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Archives from October 2015
Check Out My Green Fire Times Article
Here's an article I wrote for "Green Fire Times." It's on page 21 of the October issue about Sustainable Santa Fe, and it's called "A River Runs Through Us."
10/07/2015 | (0) Comments
Roof-Reliant Landscaping™ Step 11A: Sizing Your Cistern: Part 1-Roof Size
One of the first steps in any roof-reliant landscaping project is estimating the appropriate size of your water storage tank. This estimate will be required as you begin to design your landscape, estimate its cost, create your water budget and schedule the installation of your project. Knowing the exact size of your system will, of course, be of critical importance when you actually design your cistern system.
You can determine the appropriate size of your cistern by taking the following simple steps:
• Calculate the catchment area of your roof
• Estimate your “normal” rainwater harvest
• Apply the One-Third Rule
10/05/2015 | (2) Comments
State’s Book Freed by Patti’s Tenacity
In the decade since contracting to be the “principal author” of the state’s free e-book, Roof-Reliant Landscaping: Rainwater Harvesting with Cistern Systems in New Mexico, water harvesting — the collection, conveyance, storage, filtration, and redistribution of rain, snow, sleet, hail, dew, and fog — has been gaining in popularity.
10/05/2015 | (0) Comments
