Essential Rainwater Harvesting: A Guide to Home-Scale System Design

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