Essential Rainwater Harvesting

Michelle Avis, Rob Avis

Description

• Co-op available
• Features offered to: Mother Earth News, GreenBuilder
• Excerpts offered to: Home Power Magazine, Permaculture North America
• Advertising in: Mother Earth News, Hobby Farm, Permaculture North America
• Promoted on author's blog: https://vergepermaculture.ca/blog-2/ and Youtube: https://vergepermaculture.ca/blog-2/
• Promoted as part of the Sustainable Building Essentials Series with e-newsletter, social media, and advertising
• Galley available on Edelweiss
• Publicity and promotion in conjunction with the author's speaking engagements
• Simultaneous ebook release and promotion
• Promotion on New Society Publishers social media platforms including Facebook, Twitter, our blog, Pinterest, Instagram, and Youtube

• This book is part of the Sustainable Building Essentials Series
• The authors are co-owners of Verge Permaculture and Adaptive Habitat
• Both authors are professional engineers
• They have spent 5 years designing, installing and teaching about rainwater harvesting
• They have converted their suburban (Calgary) house into a permaculture project complete with front-yard food forest, water-harvesting systems, passive solar greenhouse, and energy retrofits
• As climate change continues to alter livable environments, the need to collect and control rainwater when it happens will become more and more important
• This book covers the nuts and bolts of rainwater harvesting systems for both warm and cold climates
• It covers system planning, gutters, downspouts, tank, and pump design
• Rainwater harvesting represents one of the largest new business opportunities for the next decade
• US and Canada are developing a joint North American Rainwater Harvesting Standard
• Authors blog at vergepermaculture.c/blog-2/
• Intended Audience: DIYers, homesteaders, engineers, architects, plumbers, roofers and gutter installation professionals, building exterior tradespeople, municipalities, landscapers, septic installers, plumbers

International: The authors were interns at Nordic Folkcentre for Renewable Energy in Denmark and studied permaculture in Canada, the US, and Australia

Dedication

Foreword

How To Use This Book

Chapter 1: Introduction

Chapter 2: Fundamentals

Chapter 3: Feasibility

Chapter 4: Anatomy of a Rainwater System

Chapter 5: Collection and Pre-Filtration

Chapter 6: Storage

Chapter 7: Pumps

Chapter 8: Assuring End-Use Water Quality

Conclusion: The Importance of Good Design

Appendix A: Conversion Table

Resources and References

Index

About the Authors

A Note About the Publisher

Sujets

• Do it yourself
• Conservation
• Rain
• Water
• General
• Flood (Internet)
• Environment
• Drought
• Plumbing
• General officer
• Appropriate technology
• Sustainable living
• Water quality
• Gutter
• Water supply
• Rainwater harvesting
• Conveyance
• Water resources
• Water security

Informations

• Publié par: New Society Publishers
• Date de parution: 12 mars 2021
• Nombre de lectures: 8
• EAN13: 9781897408476
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 908 Mo

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