This is a wonderful example in this time of great need for water conservation and collaboration, which I’ve added to my Self-Guided Water Tour of Tucson. See the story and photos in the…
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August 4, 2022
Chiricahua Mountains, southern Arizona, USA By Brad Lancasterwww.HarvestingRainwater.com The following is a revised excerpt from the first edition of my book Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands and Beyond, Volume 2… Nestled in the western…
July 27, 2022
Check out this wonderful new documentary on Brad Lancaster and some of his water-harvesting mentors. Click on the arrow in the center of the image below. It was produced, directed, and edited by…
July 19, 2022
Check out the image gallery for daylighting buried waterways (large and small) here And for still more…
July 5, 2022
This video was shot in early summer 2021 coming out of the driest year on record with record heat, and finally got 1.7 inches (43 mm) of rain 7-2021. But almost everyone let…
June 17, 2022
by Brad Lancaster, HarvestingRainwater.com. I’ve created Tucson area self-guided tours of natural oases, diverse water-harvesting sites, along with historical and contemporary sites of water management and mismanagement—all of which strive to deepen your…
June 14, 2022
by Brad Lancaster, HarvestingRainwater.com You can use the online version of Google Maps at https://www.google.com/mapsFor Google Earth Pro, you need to download the app onto your computer or smart phone. Look up the…
June 3, 2022
Full-port valves do NOT constrict and reduce water flow, whereas most conventional valves DO constrict and reduce water flow—especially when used in the context of low-pressure gravity-fed rainwater systems. And the lower the…
May 30, 2022
Brad Lancaster shows you why salt-free rainwater is the best water for manufactured evaporative coolers (sometimes called “swamp coolers”), and living evapotranspiring coolers in the video below… You never get any salt or…
May 21, 2022
See the video above was shot May, 2022, shortly after the passive water-harvesting earthworks/basins were completed (plantings yet to come), and the morning after the basins harvested all the nighttime flood flow from…