment area times rainfall times runoff coefficient against household demand, month by month. The worst cumulative shortfall sets the volume, and that volume over the daily demand gives the days of autonomy.

Monthly balance — the tank starts empty
MonthRain (mm) Harvest (L)Demand (L) Net (L)Stored (L) Cumulative shortfall (L)
Annual figures
Sizing — one dry season on one full tank

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