The Water-Wise Home

Author: Laura Allen
Publisher: Storey Publishing, LLC
ISBN: 1603429204
Category : House & Home
Languages : en
Pages : 257

Book Description
Save the earth’s most precious resource while also saving yourself money. Laura Allen provides expert strategies for using water smartly and efficiently while fulfilling all of your home and garden needs. Learn how to create a water-wise landscape, reuse greywater, harvest rainwater, and even set up a waterless composting toilet. Offering proven techniques in clear and accessible language, The Water-Wise Home makes it easy to help the environment and lower your household operating costs through conserving water.

Greywater, Green Landscape

Author: Laura Allen
Publisher: Storey Publishing
ISBN: 1612128394
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 201

Book Description
Keep your lawn and garden lush without wasting resources by capturing and recycling the greywater that drains from your sink, shower, and washing machine. This accessible and detailed guide walks you through each step of planning for and installing a variety of greywater systems, including laundry-to-landscape and branched drain gravity-fed systems. After identifying greywater sources in your home and estimating flow rate, you’ll learn to pinpoint where to redirect the wastewater for the greatest benefit. No matter which system you decide to build, you'll have the information to construct it yourself or move forward with confidence to hire a professional.

Creating Rain Gardens

Author: Apryl Uncapher
Publisher: Timber Press
ISBN: 1604693975
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 205

Book Description
“A beautifully-written, practical guide to planning and creating your own rain garden.” —Green Upgrader You probably spend hundreds of dollars watering your yard, but there is an easy way to save money and resources—by collecting rain to reuse in front and backyards. In Creating Rain Gardens, water conservation experts Cleo Woelfle-Erskine and Apryl Uncapher walk you through the entire process, with step-by-step instructions for designing and building swales, French drains, rain gardens, and ephemeral ponds. From soil preparation, planting, troubleshooting, and maintenance, to selecting palettes of water-loving plants that provide four-season interest and a habitat for wildlife, Creating Rain Gardens covers everything you need to create a beautiful rain garden at home.

Gray Water Use in the Landscape

Author: Robert Kourik
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 36

Book Description

Greywater, Green Landscape

Author: Laura Allen
Publisher: Storey Publishing, LLC
ISBN: 1612128408
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 201

Create an Oasis with Greywater

Author: Art Ludwig
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780964343399
Category : House & Home
Languages : en
Pages : 144

Book Description
Offers instructions for creating and using a greywater system, and describes how these systems will relieve strain on the septic system while providing irrigation for residential use.

Backyard Roots

Author: Lori Eanes
Publisher: Skipstone Press
ISBN: 9781594857119
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
"Along the West coast, a range of people--from families with young children, to immigrants recapturing their homeland culture, to idealistic twenty-somethings seeking community--are turning their urban backyards into modern-day homesteads. Lori Eanes reveals the lives of 35 of these urban farmers through her photographs and stories"--P. [4] of cover.

Greywater Reuse

Author: Amit Gross
Publisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 1482255057
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 299

Book Description
Greywater Reuse examines the features and implications of greywater reuse scientifically, quantitatively, and thoroughly. Based on the authors' extensive studies of treatment facilities in urban and rural environments, development of greywater treatment systems, and research of potential environmental and health risks posed by greywater at differen

Dam Nation

Author: Laura Allen
Publisher: Soft Skull
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 360

Book Description
"Part radical history of water, part DIY guide to sustainable technologies. DAM NATION brings together an analysis of water's history with the active fight for its future."--Back cover

Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands and Beyond

Author: Brad Lancaster
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780977246434
Category : Arid regions agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
« "Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands and Beyond, Volume 1' is the first book in a three-volume guide that teaches you how to conceptualize, design, and implement sustainable water-harvesting systems for your home, landscape, and community. The lessons in this volume will enable you to assess your on-site resources, give you a diverse array of strategies to maximize their potential, and empower you with guiding principles to create an integrated, multi-functional water-harvesting plan specific to your site and needs. »--