This video was shot in early summer 2021 coming out of the driest year on record with record heat, and finally got 1.7 inches (43 mm) of rain 7-2021. But almost everyone let…
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June 17, 2022
by Brad Lancaster, HarvestingRainwater.com. I’ve created Tucson area self-guided tours of natural oases, diverse water-harvesting sites, along with historical and contemporary sites of water management and mismanagement—all of which strive to deepen your…
June 14, 2022
by Brad Lancaster, HarvestingRainwater.com You can use the online version of Google Maps at https://www.google.com/mapsFor Google Earth Pro, you need to download the app onto your computer or smart phone. Look up the…
June 3, 2022
Full-port valves do NOT constrict and reduce water flow, whereas most conventional valves DO constrict and reduce water flow—especially when used in the context of low-pressure gravity-fed rainwater systems. And the lower the…
May 30, 2022
Brad Lancaster shows you why salt-free rainwater is the best water for manufactured evaporative coolers (sometimes called “swamp coolers”), and living evapotranspiring coolers in the video below… You never get any salt or…
May 21, 2022
See the video above was shot May, 2022, shortly after the passive water-harvesting earthworks/basins were completed (plantings yet to come), and the morning after the basins harvested all the nighttime flood flow from…
February 10, 2022
By Brad Lancaster with gratitude to Bill Zeedyk for his edits, feedback, and mentoring www.HarvestingRainwater.com Starting January 2012, Bill Zeedyk and Steve Carson directed the largely volunteer-installed on-the-ground work in a collaborative conservation/restoration…
January 12, 2022
People see that dramatic positive change is possible when—after we implement water-harvesting plantings and restoration efforts—we post signs with photos documenting conditions before we planted regenerating abundance. Place the signs where the ‘before’…
October 16, 2021
by Brad Lancaster, www.HarvestingRainwater.com and David Omick, www.Omick.net The following principles for policy change were derived from and informed by the experiences of David Omick, Pearl Mast, and Brad Lancaster in working…
October 3, 2021
Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands and Beyond, Volume 1, 3rd Edition wins the Silver Medal in the 2021 Readers’ Favorite Book Awards Readers’ Favorite Book Awards review of Volume 1: Reviewed by Mamta Madhavan…