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STAND-ALONE RAINWATER COLLECTOR: We are students industrial design and for the past 2 weeks we have been building a rain harvesting system. Our client is a community with a public garden because they don't have a private garden for themselves. The garden is a place where they can c…

Why Harvest Rainwater? Water is life. Whether you're an experienced homesteader or a beginner, this is a fact you already know. But what if there comes a day when your usual water sources are not readily available? This is a frightening scenario to ponder, but it's better to be afraid and prepared than caught off

The Warka Water's edible garden, Warka Water, Dorza, Ethiopia. | Leone Magliocchetti Lombi | Shortlisted 2017-2019 Cycle of Aga Khan Award of Architecture #AKAA (Award is associated with Aga Khan Trust for Culture #AKTC , an agency of the Aga Khan Development Network #AKDN )

A home improvement project that I’ve always had on my list is installing rainwater tanks in our backyard. When I was living at home, my parents almost never used tap water to irrigate the garden, and always relied on their two 5000L rainwater tanks to look after the garden. Using water from the tap

Bulk up your property’s water storage, create shelter for animals, and try your hand at aquaponics with these projects for reusing IBC totes.

Essentially, my garden is annoyingly far away from larger sources of water (although I have and do use the hose from the house in the heat of the summer and I do have two IBC totes about 50 yards away connected to the outdoor shed) but I had these smaller rain barrels that could never be adequately filled due to lack of a roof to funnel the free rain water into them. Pinterest at the time didn’t have any good designs so this is what I finagled together. Basically it is a butterfly roof…

There’s nothing like collecting nature’s own rainwater & repurposing it for your home, lawn, or farm. Here are some awesome DIY rainwater harvesting systems.

Catching and storing water, by any means necessary. Image by Friends of Water.

UPDATE: See the Watershed home in all its glory at the 2011 Solar Decathlon. This home placed 1st in the Solar Decathlon, also winning the Architecture category along the way. The original review of the model follows below. - For the upcoming 2011 Solar Decathlon, the team from the University of Maryland, College Park, is striving

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Air almost always contains some moisture anrenewable resd harvesting water from it could help those in water deprived locations.

We’ve finally gotten a long, soaking rain, here in South Austin! The stock tank hose has been emptying into the upper flower bed for a good 12 hours now, and the lowest zones of my yard have …

Designed for easy installation & space-saving, ThinTanks ™ slimline rainwater tanks are the thinnest available water tank for any capacity.

Here are the best places to find completely free rainwater harvesting barrels and other rainwater storage containers.

Find out what greywater is, what you can do with it, and why it's important for living a minimalist life. Learn how to DIY to water your garden with your own grey water, what filtration you might need, and what other reuse options you have. #minimalist #minimalistliving #greywater #simplelife #minimalistic