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Brad Lancaster: Water Harvesting to Turn Drains Into Sponges and Water Scarcity Into Water Abundance, Saturday, August 7, 2010 – Tucson AZ

August 7, 2010 @ 4:30 pm - 6:30 pm

Date: Saturday, August 7
Time: 4:30 or 5 pm until 6 or 6:30 pm (summer-style)
Location: Café Passé, 415 North 4th Avenue, Tucson
Cost: Free
Note: This talk is being given primarily for a group of students touring Tucson; while these students get priority seating, any extra seats can be taken by anyone that shows up.

Description of talk:

This inspiring power point presentation shares eight universal principles of water harvesting along with simple strategies that turn water scarcity into water abundance. They empower you to create integrated water-sustainable landscape plans at home and throughout your community. Rainwater harvesting is the process of capturing rain and making the most of it as close as possible to where it falls. Greywater harvesting is the process of directing water from household sink, bathtub, shower, and washing machine drains into the soils of the landscape where the water is naturally filtered and reused to generate more on-site resources. The two work hand in hand, and can reduce our water consumption by 30 to 50%! You’ll see examples enhancing local food security, passively cooling cities in summer, reducing costs of living and energy consumption, controlling erosion, averting flooding, reviving dead waterways, minimizing water pollution, building community, creating celebration, and more.

Details

Date:
August 7, 2010
Time:
4:30 pm - 6:30 pm
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