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Watershed Management Group’s Water-Harvesting Certification Course, November 9–17, 2012 — Tucson AZ
November 9, 2012 - November 17, 2012
Watershed Management Group’s Water Harvesting Certification Course
November 9–17, 2012
Tucson, AZ
Early Registration Deadline: September 7, 2012
Regular Registration Deadline: October 5, 2012 Two spots left! Deadline extended… Interested? Apply now!
Participants who complete the Water Harvesting Certification will be able to:
- Integrate water-harvesting systems with other design considerations (energy conservation, aesthetic design, food production, wildlife habitat, etc.)
- Calculate rainwater runoff potential of catchment areas and determine soil percolation rate
- Create a water budget and use water-harvesting systems to match landscaping to available water supply
- Choose, size, and build appropriate earthworks features for different applications (basins, berms, swales, French drains)
- Design greywater systems from laundry machines, bathroom sinks, and bathroom shower water
- Build gravity-fed greywater systems from laundry-machine water to irrigate landscape
- Size and install plastic cisterns
- Design water-harvesting systems to support small-scale food production (including earthworks design, cistern design and application, and soil improvements)
- Design all of the above systems while incorporating safety and health considerations
Instructors
- Brad Lancaster, WMG Senior Watershed Specialist, and author of Rainwater Harvesting For Drylands and Beyond
- Catlow Shipek, WMG Senior Program Manager
- James DeRoussel, WMG Program Manager
- Lisa Shipek, WMG Executive Director
- Mark Ragel, Owner of Water Harvesting International
Full information and application can be found at: watershedmg.org/tech-trainings