Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands and Beyond by Brad Lancaster

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“Begin harvesting water where it is simple, easy, and inexpensive - in your landscape.

Follow a more sustainable hierarchy of water management where:

• Rainwater and localized runoff, our on-site water resources, are the primary water source for our landscapes and gardens.

• Greywater is the secondary water source for our landscapes. Greywater is household "wastewater" that drains from sinks, clothes washers, showers, bathtubs, reverse-osmosis water filters, and the condensate from air conditioners.

• Municipal water or groundwater from private wells is strictly a supplementary source for landscapes and only in times of need such as a drought. This is water pumped onto, or pumped up to, our site.”

--  Brad Lancaster, "Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands and Beyond"

30% to 50% of the drinking water consumed by the average American or Australian household is used to irrigate landscapes.

Rainwater Harvesting

 

Hand cistern reaching for the rain. Inflow via forefinger, overflow via the thumb to terraced gardens.
Vine Street, Seattle, Washington


HarvestingRainwater.com Video Gallery: Water-harvesting and other water-related videos

HarvestingRainwater.com Image Gallery: Captioned water-harvesting photos grouped by focus

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Upcoming Events

  1. Online Rainwater Harvesting Course

    October 21 - December 5

  2. Water Harvesting Presentation & Book Signing with Brad Lancaster in Silver City, NM

    November 19 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm

  3. ARCSA Conference in Las Vegas, Nevada

    December 2 - December 5

  4. Water Harvesting Presentation & Book Signing with Brad Lancaster in Las Vegas, NV

    December 2 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm

  5. Spring 2020 – Permaculture Design Course, Tucson, AZ

    February 8, 2020

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Umbrella Newsletter

The Umbrella: Summer 2019

THE UMBRELLA: A catch-all of resources, events, media, and more from Brad Lancaster   New, full color, revised editions of the award-winning books Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands and Beyond, Volumes 1 and 2 are now available for order and pre-order!   Buy direct from Brad for big discounts, and to help him fund the creation […]

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