Rainwater harvesting

Come learn about simple, backyard rainwater harvesting systems. We'll cover common types of rainharvesting systems, storage options, system components, how to size a system, and irrigation methods.

We'll install two systems, a rain barrel system, and a gravity-fed drip irrigation system off an existing 1600 gallon cistern. These systems will:

*provide storage

*reduce stormwater runoff and sewage overflows

*recharge aquifers

*increase your backyard harvest

*lower your water bill

This workshop is put on by Garden for the Environment in San Francisco.

This workshop is part of a sustainablity series held at Sienna Ranch, a demonstration ranch in Lafayette, CA

Simple, low-cost rainwater harvesting systems can lower your water bill, increase your backyard harvest, and reduce storm runoff. This course presents the basic principles of harvesting rainwater in tanks. Participants will install a large rain tank in the Sienna Ranch Learning Garden, and will also learn:

This workshop is part of a sustainablity series held at Sienna Ranch, a demonstration ranch in Lafayette, CA

Want more water for your garden? Harvest the rain!

Simple, low-cost rainwater catchment systems can increase your
backyard harvest, reduce storm runoff, recharge the aquifer, and lower
your water bill. Participants will design and plant a "rain garden"
that infiltrates runoff from your roof, and learn how to integrate
rain barrels, cisterns, and rain-fed ponds into the home garden.

Location: Oakland, CA

Cost: $30-$100 sliding scale, limited work trade spots available.

Questions: email Cleo at:  waterunderground *at* gmail.com.

Rainwater Harvesting: A Hands-On Workshop
Presented by Tara Hui from Greywater Action www.greywateraction.org

Learn about San Francisco's water and waste water system. Save water, save money, save our Bay and Ocean by storing rain water that is free, with simple low-cost rainwater catchment systems, and use it in the dry months.

This workshop will be hands-on, we will install a small linked barrel system at a beautiful community garden called The Greenway.