Solar carport and water management for solar carports and canopies

A solar carport system having an integrated water management system, comprising:

• a canopy resting upon a column, the canopy comprising:
• a plurality of beams all running at a single angle with respect to a longitudinal axis of the column;
• a plurality of pairs of purlins supported upon the plurality of beams;
• and
• a plurality of solar panels, each solar panel supported upon a pair of purlins, the plurality of solar panels residing in a plurality of rows, each row having a shared slope angle along substantially a single plane, the shared slope angle and an adjacent row slope angle of both of the two rows immediately adjacent on either side of each row forming an alternating series of a plurality of peaks and valleys;
• the water management system being integrated to the canopy, and comprising:
• a plurality of mini-gutters suitable to receive fluid flow, running parallel to a length of each row of the solar panels, and aligned with a gap formed between each valley;
• a plurality of primary gutters suitable to receive the received fluid flow from fluidically associated ones of the plurality of mini-gutters;
• and
• a plurality of downspouts fluidically associated with ones of the plurality of primary gutters and suitable to disperse the received fluid flow.