MORE THAN 100 YEARS COMBINED EXPERIENCE

Rainwater Management Solutions is an industry-leading professional services firm, specializing in turnkey solutions for rainwater and stormwater management.

Rainwater Management Solutions, based in Roanoke, Virginia, is an industry-leading supplier, system integrator, and professional services firm specializing in turnkey solutions for rainwater and stormwater management. Our knowledgeable staff has a combined experience of over 100 years in the rainwater harvesting business. RMS provides complete rainwater harvesting systems and solutions for residential, commercial, industrial, and agricultural projects. The firm provides professional design and consulting services to its clients, which include development, engineering, and architectural firms seeking specialized rainwater and stormwater management system design capabilities. Many of our clients are focused on earning LEED points. RMS provides both residential and commercial solutions and has worked on small to very large scale projects. RMS is the exclusive dealer of WISY filters within North America.

Water conservation and management is becoming an increasingly urgent issue across the globe. This trend is being driven by factors including intensified water shortages, rapid property development and population growth, aging infrastructures, growing agricultural demands, a general warming trend, and the ever-increasing cost of and demand for natural water resources.

The experienced and knowledgeable staff at RMS bring a commonsense, cost-effective approach to addressing the escalating issue of water conservation and management through their innovative rainwater harvesting system designs. Their expertise encompasses industries directly impacted by water management issues.

David Crawford, CEO and founder of RMS, worked in the health field for years prior to founding RMS and recognized that large commercial laundries utilized a significant amount of water on a daily basis to clean hospital linens. Observing this and other examples of the growing use of drinking water in commercial and residential sectors, Dave became a strong advocate of water conservation and management. His advocacy led him to begin researching methods for conserving drinking water and utilizing available rainwater. This laid the conceptual foundation of a business that would focus on rainwater harvesting and sustainable water management practices.

During 1999, Dave created a prototype rain barrel for rainwater collection using empty laundry soap barrels. After refinements and experimentation, he succeeded in creating a system that worked for rainwater harvesting. He advertised the system at a home show and, as a result, sold several residential home systems.

RMS has since evolved from the rain barrel days to the company it is today.RMS provides professional services to organizations and individuals involved in water conservation, sustainable water management and green building standards in their projects. RMS executives are university lecturers, encouraging architecture and engineering graduates to transition from theory to the design and application of effective rainwater systems. RMS also sponsors workshops and programs that award LEED Continuing Education Units.