Near Study Butte, West Texas, USA. Latitude 29˚ 19’N. Elevation: 2674 feet (815 meters). Average annual rainfall 11.6 inches per year. Average annual humidity 77%. Harvesting passive condensation Passive condensation occurs on naturally…
• White House ruin, Canyon de Chelly, Arizona, USA • Montezuma’s Castle ruin, Camp Verde, Arizona, USA • Acoma Pueblo, New Mexico, USA I am amazed by the high level of awareness many…
July 8, 2021
McCann residence 4 residents (2 adults, 2 children, 2 dogs) Moab, Utah, USA. Latitude 38.6˚N. Elevation 4,021 feet (1,226 m). Average high temperature 72˚ F (22.2˚ C). Record high 114˚ F (45.6˚ C).…
July 4, 2021
By Brad Lancaster www.HarvestingRainwater.com Like much of the country, drought with high temperatures is drying us out; stressing many shade plants, and threatening our cooling soil-carbon sponges. Yet rain is predicted—so we do…
May 21, 2021
Northern California, USA. 0.46 mile (0.75 km) from coast. Latitude 41.3˚ N. Elevation: between 154 – 626 feet (47-191 meters) A study in northern California found that on average 34% of the annual…
April 4, 2021
by Brad Lancaster www.HarvestingRainwater.com In 2014 and 2016 I had the honor of being able to travel to Zimbabwe to learn from indigenous water harvesters and the amazing people with Muonde Trust, and…
September 14, 2020
By Brad Lancaster www.HarvestingRainwater.com In 2018 and 2019 I had the pleasure to work with Rob Kater and crew of Native Resource International to incorporate stealth water- and soil-harvesting strategies into an…
August 28, 2020
by Brad Lancaster www.HarvestingRainwater.com The following is reproduced from “Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands and Beyond, Volume 2, 2nd Edition.” Life supported by water-harvesting earthworks mitigates climate change and weather extremes The availability of…
August 23, 2020
—and How You Can Help Make Such Change Where You Are By Brad Lancaster www.HarvestingRainwater.com Utah has recently revised its rules for greywater harvesting systems to allow for residential households to permit, install,…
November 21, 2019
By Brad Lancaster © 2019HarvestingRainwater.com I love turning “wastes” into resources, thus I love the creative reuse of “urbanite” — the abundant “rock” of broken up chunks of discarded concrete rubble. And I…