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No rivers, no lakes: Discover how Bermuda built a 400-year-old water system that still functions

No rivers, no lakes: Discover how Bermuda built a 400-year-old water system that still functions

Excerpt from timesofindia.indiatimes.com

Bermuda is an island in the middle of the North Atlantic Ocean, and it has no rivers, no lakes, and no natural springs of fresh water. For more than 400 years, the islanders have been relying on a brilliant but simple idea: Every roof is a collector of drinking water. The island’s famous white, stepped roofs are not just a picturesque postcard image; they are a rainwater–harvesting system that has quietly and successfully served the islanders through storms, droughts, and centuries of change. Modern research in the Journal of the American Water Resources Association (JAWRA) still points to Bermuda as a living example of how traditional design. The system is resilient and sustainable.

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