Format: Paperback 

ISBN: 978-0-9772464-1-0

Pages: 419

Copyright Year: 2008

Availability: Usually ships within 24 to 48 hours unless otherwise noted in the product description.

Earthworks are one of the easiest, least expensive, and most effective ways of passively harvesting and conserving multiple sources of water in the soil. Associated vegetation then pumps the harvested water back out in the form of beauty, food, shelter, wildlife habitat, and passive heating and cooling strategies, while controlling erosion, increasing soil fertility, reducing downstream flooding, and improving water and air quality.

Building on the information presented in Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands Volume 1, this book shows you how to select, place, size, construct, and plant your chosen water-harvesting earthworks. It presents detailed how-to information and variations of a diverse array of earthworks, including chapters on mulch, vegetation, and greywater recycling so you can customize the techniques to the unique requirements of your site.

Real life stories and examples permeate the book, including:

• How curb cuts redirect street runoff to passively irrigate flourishing shade trees planted along the street
• How check dams have helped create springs and perennial flows in once-dry creeks
• How infiltration basins are creating thriving rain-fed gardens
• How backyard greywater laundromats are turning "wastewater" into a resource growing food, beauty, and shade that builds community, and more
• How to create simple tools to read slope and water flow
• More than 225 illustrations and photographs

Praise for Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands and Beyond Volume 2

"Get out your shovels and dance in the rain! That is what Brad Lancaster's second volume in his trilogy on rainwater harvesting will make you want to do. This outstanding book provides an abundance of well-documented ideas and tools for sustainable living in your watershed. You don't have to let wasteful, polluting, large-scale water systems get you down—get out, get wet, and become a positive part of the hydrological cycle!"

—David A. Cleveland, University of California, Santa Barbara and Center for People, Food and Environment; co-author of Food From Dryland Gardens.