WMG is opening four of its in-depth lectures from its Santa Barbara Water Harvesting Certification course to the public!
Would you like to learn how to design high-quality, functional water-harvesting systems for a variety of applications? Have you done a few water-harvesting projects, but would like to learn more? Would you like to learn about cutting-edge green practices that incorporate integrated design and are also simple and affordable?  If you answered yes to any of these questions, these lectures are for you.

• Friday 8/19: Water Harvesting Earthworks, 3-5 pm, with Catlow Shipek: Santa Barbara City College, 721 Cliff Drive
  • Learn design and application of basins, berms, swales, terraces, and french drains.  This lecture covers lot-scale to watershed scale practices with information on soils, landscape materials, and integration with plants. 
    
• Monday 8/22: Cisterns, 8-10 am, with Catlow Shipek: Holy Cross Church, 1740 Cliff Drive
  • Comprehensive overview of cistern systems from guttering, filtration, storage, and distribution, including best management practices and cistern types for different applications. 
    
• Tuesday 8/23: Greywater Systems, 8-10 am, with Art Ludwig and Brad Lancaster: Holy Cross Church, 1740 Cliff Drive
  • Greywater systems harvest water from laundry machines, bathroom sink and showers, and air conditioning condensate. Learn how to reuse greywater in your yard, with a focus on laundry-to-landscape systems, plumbing considerations, and appropriate uses. 
    
• Wednesday 8/24: Water Harvesting for Food Production, 2-4 pm, with Brad Lancaster: Holy Cross Church, 1740 Cliff Drive
  • Brad’s lecture covers a diverse range of agricultural applications from backyard to large-scale systems, showing how rain and greywater can enhance food production while conserving water.

Pre-registration and pre-payment is required for each session. Each lecture costs $25. In order to pre-register, please make your online payment at www.watershedmg.org/contribute and include the name of the lecture(s) for which you are registering and the number of people attending. Payments for lectures must be made at least one day prior to the lecture date.
Please contact Barbara Wishingrad at bwishingrad@watershedmg.org or at 805-403-4566 if you have questions.