Water harvesting workshop: 'Make your rain last into summer'
EUGENE, Ore. -- Dozens of people took shelter from the drizzly Saturday weather in a yurt set up in Alton Baker Park for a workshop on effectively harvest rainwater.
As the rain pattered against the canvas top of the wood-framed tent, local water harvesting expert Sarah Whitney told attendees how to capture their own roof runoff.
Whitney showed KVAL's Nicole Comstock many of the examples of rain harvesting set ups that were on display in the water wise demonstration garden. The garden is a collaboration between EWEB and the City of Eugene that showcases sustainable landscaping strategies. Today's workshop focused on taking winter rain water from the roof and using it for watering gardens later in the year.
"What we're trying to teach people here is how to measure the amount of water that's gonna come off your roof and then calculate storage and how much water you really need for your garden," said Whitney. "Then make it all work in a way that can make your rain water last into summer."
People at the workshop absorbed the calculations that they would need to apply to their own homes in order to construct a system that would work for their homes.
Whitney said that making these types of calculations is easy, and the systems generally only require a few supplies.
For more information on how to start harvesting your own rain water visit the EWEB Water Wise website.
Be careful, the parasitic state has decree'd that they OWN the water that falls from the sky...http://personalliberty.com/2012/07/30/man-arrested-for-collecting-rainwater-on-his-property/
If you have a garden as large as mine, you are going to need one huge collection system, otherwise your water is going to last about a day. I guess if you are watering a few potted plants and have a couple of 55 gallon drums you'd be ok for a short time. What all this is leading up to, get ready, meters on your wells. Yep, the water resources people are at this minute trying to figure a way to pull this off.Â
You are exactly right, they want to put meters on all our wells...after all it's their water that we drilled for ...paid a permit for...plumbed, and paid the electric bill for. I dodn't drilled that somebody else drilled it...I have 3 wells on my property..2 are dry..the third produces 1/2 a gallon a minute..685 feet down...I guess they can try and bill me for that..hehehe
Didn't a guy in Medford just get jail time for harvesting the government's rain water?
The guy in Medford had almost million gallons of water stored in pools..he was collecting water on his own land, but such a huge amount was affecting the city below his property, or so they say it was. I think he pissed off the wrong communist and got his wee wee smacked.
 @Springfielder I'm not sure, but I'd be curious to know. It's happened in plenty of places. More often fines though. Lots of fines.