Check out the image gallery for daylighting buried waterways (large and small) here And for still more…
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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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
By Brad Lancaster with gratitude to Bill Zeedyk for his edits, feedback, and mentoring www.HarvestingRainwater.com Starting January 2012, Bill Zeedyk and Steve Carson directed the largely volunteer-installed on-the-ground work in a collaborative conservation/restoration…
People see that dramatic positive change is possible when—after we implement water-harvesting plantings and restoration efforts—we post signs with photos documenting conditions before we planted regenerating abundance. Place the signs where the ‘before’…
by Brad Lancaster, www.HarvestingRainwater.com and David Omick, www.Omick.net The following principles for policy change were derived from and informed by the experiences of David Omick, Pearl Mast, and Brad Lancaster in working…