rainwater harvesting: Rainwater Harvesting Arizona

Tuesday, October 6, 2015

Rainwater Harvesting Arizona

rainwater harvesting arizona

on Tuesday became the first municipality in the country to require developers of commercial properties to harvest rainwater for landscaping director of the Arizona Builders Alliance's southern Arizona chapter, who served on the stakeholder committee Christina Bickelmann, a Tucson-based conservation specialist with the Arizona Department of Water Resources, said rainwater harvesting is an important practice that needs to be incorporated into landscaping. “Everyone’s getting more conscious of water That’s why states such as Colorado, Utah and Washington have made rainwater harvesting illegal, while Arizona, New Mexico and Texas encourage it. Santa Fe, N.M., requires rainwater- capture systems for homes larger than 2,500 square feet and for Rotstein with the Associated Press called "Commercial projects in Tucscon must start harvesting rainwater." The article says that the Arizona city has enacted the nation's first municipal rainwater harvesting ordinance for commercial projects. The Other examples include the Negev Desert, the desert areas of Arizona and Northwest Mexico and Southern Tunisia. The potential of water harvesting for improved crop production received great attention in the 1970s and 1980s. This was due to the widespread The problem with rainwater harvesting is that it is not spaced evenly throughout She also is a member of the High Country Xeriscape Council of Arizona and the author of articles on the subjects of gardening techniques that are appropriate for natural .

Innovative water harvesting techniques have the potential of turning even a little rainfall into a bountiful resource Lancaster, who lives in Tucson, Arizona, said every year he's able to harvest more than 100,000 gallons of rainwater at his home. Arizona may be known for rainfall is oftentimes scarce and water is a precious resource. That’s why it’s important for communities to take action to capture and use rainwater when it does fall. Water-harvesting and traffic-calming feature (known It’s the very dry southwestern states (AZ, NM, TX) with annual rainfall averages as low as 8” - 12” that are spearheading the re-birth of rainwater harvesting in the USA. Many California jurisdictions are beginning to follow suit, and in fact TUCSON, AZ — Starting next year The new Tucson law is believed to be the nation’s first municipal rainwater harvesting ordinance. Tucson receives 12 inches of rainwater a year. The city’s new ordinance allows passive harvesting, systems that .

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