To Catch the Rain: Inspiring stories of communities coming together to harvest their own rain, and how you can do it too

This book is for everyone, and is especially written for:

  • Community members: Get inspired and take action. Learn from others building their own systems around the world. We have already received requests and sent pre-releases to Kenya, Tanzania, India, Mexico, Nepal, Dominican Republic, and the US.
  • Makers: Find the DIY details ready to be adapted to your local and global projects. See how other makers solved their problems.
  • Teachers: Use this in your Middle School, High School, and University courses. Provides context for education and practical experience to back up math, science, and social curriculum. Includes problem-sets to reinforce the knowledge in the book.
  • Students: Rejoice in strong practical reasons to be learning. The real stories bring the math and technical details to life. The custom diagrams and pictures deepen the learning.
  • Practivistas: Expand the resilience and impact of the idea that, instead of telling people what not to do, we can build better systems that people want to do.
  • People looking for inspiration and follow-through.

To Catch the Rain includes project details and images from dozens of Appropedia contributors. The Appropedia Foundation is a non-profit dedicated to "sharing knowledge to build rich, sustainable lives." Up-to-date resource pages on Appropedia support each of the projects and resources in the book for long term follow-up. Some of the projects have been updated periodically online for over a decade!

Thanks to a special arrangement with the publisher, Humboldt State Press, all of the net proceeds from sales will go back into the book and to the Appropedia Foundation. In addition, the content is licensed open source, as Creative Commons, so you can share it however you like!

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To Catch the Rain: Inspiring stories of communities coming together to harvest their own rain, and how you can do it too

This book is for everyone, and is especially written for:

  • Community members: Get inspired and take action. Learn from others building their own systems around the world. We have already received requests and sent pre-releases to Kenya, Tanzania, India, Mexico, Nepal, Dominican Republic, and the US.
  • Makers: Find the DIY details ready to be adapted to your local and global projects. See how other makers solved their problems.
  • Teachers: Use this in your Middle School, High School, and University courses. Provides context for education and practical experience to back up math, science, and social curriculum. Includes problem-sets to reinforce the knowledge in the book.
  • Students: Rejoice in strong practical reasons to be learning. The real stories bring the math and technical details to life. The custom diagrams and pictures deepen the learning.
  • Practivistas: Expand the resilience and impact of the idea that, instead of telling people what not to do, we can build better systems that people want to do.
  • People looking for inspiration and follow-through.

To Catch the Rain includes project details and images from dozens of Appropedia contributors. The Appropedia Foundation is a non-profit dedicated to "sharing knowledge to build rich, sustainable lives." Up-to-date resource pages on Appropedia support each of the projects and resources in the book for long term follow-up. Some of the projects have been updated periodically online for over a decade!

Thanks to a special arrangement with the publisher, Humboldt State Press, all of the net proceeds from sales will go back into the book and to the Appropedia Foundation. In addition, the content is licensed open source, as Creative Commons, so you can share it however you like!

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To Catch the Rain: Inspiring stories of communities coming together to harvest their own rain, and how you can do it too

To Catch the Rain: Inspiring stories of communities coming together to harvest their own rain, and how you can do it too

To Catch the Rain: Inspiring stories of communities coming together to harvest their own rain, and how you can do it too

To Catch the Rain: Inspiring stories of communities coming together to harvest their own rain, and how you can do it too

Overview

This book is for everyone, and is especially written for:

  • Community members: Get inspired and take action. Learn from others building their own systems around the world. We have already received requests and sent pre-releases to Kenya, Tanzania, India, Mexico, Nepal, Dominican Republic, and the US.
  • Makers: Find the DIY details ready to be adapted to your local and global projects. See how other makers solved their problems.
  • Teachers: Use this in your Middle School, High School, and University courses. Provides context for education and practical experience to back up math, science, and social curriculum. Includes problem-sets to reinforce the knowledge in the book.
  • Students: Rejoice in strong practical reasons to be learning. The real stories bring the math and technical details to life. The custom diagrams and pictures deepen the learning.
  • Practivistas: Expand the resilience and impact of the idea that, instead of telling people what not to do, we can build better systems that people want to do.
  • People looking for inspiration and follow-through.

To Catch the Rain includes project details and images from dozens of Appropedia contributors. The Appropedia Foundation is a non-profit dedicated to "sharing knowledge to build rich, sustainable lives." Up-to-date resource pages on Appropedia support each of the projects and resources in the book for long term follow-up. Some of the projects have been updated periodically online for over a decade!

Thanks to a special arrangement with the publisher, Humboldt State Press, all of the net proceeds from sales will go back into the book and to the Appropedia Foundation. In addition, the content is licensed open source, as Creative Commons, so you can share it however you like!

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781947112049
Publisher: Humboldt State University Press
Publication date: 01/23/2018
Pages: 164
Product dimensions: 8.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.45(d)

Table of Contents

Foreword xi

Preface xv

Free as in Stone Soup and Liberty xx

1 Introduction 1

1.1 Rainwater Harvesting 3

1.2 Rainwater Harvesting Types 4

2 Components 7

2.1 Catchment Surface9

2.2 Conveyance (Gutters and Downspouts) 16

2.3 Screens 23

2.4 First-Flush 28

2.5 Storage 35

2.6 Water Purifcation41

2.7 End Use 46

2.8 Labels and Signs 47

3 Pressure 51

3.1 Mass and weight 53

3.2 Calculating Pressure 55

4 Calculations 57

4.1 Usage 57

4.2 Catchment Area 60

4.3 Gutter and Downspout Sizing 62

4.4 First-Flush Sizing 66

4.5 Catchment Volume 69

4.6 Usage Versus Catchment and Storage 74

5 Full Systems and Stories 75

5.1 Community Scale in Chiapas, Mexico 77

5.2 Water for School Use in La Yuca, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic 85

5.3 Daycare Garden in Parras de la Fuente, Mexico 93

5.4 Water for a School Garden in Eureka, California, USA 97

5.5 Democracy Unlimited, Eureka, California 103

5.6 More Systems 107

5.7 Organizations 109

5.7.1 Isla Urbana 109

5.7.2 Spring Health 113

6 Other Useful Stuff 115

6.1 Units Related to Water 115

6.2 More Information 118

6.3 Economics 119

6.4 Laws 121

6.5 Disclaimer 121

6.6 Cleaning 122

7 Problem Sets 123

7.1 Usage 123

7.2 Catchment 124

7.3 Storage 126

7.4 Gutters 127

7.5 First-Flush 127

7.6 Purifcation 128

7.7 Synthesis 128

Afterword 131

Works Cited 133

Index 137

Author Bio 141

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