Rainwater Harvesting Design, Installation, and Maintenance
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ARCSA Accredited Professional.
Roger Manley, a member of Garden Solutions Landscaping is an Accredited Professional with the American Rainwater Catchment Systems Association (ARCSA). Currently he is working toward the Certified Professional level. To contact Roger, use the phone number or email address on the card to the left, or click on the "Contact Us" button above, and fill in your information. For more information about (ARCSA) membership, training, conferences, guidelines, and rainwater harvesting information click on the following link. http://www.arcsa.org
Carmel Middle School "Green Building" Open House Saturday March 31st, 10am.
Please join Garden Solutions Landscaping and other contractors who helped build the "Green Building" at Hilton Bialek Habitat on Carmel Middle School grounds. Garden Solutions Landscaping designed and installed the 4,500 gallon rainwater harvesting system and will be onsite to talk with the public starting at 10am.
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Assemblyman Jose Solorio introduces the Rainwater Capture Act of 2012
Jose Solorio (D) representing the 69th Assembly District of Santa Ana, Garden Grove and Anaheim has introduced the Rainwater Capture Act of 2012. This is AB 1750 and can be found at the following site. Click on AB 1750 to see the current bill. Below is a brief summary from the Legislative Counsel's Digest.
(1) This bill would enact the Rainwater Capture Act of 2012, which would authorize residential, commercial, and governmental landowners to install, maintain, and operate rain barrel systems, as defined, and rainwater capture systems, as defined, for specified purposes, provided that the systems comply with specified requirements. (2) Existing law, the Contractors' State License Law, creates the Contractors' State License Board within the Department of Consumer Affairs and provides for the licensing and regulation of contractors. This bill would additionally authorize a landscape contractor working within the classification of his or her license to enter into a prime contract for the construction of a rainwater capture system, as defined, if the system is used exclusively for landscape irrigation. The bill would authorize a landscape contractor holding a specified classification to design and install all exterior components of a rainwater capture system that are not a part of, or attached to, a structure.
(1) This bill would enact the Rainwater Capture Act of 2012, which would authorize residential, commercial, and governmental landowners to install, maintain, and operate rain barrel systems, as defined, and rainwater capture systems, as defined, for specified purposes, provided that the systems comply with specified requirements. (2) Existing law, the Contractors' State License Law, creates the Contractors' State License Board within the Department of Consumer Affairs and provides for the licensing and regulation of contractors. This bill would additionally authorize a landscape contractor working within the classification of his or her license to enter into a prime contract for the construction of a rainwater capture system, as defined, if the system is used exclusively for landscape irrigation. The bill would authorize a landscape contractor holding a specified classification to design and install all exterior components of a rainwater capture system that are not a part of, or attached to, a structure.
Fall 2011 was a busy time for installing RWH systems!
Over the past 4 months we were very busy. With the start of the rainy season in October many local residents have become interested in catching rain and adding to their water resources. GSL just finished 4 projects in Carmel Valley including a 4,500 gallon installation at The Hilton Bialek Habitat at the Carmel Middle School. The water collected from the "butterfly" roof and the solar panel installation will be captured and reused to irrigate the building's green roof. GSL believes in the amazing educational work being done in this outdoor laboratory and volunteered the design, planning, procurement, and installation behind the brand new LEED certified classroom facility. GSL's Roger Manley worked collaboratively with Jason Sharrett, Assistant Director to complete the project. For more information on this special teaching facility click on the following link Hilton Bialek Habitat. To see all our new project installs click on the "Gallery" button above.
Click here to check out my visit to the McDowell Sonoran Preserve in Arizona.
Click here to check out my visit to the Columbia EcoVillage in Portland, Oregon.
Monterey Institute of International Studies Update October 23, 2011
On Sunday morning Roger Manley gave an update to the "Our Green Thumb Garden" student and community group. The presentation started with; 1) The need for water conservation, 2) What is rainwater harvesting, 3) MIIS RWH system design and current maintenance needs, 4) Third world application of RWH and disinfection. After discussion the group moved to the garden and went through the entire system design and reviewed the purpose of each of it's components (Leaf Eater, Graf downspout filter, and first flush). Each year new students and local residents manage and work in the garden and this is a way to transfer knowledge to the new group. The system collects 3,000 gallons from the adjacent building's catchment surface through 2 downspout filters and a central leaf eater and first flush. A hose connection is run downhill from the tank into multiple segmented garden plots where water into the plot is controlled with a valve. Gravity provides plenty of pressure to move the water from the tank to the plants receiving it.
Monterey Peninsula Water Information (Click here for details from Cal Am)
Monterey Peninsula Water Management District has run out of funds for rebates in 2011. Click here to see details from MPWMD.
See YouTube Video's about RWH from ARCSA expert Billy Kniffen
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Billy Kniffen - Known throughout Texas, Billy Kniffen has served in the Texas Agrilife Extension (part of Texas A & M University) for 29 years. In his current position as Texas AgriLife Extension Service Water Resource Specialist he has statewide responsibilities that focus largely on rainwater catchment education. During his career, he has served as a director and education coordinator for the American Rainwater Catchment Systems Association. He also helped organize the Texas Rainwater Catchment Association and served as its first president. Mr. Kniffen is a TAMU Board of Regents Fellow Service recipient. He and his wife Mary live in Menard in a home solely dependent upon rainwater.
Central Coast Rainwater Harvesting and Garden Solutions Landscaping join together for an integrated approach to landscape and rainwater harvesting!!!
Daniel Resendiz owns and operates Garden Solutions Landscaping (License # 907399) and has a tremendous breadth of skills to employ. His skill sets complement my rainwater harvesting background and combined we can offer the customer a complete landscape and water resource solution. Call Daniel at 831-224-4006 or use the "Contact Form" at the top of this page to contact me. Find out how rainwater harvesting can provide you additional water resources that currently are going down the drain, literally! Garden Solutions Landscaping has landscaped hundreds of homes on the Monterey Peninsula and we would love to have the opportunity to work with you! Click on the following link to go to the GSL web site. www.gardensolutionslandscaping.com
Why collect rainwater??
Want a great reason to collect rainwater? How about these pictures showing a beautiful raised bed vegetable garden!! All the fresh vegetables you want spring, summer, and fall. The owners of this Carmel Valley home have installed two 1,500 gallon rain tanks in January 2010 and are now enjoying the payoff with fresh vegetables every day. As of the beginning of July only about 20% of the water has been used, leaving plenty for the balance of the summer and fall. The water is brought to the garden from the rain tanks via a Grundfos MQ3-45 compression pump.
Click on the following to see the full rain water tank installation.
http://www.ccrwh.com/carmel-valley-village.html
Click on the following to see the full rain water tank installation.
http://www.ccrwh.com/carmel-valley-village.html
Concerned about water availability or the cost of water?
Central Coast Rainwater Harvesting was started in 2009 by Roger Manley to educate and consult on rainwater harvesting systems on the Monterey Peninsula and surrounding areas. Rainwater harvesting is the collection of rain from a "catchment" surface for irrigation, livestock, wildlife, washing cars, or in-home potable and non-potable uses. Catchment surfaces are typically roofs, parking lots or driveways. Rainwater can be harvested and stored in tanks for later usage, or directed into landscape areas to improve the health of the soil. From a storage tank, rainwater can be delivered via gravity or pump to its intended destination.
Water on the Central Coast has been tenuous at best and conservation measures taken by consumers make us some of the most efficient users in the country. Current desalination proposals being reviewed will provide more water, but at what cost? Desalinated water will cost almost 10 times as much as it currently costs to pump water out of the Carmel River and use a significant amount of power generated by fossil fuels further exacerbating the amount of carbon dioxide being pumped into the atmosphere.
Today in California 19% of the state's electricity, 30% of its natural gas usage, and 88 billion gallons of diesel fuel is consumed annually along the entire water value chain per the results of the California Energy Commission 2007 study (PDF file available for download below). This includes the conveyance, storage, treatment, distribution, and waste water collection. The study concludes the best single new supply of water to support growth over the next 25 years is water use efficiency. In other words we need to take advantage of what we have today more efficiently! Rainwater harvesting efficiently uses water previously directed into storm drains.
Water on the Central Coast has been tenuous at best and conservation measures taken by consumers make us some of the most efficient users in the country. Current desalination proposals being reviewed will provide more water, but at what cost? Desalinated water will cost almost 10 times as much as it currently costs to pump water out of the Carmel River and use a significant amount of power generated by fossil fuels further exacerbating the amount of carbon dioxide being pumped into the atmosphere.
Today in California 19% of the state's electricity, 30% of its natural gas usage, and 88 billion gallons of diesel fuel is consumed annually along the entire water value chain per the results of the California Energy Commission 2007 study (PDF file available for download below). This includes the conveyance, storage, treatment, distribution, and waste water collection. The study concludes the best single new supply of water to support growth over the next 25 years is water use efficiency. In other words we need to take advantage of what we have today more efficiently! Rainwater harvesting efficiently uses water previously directed into storm drains.
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