Wickford Flower and Garden Shop Cisterns and Geothermal Well

Type: Cisterns – irrigation and geothermal well

Use: Industrial/Commercial

Installer: Unknown

Designer/Developer: Unknown

Installation Date: Unknown

Address: 170 Main St., North Kingstown, RI 02852

Wickford Flower and Garden Shop uses several water saving techniques on their property. The shop utilizes cisterns that collect water during rain storms. A yearly average of 43,000 gallons are collected from the roof of the garden shop, this water is then used to water flowers. Another technique employed by the shop is the use of sump pumps associated with wells. The pumps take water out of the ground which is generally at 55 degrees and use it to cool refrigerators. In the process of cooling the refrigerators the water is heated up to approximately 95 degrees and then recycled to water the plants in the greenhouse through an overhead sprinkler system. Recycled water is also used to wash trucks and equipment.

Address: 170 Main Street, North Kingstown, RI 02852