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Water Harvesting Solutions is happy to share these links and other resources that visitors may find helpful as they learn more about water harvesting.
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Green Roofs: Green Roofs for Healthy Cities is an association dedicated to bringing practical green roof solutions to our cities. It was organized in 1999 to focus on the benefits of green roofs and barriers to industry development.
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Sustainable Irrigation Designs: Our partner in designing irrigation systems using harvested water from our systems is Landtech Design. Landtech provides consulting services for irrigation systems that can deliver truly sustainable irrigation using harvested water.
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| Pervious Pavement: Learn about this passive approach to reducing rainwater run-off from parking lots while helping to recharge aquifers. |
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| World Water Shortage: We support Water.Org as an international non-profit organization dedicated to bringing clean water to all people in the world. We encourage you to support them as well. Donate to Water.org |
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| High-Efficiency Toilets: Learn about the options and water usage for efficient and high-efficiency toilets. |
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| Low Impact Living: LILI is a non-profit organisation promoting practical ways you can reduce your impact on the environment, learn new skills, save money and have fun. |
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- the online rainwater harvesting community, dedicated to the advancement of sustainable water management practices for individuals, families, communities, and businesses
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Funding Resources - there are an increasing number or resources to help fund projects that reduce water use or help to resolve stormwater issues in watershed areas. These links may be helpful to you: EPA's Green Infrastructure Funding Opportunities; EPA Fundraising Alternative Tool
New York City recently renewed it's Green Initiatives Grant Program with $4 million available for harvesting systems that reduce stormwater runoff. NYC Grant Program.
Illinois offers a similar Green Infratstructure Grant program to support initiatives that include rainwater harvesting. This year's funding is for $2 million. Illinois Green Infrastructure Grant Program
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Regulatory Challenges: Total Environmental Solutions specializes in the law and regulatory issues associated with water harvesting and other environmental issues. They can be helpful in understanding local regulations or helping to draft ordinances the support sustainable water practices like water harvesting.
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Wahaso has teamed with Arizona Sustainable to design and deliver rainwater and greywater systems in Arizona.
Arizona Sustainable, LLC., is a full service sustainable construction consulting company that specializes in rainwater harvesting and greywater systems plus all forms of sustainable construction techniques and methods, based in Tucson, Arizona. Arizona Sustainable, LLC., can help you develop the sustainable systems you want
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Water Harvesting Solutions only provides services for commercial and institutional buildings. Homeowners interested in harvesting rainwater or greywater are encouraged to review the following links:
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Residential Rainwater Harvesting
The American Rainwater Catchment Systems Association is the official rainwater harvesting association. Their website offers resources for homeowners and has lists of suppliers for small systems.
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The two most popular books on rainwater harvesting are from Brad Lancaster. Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands and Beyond, Volumes 1 & 2, show you how to turn water scarcity into water abundance by creating an integrated, multifunctional water-harvesting plan specific to your site. Volume one covers Guiding Principles and Volume 2 focuses on Water-Harvesting Earthworks. Visit
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Tucson, AZ is a national leader in moving the rainwater harvesting effort forward - with innovative building codes and programs for commercial as well as residential buildings. Even if you don't live in Arizona, you may find their guide for rainwater harvesting helpful. Tucson Rainwater Harvesting Guide
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Residential Greywater Harvesting
Greywater Reuse: Recent legislation in California has changed building codes so that homeowners can capture greywater from washing machines and apply it directly to subsurface irrigation without treatment. Simple systems can be built by homeowners and installed without permits. This is a great starting point to begin to shift the reuse of water in California. If you wish to use shower and sink water for irrigation, you will need a permit. Please check your local municipality for restrictions and guidelines in your are. For more information on subsurface irrigation, visit GreywaterAction.org. You can view a step by step document here. Oasis Design,, offers a wide range of books and references on greywater, rainwater and other sustainable practices.
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