Rain Water Harvesting and Gray Water Reuse Resources
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1 Rain Water Harvesting and Gray Water Reuse Resources Rain Water Harvesting Rooftop Collection Estimation: 1 inch of rainfall on 1,000 sq.ft. roof could collect 600 gallons of water Workshops: Check the U of A Pima County Cooperative Extension web site for upcoming classes Harvesting Rainwater for Landscape Use Pima County Cooperative Extension Office 4210 N Campbell Avenue Call Teri at to register. Watershed Management Group, Inc Free hands-on water harvesting and greywater workshops & Co-op Program (see below for more information). Sonoran Permaculture Guild (Dan Dorsey) (Barbara Rose) Web Sites, Books, Resources: Rainwater Harvesting (RWH) ARCSA American Rainwater Catchment Systems Association / arcsa.htm AZ Dept. of Revenue Tax Incentive Revised May 2008 to include RWH 25% of costs up to $1,000 for residential or $200/home builder: City of Tucson Water Harvesting Guidance Manual and CD-ROM available on-line to download at: or Harvesting Rainwater for Landscape Use (Tucson Water) University of Arizona Pima County Cooperative Extension The Nature Conservancy Rainwater Harvesting Demonstration Site Tours, Call for tour times 1510 E. Forth Lowell Rd Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands and Beyond-Volumes 1&2 author Brad Lancaster s book is available on his web site and locally at Native Seed Search on 4 th Avenue Great Web site with lots of information and resources Major source of information from Brad Lancaster s website: Brad Lancaster is the author of Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands and Beyond 1
2 Rainwater Harvesting for the Mechanically Challenged Suzy Banks & Richard Heinichen Tucson based non-profit that helps install rainwater harvesting systems for educational-based projects. Free hands-on water harvesting workshops, consulting, Co-op (attend workshops to learn and assist in constructing home systems including your own home after attending four workshops). Greywater Tucson based non-profit that helps install water harvesting systems for educational-based projects. Greywater Co-op ~ attend workshops to learn and assist in constructing home systems including your own home after attending four workshops. Graywater Guidelines, The Water Conservation Alliance of Southern Arizona (Water CASA) Create an Oasis with Greywater, Art Ludwig Santa Barbara, CA, Oasis Design web site Oasisdesign.net/greywater AZ Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ) Marci Mullins No permit needed for residential properties but commercial properties require a Type 3 Reclaimed Water Permit and subsurface irrigation for >400 gallons/day of greywater. AZ Dept. of Revenue Tax Incentive 25% of costs up to $1,000 for residential $200/home builder stub-outs for Greywater Water Harvesting Design and Consulting Rocky Brittain (Commercial and Residential) Barbara Rose (Residential) Lisa Lucking Hoffman (Residential) Zona Gardens - Scott Calhoun Landscape Design. No irrigation gardens. Fax Cistern Sellers & Installers Boyd Equipment S. Country Club- Norwesco tanks and fittings for adapting tanks for rainwater and greywater storage and delivery. Clean Water Brent Cluff 1881 W. Prince. Sells tanks ranging from 100 gallons to 3,000 gallons 2
3 Cistern Sellers & Installers (continued) Freeway Tank Sales S. Freeway (I-10 Access/22 nd St.); 35-10,000 gallon plastic and metal tanks Glas-Tek Chuck McCain; 5041 E. Corona Rd.; Fiberglass tanks Home Improvement & Maintenance, Inc Justin Cupp; Rain water collection & Landscape consultation. Loomis Tank Centers E. Ganley Rd.; Sells: HDPE plastic tanks ,000 gallons, rainhead screens for cisterns, cistern gauges, and greywater infiltration chambers for subsurface irrigation Native Roots Omar Ore-Giron; Earthworks and Rainwater Harvesting New Sonoran Rainscapes Kent Sorensen; Harvesting rainwater in sustainable landscapes. Installs cisterns, landscape design, & Earthworks. Oasis Water Harvesting Rick Weisberg; 4921 E. Hillcrest Dr. Hereford, AZ Sells rain chains, Norwesco tanks, and custom made plastic tanks of various sizes and colors. Installs cisterns. Silverbell Nursery N. Silverbell Rd.; Sells and installs cisterns. Southern Arizona Rain Gutters 299-RAIN ( ) 8987 E. Tanque Verde Rd. # , Sells Bushman plastic tank systems. Installs cisterns. Lisa Lucking Hoffman or Kevin Koch; Installs cisterns. There are various on-line tank dealers that will deliver. Make sure to consider the sun exposure if considering a plastic tank. Here are a few dealers, search the Web to find more Mechanized water-harvesting earthwork creation/excavation John Litzel of Little John Excavating Goodwillie Earthworks Water-harvesting earthwork / water-harvesting landscape creation New Sonoran Rainscapes Kent Sorensen [email protected] Wildworks Landscapes Incorporated Russ Buhrow and Dottie Motheral Wildscapes Scott Knight [email protected] 3
4 Water Harvesting Demonstration Sites The Nature Conservancy 1510 E. Ft. Lowell Rd Offers regular rainwater harvesting tours. Passive and active harvesting systems. Variety of cistern types and extensive native plantings. U of A Cooperative Extension Office 4210 N. Campbell Demonstration Gardens Active and passive systems. WalMart/Oro Valley Marketplace N. Oracle & W. Tangerine Rd. Underground tanks that capture rooftop runoff. No earthworks/passive water harvesting. Lee H Brown Family Conservation Learning Center at the Tucson Zoo S. Randolph Way Rainwater harvesting tanks & grey water reuse. LEED Platinum certified building Tucson Audubon Society Historic Y building at University and 5th Avenue Water harvesting depressions and plantings. Smart Building 1661 N. Swan Rainwater harvesting basins Ward 1 Council Office 940 W. Alameda Active & passive rainwater harvesting examples Ward 3 Council Office 510 E. Grant Active & passive rainwater harvesting examples Ward 6 Council Office 3202 E. 1 st St Planted basins Target 4040 N. Oracle Rd Planted basins Burns Wald-Hopkins Office downtown - Culvert cistern in back Country Club & Broadway GreenLots NE corner passive system with native plants UA Visitor Center Passive and active rainwater harvesting site Originate Large metal cistern Rincon Heights Neighborhood Cherry Ave. just south of 6 th Good example of streetscape and right of way water harvesting. Toltecalli Academy 251 W. Irvington near 6 th From parking lot can see basins, cistern, native plants, and vegetable garden Greywater Demonstration Site Esperanza en Escalante S Calle Polar. Wilmot & Golf Links Has a branched drain greywater system off laundry machine, open for public to view between 9am and 5pm 4
5 Greywater Installers Lisa Lucking Hoffman or Kevin Koch Desert Sky Home Repair, LLC PO Box 1765, Tucson, AZ Guy Cloutier Greywater Supplies Harrington Company 4141 E. Tennessee Ave Hose, pipe, fittings for adapting tanks and culverts for rainwater storage and delivery. Plumbing Suppliers, Inc E. Grant Road Flow Splitter parts Irrigation & Sprinkler Supply Company Grey pipe for conveyance of greywater 2130 E. 12 th St N. La Cholla Catalina Spas and Pools 4001 N. Runway Dr way Jandy valves Any pool and spa supplier Flexible hose & 3-way Jandy valve Integrated Rain Water Harvesting & Greywater Design Kevin Koch or Lisa Lucking Hoffman Brad Lancaster Barbara Rose (Residential & Community Design) Art Ludwig (Large Scale Greywater Design) Oasis Design Fax: ; 5 San Marcos Trout Club Santa Barbara, CA Site/Soil Assessment For Kitchen Resource Drain (KRD) and Other Alternative Homescale Wastewater Reuse Systems Nichols On-Site Engineering W Sweetwater Dr, Tucson, Arizona State Tax Incentives For Greywater and Rainwater Harvesting Systems AZ Dept. of Revenue Tax Incentive 25% of costs up to $1,000 for residential $200/home builder stub-outs for Greywater 5
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