Patent ID: 8640387
Filing Date: 2014-02-04
Classification: E03B,E04H,Y02A,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A water harvesting sports arena system comprising: a stadium seating area, a multi-layer playing surface operating as at least a part of a water catchment arrangement, the playing surface including a porous thermoplastic polymer material top layer, a perforated tile bottom layer, and a layer of netting interposed between the top and bottom layers, a water reservoir positioned below the playing surface to receive and store water passing through the playing surface, the water reservoir having walls delimiting adjacent interconnected water reservoir segments between which water in the water reservoir is movable, and a water discharge arrangement by which water is dischargeable from the water reservoir for use, wherein the stadium seating area is impervious to water so as to direct water toward the playing surface, wherein the polymer material top layer performs coarse filtering of water passing through the playing surface, the layer of netting performs fine filtering of water passing through the playing surface, and the perforated tile bottom layer provides structural support to the playing surface, and wherein the water reservoir underlies the entire playing surface.