Paul, Good job. I think your ability to document these two jobs helps folks see that they can do it too. We don’t dig quite as much when we divert the downspout water. We attach a perforated pipe to the downspout and snake it around the landscape. the pipe should be at least 12′ long. [...]
May 31, 2011 | Categories: Roof Water Catchments Systems, Water Catchements, Water Managment, Water Stored in Soil Catchement Systems | Tags: alrie, catchment, document, downspout, grass, grass meadow, harvesting, middlebrook, Perforated, pipe, Plant, roots, soil, trench, vegetable, video, water | 1 Comment »
Problem: Make a water catchment system harvesting all of the rain water off the roof. The water is absorbed into the ground. In this part of the country we get about 12 inches of rain per year. (That is not too much). The roof has about 2000 square feet surface area. We start out by [...]
May 30, 2011 | Categories: Roof Catchement Calculations, Roof Water Catchments Construction Case Study, Roof Water Catchments Systems, Water Stored in Soil Catchement Systems | Tags: Building, catchment, example, garden, gutter, harvesting, HENe, in-ground, laser, lawn, Method, pipe, rain, rain harvesting, trees, water, Water/rain, Water/rain Catchment Building Method | Leave A Comment »
It is not the size that matters but the shape. It is important to have the highest capacity for water to be absorbed by the soil to prevent flooding up the drain pipe or house. In this case we bury a catchment system about 18 to 20 inches below the surface. It is important to [...]
May 30, 2011 | Categories: Roof Catchement Calculations, Roof Water Catchments Systems, Water Stored in Soil Catchement Systems | Tags: CA Native Plants, Calculations, capacity, catchment, Compost Extrations, drain, extracted organisms, flooding, gardening, Grape Compost Extractions, grass, harvesting, house, hydroponic, lawn, lawns, maximize, pipe, Plant, rain, rain harvesting, roof, Shapes, Sizes, soil, succession, summer, technique, water, Water Catchment Sizes and Shapes, Winter | Leave A Comment »
The calculation for rain harvesting is simple and straight forward. There are two places where rain water can be caught. Rain is caught off the roof or channeled into a holding area once it hits the ground. The amount of water harvested off a roof is calculated by this formula. Maximum water (gallons) = 7.48 [...]
May 30, 2011 | Categories: Roof Catchement Calculations, Roof Water Catchments Systems, Water Stored in Soil Catchement Systems | Tags: Calculations, Ground, harvesting, hydroponic, lawn, lawns, material, monthly applications, perennial, rain, rain harvesting, rhythms, roof, Roof Rain Water Calculations, roots, soil, supplements, technique, water | 1 Comment »
Here is an example of a neighbor who wants to install a hidden water catchment system in their front yard. The catchment system will be installed in the front yard just left of the front window. All of the roof rain water will be saved in the soil in the front yard. The front yard [...]
Apr 14, 2011 | Categories: Roof Water Catchments Construction Case Study | Tags: CA Native Plants, Case, catchments, Compost Extrations, Construction, establishing, grass, hydroponic, lawn, lawns, material, meshed, micro-organisms, mostly bacteria, plants, rhythms, roof, soil, Study, succession, technique, water, water catchment system | 1 Comment »
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Apr 14, 2011 | Categories: Roof Water Catchments Systems | Tags: CA Native Plants, catchment, eric, gardening, hydroponic, install, lake, lawn, lawns, monthly applications, nitrogen, perennial, plants, pump, rhythms, roof, systems, technique, videos, water | Leave A Comment »