The new style of Key Hole Gardening got its name from its shape and is perfect for anyone who wants to retain water and grow plants in any climate.
This type of home gardening was developed by C-SAFE to help African residences conserve rainwater runoff resources while gardening. This new style of gardening started in [...]
Water Harvesting through Biomimicry
Water harvesting through biomimicry was as easy as studying the Stenocara beetle in the Namibian desert for researcher and zoologist at Oxford University Andrew Parker.
Even some of the most advanced dew harvesters used in Chile and Peru using harvesting nets, have not been able to collect as much water from the wind and fog as [...]
Dew Harvesting is simply taking advantage of water vapor in the atmosphere to harvest clean and potable water through condensation, a passive process that allows water particles to return to the earth in a pure form.
Dew harvesting has been practiced by humanity as far back as ancient times, in areas where rainfall and groundwater resources [...]
What is Greywater?
Greywater is simply used wash water from the bath, shower, sink or even rooftop rainwater harvesting; this is slightly polluted, very different from either potable (freshwater) or non-useable sewage water (blackwater).
Clean water is water with nothing but H2O, greywater has been used once for non-toxic cleansing, but blackwater carries pathogens that are too [...]
As a delicate reserve, snow water harvesting has traditionally played an important role in the cultural identity of the agricultural peoples of the Himalayan Mountains.
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Are you are looking for a rainwater storage device. What are the options?
You could purchase a barrel from one of the major big boxes or one of the specialty stores on the Internet. But dont we have another option? Why dont we build our own?
Ferrocement jars have literally been around for centuries; [...]