Links to the ordinance are at the bottom of this page Recommendations to improve the ordinance and resources I think the City of Tucson’s current greywater-harvesting stub-out ordinance and guidelines are good, but…
January 7, 2022
The City of Tucson, Arizona, now mandates that all new homes install greywater-harvesting stub-outs at the time of construction. Tucson, Arizona, Greywater-Harvesting Stub-Out Ordinance See here for a description of a greywater-harvesting stub-out.…
January 4, 2022
Water Harvesting CalculationsWater Harvesting Calculations, Appendix 3 of Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands and Beyond, Vol. 1 Rainwater Harvesting Nomogram for Tucson, ArizonaThis diagram and a ruler can determine optimal sizes of rainwater tanks…
January 2, 2022
This inexpensive gravity-fed (no pumps or tanks) system uses common plumbing parts, and no expensive or hard-to-find valves. Plant your greywater before you plant your higher water use plants (think fruit trees)! That…
December 24, 2021
Don’t hoard rainwater in the rainy season – use it! And do so in multiple, integrated ways that enables the water to do more for you and produce greater abundance. This video is…
December 3, 2021
A water-harvesting overview highlighting some of the strategies implemented at the Lancaster homestead to harvest street runoff, roof runoff (with simple filtration), and greywater. See Brad’s award-winning books, Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands and…
December 2, 2021
A short, sweet film featuring Greg Peterson of the Urban Farm, Ryan Wood of Watershed Management Group, Ken Singh of Singh Farms, and Brad Lancaster talking about place-based, community-building, common-sense solutions to Arizona’s…
Brad’s May 2015 presentation “Integrated Local Harvests”. Midway through, Brad engaged the attendees in some kinesthetic learning about working with the Earth’s seasons via the Sun-Path Dance. Presented at the Coneybeare Cleantech Conference…
Brad Lancaster leads us on a tour of the epic water harvesting demonstration site on University of Arizona’s campus in Tucson, Arizona.
Brad’s TEDxTucson talk, Planting the Rain to Grow Abundance