See the links below to some of my favorites, which can be (and have been) used as templates to change policy in other areas… • Arizona Greywater Guidelines (in English) – a Template…
August 27, 2021
Greywater-harvesting stub-outs are built-in plumbing connections allowing for easy future access to a home’s drain-water stream… Incorporating greywater-harvesting drains/stub-outs at the time of construction (or major renovation) of a home is generally the…
August 7, 2021
This is a month-by-month planting guide for food plants in the Tucson area, southern Arizona, and northern Sonora Mexico… It is compiled from Desert Harvest, Tucson Organic Gardeners’ Composter newsletter, Native Seeds/SEARCH planting…
Mostly native, plus a few exotic plants also loved by chickens. These plants grow well in Tucson, Phoenix, Hermosillo, and throughout the Sonoran Desert. All but the shortest plants provide shelter for the…
July 31, 2021
Examples harnessing the potential of free, on-site greywater… For more Greywater harvesting image galleries & videos Greywater harvesting resources Greywater harvesting case studies Info on how to design and implement such systems see…
How we’re harvesting, cycling, and playing with multiple, free, on-site waters and what they grow… Before & After photos… For more…
July 9, 2021
Lancaster residence, 4 people, 2 goats, 6 chickens. Tucson, Arizona, USA. Latitude 32.2˚N. Elevation 2,555 feet (779 meters)Average annual precipitation 11 inches (290 mm)… • 1/8-acre property.• See here for a One-Page Place…
July 8, 2021
McCann residence 4 residents (2 adults, 2 children, 2 dogs) Moab, Utah, USA. Latitude 38.6˚N. Elevation 4,021 feet (1,226 m). Average high temperature 72˚ F (22.2˚ C). Record high 114˚ F (45.6˚ C).…
August 23, 2020
—and How You Can Help Make Such Change Where You Are By Brad Lancaster www.HarvestingRainwater.com Utah has recently revised its rules for greywater harvesting systems to allow for residential households to permit, install,…
May 16, 2016
by Brad Lancaster © 2016 www.HarvestingRainwater.com Earlier this year I had the opportunity to return to Zimbabwe and to the farm of some of my prime water-harvesting mentors, Mr. Zephaniah Phiri Maseko and…