Water Conservation Event by Green Ambassadors
Save Money, Save Water, Save Energy, Save Your World
DATE: Thursday, March 5, 2009
TIME: 6PM and 7PM
LOCATION: Environmental Charter High School
16315 Grevillea Ave, Lawndale, CA 90260
Rooms 143, 146, and 148
You will learn, from Green Ambassadors, how to make a water catchment system and have an opportunity to purchase one from Hey Tanks LA. All monies raised will go to support the Green Ambassadors spreading this solution to local elementary schools.
Free water conservation technologies (from Golden State Water Company), games, and knowledge!
The Green Ambassadors
16315 Grevillea Ave
Lawndale, California 90260
saralaimon (at) yahoo com 310 214 3400
I have my doubts about whether rain water catchment in cisterns or barrels on the scale that you can do it at a suburban home is really useful. The amount of water that you can retain isn't all that much compared to the amount that's falling on your property - 50 to 100 gallons doesn't go that far which is what the majority of people can implement. Plus, you'll quickly use it up in the ~2 weeks after the rain storm, and then you're left with the ugly barrel all dry season long.
A far better solution (and one I am trying to implement) is to shunt the rain water to permeable ground so that the soil can retain water for you. You can store far more water for far longer this way than in a barrel.
Still, I'm aware that I might be wrong and I'm curious about what the seminar has to say so I'll try to go.
I visited homes and hotels in Australia with huge barrels of ~2 meters in diameter. They were half buried and colored a dark green. One hotel had a whole row of them along the service side of the building.
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My townhouse's yard is too small for one of those. Moreover, we have wet and dry seasons. We can't store enough water to get us through 6 dry months. They need only hold enough water to get them 3-4 weeks between storms.
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