Microsoft is collaborating with Dutch start-up FieldFactors to replenish a natural stream using rainwater collected from a major new urban development. Called Solana de Valdebebas, the development covers more than one million square meters and will include almost 1,400 residential units. The initiative has the capacity to capture up to 200 million liters of stormwater run-off annually, which will be replenished into the local Valdebebas stream, a tributary of the Jarama River. Rainwater will be collected through FieldFactors’ sustainable drainage system, called BlueBloqs, which can capture up to 95% of…
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