The Tucson Green Streets Policy requires new and reconstructed roadways be designed to harvest the first 1/2 inch (13 mm) of rainfall in order to grow streetside and median vegetation… The policy is…
August 27, 2021
To maximize performance potential of your Eddy or Backwater Basins, design for the following… The following is based on tip 9 (Three Key Elevation Relationships of Water-Harvesting Earthworks) from chapter one of Rainwater…
These runoff-harvesting basins are largely self-maintaining, thus they are typically my favorite—especially for do-it-yourselfers… As an eddy basin fills with water, the water gradually and calmly backs up to the basin’s inflow point,…
We’ve found it is essential people have a clear understanding of what is expected of them, and their responsibilities when they install a street runoff-harvesting earthwork in the public right-of-way adjoining their property.…
Costs estimates are for Tucson, Arizona as of August 2021 (with some updates, as noted below)… See chapter 8 of Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands and Beyond, Volume 2, 2nd Edition for info on…
See chapter 8 of Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands and Beyond, Volume 2, 2nd Edition, for information on how to optimally place, design, and build curb cuts and curb cores with their mulched and…
This is a supplement to “How To Cut Curbs and Harvest Street Runoff” in chapter 8 of Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands and Beyond, Volume 2, 2nd Edition… That is why this supplement begins…
These bucket lights reduce light pollution, help restore our view of the stars when used to replace outdoor lights that produce more light pollution, and improve safety on the ground… According to the…
August 7, 2021
These multi-use rain-garden plants lists are invitations to collaborate with and enhance living systems in our shared built environments… They are the result of striving to transform simple plant lists into more dynamic…
There are three rain-garden planting zones, each for a different microclimate within a rain garden… Bottom – typically bottom of a basin or swale.Prone to temporary pooling of water and cold air (cool…