A course on Residential Rainwater Harvesting will be offered in the fall term at the University of Arizona. A flyer which gives you the essential details can be downloaded here. The target is to have 20 students for this class, half from the neighborhoods in Tucson and half regularly registered UA students. The schedule of the class has been set to encourage participation from homeowners in the Tucson area. All classes are held on Wednesdays with lectures from 9–11 am and a studio/lab from 1–4 pm. The latter may run shorter on some days. While this is not so convenient for regular UA students, our intent is to make it easier for Tucson householders to attend as they will need to come to campus only one day per week.
Non-UA students can register—this time only—for $25 and if they complete the course satisfactorily are eligible for 7 Continuing-Education Units. Classes begin on Wednesday, August 22, and end Wednesday, December 5. Classes will be held in room 105 of the Veterinary and Microbiology Building, which is near the 6^th Street Parking Garage.
The primary purpose of the course is to help students prepare a detailed portfolio on planned water harvesting for their Tucson home. It must be a home whose site has not previously been analyzed in a UA class. The portfolio is to be of a high quality so that a water harvesting program could be carried out by the homeowner or a contractor. All students are expected to complete the same assignments and take the same exams. A complete syllabus will be provided at a later date. We use Brad Lancaster’s, “Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands and Beyond, Volume 1” as our textbook.
For more information, contact Professor Jim Riley at jjriley@ag.arizona.edu.