A simple strategy to divert stormwater from one side of the street to the other in order to fill all the rain gardens on both sides of the street in a way that…
August 4, 2022
Chiricahua Mountains, southern Arizona, USA By Brad Lancasterwww.HarvestingRainwater.com The following is a revised excerpt from the first edition of my book Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands and Beyond, Volume 2… Nestled in the western…
July 27, 2022
A documentary on Brad Lancaster and some of his water-harvesting mentors.Click on the arrow in the center of the image below.It was produced, directed, and edited by David Fenster for Arizona Illustrated on…
Check out this wonderful new documentary on Brad Lancaster and some of his water-harvesting mentors. Click on the arrow in the center of the image below. It was produced, directed, and edited by…
July 19, 2022
Check out the image gallery for daylighting buried waterways (large and small) here And for still more…
July 5, 2022
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…
June 3, 2022
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…
May 30, 2022
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…
May 28, 2022
You never get any salt or other mineral build up on your evaporative cooler pads when rainwater is your water source. And salt-free, nitrogen-rich rainwater is also the best water source for your…
May 21, 2022
By planting the rain before you plant (with water-harvesting earthworks) you will be able to harvest ALL free waters (such as rainwater, stormwater, greywater, air conditioning condensate, or in this case—broken water line…