Thursday, March 28, 2013

Rainwater Harvesting News


        At PGCD, we LOVE the concept of harvesting rainwater (and we do it at our offices in White Deer!) If you think collection systems are ugly and cumbersome, think again!





Here are a couple of items you should be aware of:
        A rainwater harvesting workshop will be held April 13 at the Potter County AgriLife Extension Service office in Amarillo, 3301 S.E. 10th Ave. This course will provide an overview of rainwater harvesting, its uses and applicability to conserving rainfall as a natural resource.

        The workshop will begin with registration at 2:30 p.m. and will end at 5 p.m. Cost of the workshop will be $15, payable at the door, and preregistration is recommended.
Concepts and techniques discussed will include passive and active rainwater harvesting, including rain gardens, landscape design, rain barrels, sanitation and maintenance. The use of rainwater for wildlife, livestock, pets, landscape and vegetable production, and in-home use will also be covered.
Everyone attending the workshop will have the opportunity to see a rainwater barrel built and may purchase as many harvesting barrels as they need. (Even if you don’t attend, you can purchase receptacles from the extension office.
For more information or to reserve a seat, contact Brandon Boughen at 806-373-0713.

The City of Amarillo Water Utility Department offers a financial incentive to encourage the use of rainwater as a supplement to municipal water for irrigation use.   The Financial incentive will be in the form of a one-time credit on your City of Amarillo utility bill.  For a brochure with all the details, go to water.amarillo.gov and click on “documents” in the menu, or click here.

5 comments:

  1. There are various ways by using we consume the rain water and re use it.we can also use rain water system as a decoration of the house.From that we gets the double benefits like the rain water harvest as well as for decorate the house.
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  2. Thanks for sharing your points and advice. Double benefits like the rain water harvest as well as for decorate the house. Attending the workshop will have the opportunity to see a rainwater barrel built and may purchase as many harvesting barrels as they need. rain harvest

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  3. Water is scarce, and saving rainwater is best ways in which this scarcity can be met and fulfilled. It can be directly collected and stored through tanks during the monsoon season under rain water harvesting.

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  4. Rainwater harvesting is a simple idea.Save water, use it anytime. People around the world have been rainharvest for thousands of years, but the concept is started to be used widely nowadays due water scarcity problems.

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