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December 2006
The Southlands property is one of the last feral plots on the ...
Royal Gazette - Bermuda
... The ponds were topped up by rainwater and had an intricate overflow system that ... evokes an old untamed Bermuda and glimpses of a lost garden paradise evidence
Just waiting for the sun
Tarankai Daily News - Taranaki,New Zealand... be sprayed, the vegetable garden cries out for attention and a roll of unplanted leeks is growing hydroponically in an increasingly full bucket of rainwater.
Let it rain: Harvesting rainwater conserves and saves money
Santa Cruz Sentinel - Santa Cruz,CA,USA
... installation depend on the site complexities and the garden's water storage ... Distribution of rainwater through an effective irrigation system is paramount in ...
Savings mean more than a drop in the bucket
The Age - Melbourne,Victoria,Australia
No water wallies: Peter Bau and son Jacob water their outdoor plants from water saved in their Brunswick house and from collected rainwater. THE garden hose in ...
Houghton's snow angel record survive North Dakota challenge
MLive.com - MI,USA... Tech biochemistry major who helped organize February's record-breaking attempt, said he and other students have been monitoring Bismarck's weather for about a ..
Rain brings Christmas cheer
NEWS.com.au - Australia
... parched Southern Tablelands city of Goulburn is celebrating after record-breaking rain gave ... Council deputy mayor Ken Sullivan said the wet weather had filled ...
Toronto Braces For The First Significant Snowfall of The Winter
CityNews - Toronto,Canada Environment Canada has issued a special weather statement for much of the province ... residents in Fort Erie are still recovering from the record breaking fall on
White Christmas aspirations melt in warm weather
Staunton News Leader - Staunton,VA,USA
... Rising temperatures neared record-breaking highs in the Valley on Saturday, approaching the 65-degree mark set in 1949, according to Accu-weather.com. ...
When it rains, it's porous
San Francisco Chronicle - CA, USA
... When the University of California Botanical Garden in Berkeley decided to redo its entryway ... of pervious concrete can absorb 3 to 5 gallons of rainwater a minute ..
PHOTO AVAILABLE: Rainwater Management Solutions Add German Proven Eworldwire (press release) - Succasunna,NJ,USA... A rainwater harvesting system using WISY Vortex filters and system components offers a ... while the wider 0.44mm grid will provide water for garden irrigation and ...
Warnings on worse water restrictions
The Australian - Sydney,Australia
... non-mains water users would not apply to grey water or rainwater collected in ... Parkside in Adelaide's south, installed a tank in her family's garden 18 months
Underground reservoir in Erdos Basin
People's Daily Online - Beijing,China
... Approximately 10.5 billion cubic meters of water has been discovered underground, 5.8 billion cubic meters of which will be available to use each year. ...
Restoring Streams Expensive, Unending
Mount Vernon Gazette - VA,USA
... pipes to his house’s downspouts to run water into a flower garden. ... building them in places where water collects, homeowners can release rainwater into the ...
Sequiota stream an important reminder
News-Leader.com - Springfield,MO,USA
... a few things that the gathering reddish silt is not, but the mystery as to ... Perhaps an ancient sinkhole was expanded by the recent winter rain and ice storm. ...
Colin Evans Garden Tips 14/12
BBC Berkshire - UK
... These are safe to use and will get rid of these garden pests before they decimate ... the wet so put gravel on the pots or around plants to make rainwater run off ...
2006: Drought, floods, and broken records
ABC Science Online - Australia
Planet Earth had its sixth hottest year on record and a deluge of severe record-breaking weather, according to a new report.
Roger Clissold: How Nature Seals Flare Pits And Other Watery Facts
Nickle's Energy Group - Calgary,Canada
... to reveal its client's name, Clissold explains that the research involved three ... those minute cracks flows rainwater which helps to recharge underground aquifers ...
Polished gem
Courier Mail - Australia
... of polished granite flooring. The house and garden are serviced by rainwater tanks of 180,000 litres. They built garden bed edgings
City moving to 'green' working
Yorkshire Post Today - Leeds,Yorkshire,UK
... Rainwater will be collected to flush the toilets as well as watering the garden, and lights will be triggered by motion sensors to prevent energy being wasted ...
Water worries plague proposed mega-mall
Business Edge - Calgary,Alberta,Canada
By Laura Severs - Business Edge. A massive $1.5-billion racetrack, gaming, entertainment and retail development planned northeast
³Rainstore underground water storage system
Infolink Architecture & Building - Australia
... With an underground water storage system there are no detrimental effect on the environment, no rivers dammed, no farmers or communities displaced, no trees ...
November 2006
My Backyard Bog: Smart landscaping for rainy days
The Daily Score - San Mateo,CA,USA
... These should help sequester the rainwater where I want it—in confined areas ... Washington--similarly cursed with saturated soils—who created a bog garden.
Water trading is drought profiteering
Green Left Weekly - Chippendale,NSW,Australia
... But just how well will restrictions, water saving devices such as dual-flush toilets and rainwater tanks, and water trading schemes tackle the problem?
Mixed Green -- Phantom power takes its toll
Dunn County News - Menomonie,WI,USA
... It may be purchasing rain barrels to capture rainwater for use in the garden, such as has recently been done by a group of Menomonie citizens. ...
Rainwater storage - underground water tanks
Infolink Architecture & Building - Australia
The award winning and innovative underground water tanks, from Spacepac Industries are a new generation of underground rainwater storage and recycling tanks. ...
Flooding Continues to Plague Pender County
WECT - Wilmington,NC,USA
PENDER COUNTY - A flood warning remains in effect for the Northeast Cape Fear River, and the flooded roads and yards are forcing many people to use boats ...
A confusing strategy to save water
Advertiser Adelaide - Adelaide,South Australia,Australia
... involving limitations on the use of household garden sprinklers depending on ... such as grey water recycling, installation of practical-size rainwater tanks, and ...
Thorny problems: sickly cyclamen, beetles about, climber control
Telegraph.co.uk - United Kingdom
... like all houseplants, cyclamen behave best if watered with room-temperature rainwater. ... is worried about unidentified plants and nasties in her new garden
’Mantecas leaf collection starts up this Monday
Manteca Bulletin - Manteca,CA,USA
... sure that leaves do not clog the gutter and block the flow of rainwater. ... All other garden trimmings such as grass clippings and tree prunings are not included ...
Teri Etchells: Price is too low for H2O
The Australian - Sydney,Australia
We have been told that we need desalination plants, rainwater tanks, limits on watering our gardens, recycling ... Watering your garden for an hour costs about 50c
Harvesting rain from heaven above
Stanly News & Press - Albemarle,NC,USA
... Green homes use technology that help the environment in many ways. One of the by-products of green homes is after the cost of the ...
How does your garden grow?
The Age - Melbourne,Victoria,Australia
... common her shift away from the traditional to a garden suited to ... restrictions already apply, grey water diverted from washing machines, rainwater collected in ...
Log cabin to become focal point of project
South Bend Tribune - South Bend,IN,USA
... The master gardeners may use the site to feature a rain garden, which would direct rainwater to the garden rather than storm sewers. ...
Garden where good eating grows
Mail & Guardian Online - Johannesburg,South Africa
... Rainwater harvesting pits are used to collect run-off and prevent the loss of soil nutrients to what he refers to as the “evil” of erosion. ...
Rough-hewn log history
Henderson Gleaner - Henderson,KY,USA
... Among the concepts the group plans to show is a rain garden, which enables rainwater runoff to flow into a garden rather than a storm sewer.
Letting the days go by, water flowing underground -- but maybe not ...
Seattle Post Intelligencer - USA
Check out this new report on the crisis brewing across a 2,000-square-mile swath of eastern Washington where farmers are pumping underground water supplies ...
Asheville considering living roof on public building
WHNS - USA ASHEVILLE, NC The Asheville City Council is considering a "green" roof for the top of its Civic Center. The roof would be similar ...
Drain lines, treat water to prepare pool for winter's rest Robertson County Times - TN,USA Just like a garden or a car, your swimming pool needs special attention with ... winter, occasionally check that the cover is tight and remove rainwater and leaf ...
If you want to go green, send for the friendly eco-auditor
The Observer - UK... The Bookers have begun collecting rainwater off the roof of their house in water butts to use in their garden instead of reaching for the hose and are starting ...
Water flows from rooftop to rain garden
Gresham Outlook - Gresham,Oregon,USA
... system is soil filtration, which removes pollutants from the rainwater before it ... Besides the positive environmental impact, the rain garden is also an economic ...
Relief rains down
Bendigo Advertiser - Bendigo,Victoria,Australia... Strathdale resident Ian Kirkby said the falls not only provided a welcome drink for the garden, but put valuable water in newly installed rainwater tanks.
Family works for greener grass
Daily Telegraph - Sydney,New South Wales,Australia... include a rainwater tank and increased cross ventilation to eliminate the need for air conditioning. There are also plans for a more drought tolerant garden. ...
Water restrictions and fines too little, too late
Border Mail - Albury,New South Wales,Australia... outlaw practices including hosing driveways or paths or using garden watering systems ... Raising water saving issues, such as rainwater tanks, now is shutting the
Waste not, want not, and the drought will be history
Sydney Morning Herald - Sydney,New South Wales,Australia... I grew up on rainwater. ... With 20,000 litres storage, we could be self-sufficient in water for garden and toilets and eventually purify it for all our needs. ...
October 2006
York tests for groundwater contamination
KHAS-TV - Hastings,NE,USA
The source of the contamination is an empty missile silo five miles outside of York. Experts now believe it has spread within a half–mile of town.
The water crisis
Cosmos - Sydney,Australia
... in recent years, recycled water can be made to be purer than rainwater. ... passing though filters and disinfection before travelling on to the garden tap at
Water crackdown starts Wednesday
Border Mail - Albury,New South Wales,Australia
... In Albury, anyone caught hosing driveways or paths or using garden watering systems ... urging a $650 state grant available in Sydney to install rainwater tanks be
Home savings diverted to family pools
The Age - Melbourne,Victoria,Australia
... a AAA-rated shower head, a rain sensor for their watering system and spreading mulch around the garden. Other ideas included installing a rainwater tank or a ...
Eco building
Times Online - UK
... I have installed my rainwater system — a tank sunk in the ground to collect and re ... the system, and a landscaper to sort out the mess where your garden used to ...
Protecting trees from the frost pocket
Roanoke Times - Roanoke,VA,USA
... Send questions about your lawn, garden, plants, or insects to: ... A: My advice starts with ideas to keep your current trees: save rainwater in a huge cistern to ...
“”Healthy Home Improvements and Waste-To-Energy Plants
Southwest News-Herald - Chicago,IL,USA
... savings on utility bills. Likewise, capturing rainwater and shower “gray-water” to irrigate the garden is another smart move. ...
Firms beating the heat
The Daily Yomiuri - Osaka,Japan... They receive water from a rainwater tank. ... transformed the rooftop of its building in Wako, Saitama Prefecture, into a leafy garden in July 2005. ...
Unique water saving project
Aratat Advertiser - Aratat,VIC,Australia
The EGHS Rainwater Tank Farm Project will capture and harvest rainwater to a ... into main potable reticulation for showers, toilet flushing and garden irrigation. ...
Rain, rain, don't go away, stay to fill a garden today
Contra Costa Times - CA,USA... a long ditch lined with rocks -- that collects and holds more runoff; the old cistern he's cleaned out and reconnected to store rainwater for garden use; the ...
Namibia: Cloudburst Catches Windhoek Off Guard
AllAfrica.com - Washington,USA... I then went onto the veranda an sat on the garden table and waited ... the problem was compounded by garbage and rubble swept along by the rainwater, which clogged
Water crisis affects urban Australia
ABC Online - Australia... KATE NOBLE: Up to 70 per cent of household water use could be saved if we connected a rainwater tank to the garden, the laundry and the toilet.
Water woes plague DeBary residents
Orlando Sentinel - Orlando,FL,USA
After lightning disabled a well, folks at Meadowlea-on-the-River can't even flush toilets, some say. The DeBary residents who were
Garden-variety fixes
Providence Journal - Providence,RI,USA... Yes, if you want to add the nitrogen-rich grounds to a compost pile or plan to work them thoroughly into a garden bed. ... Rainwater, of course, is ideal.
Drinking in the view
Wilkes Barre Times-Leader - Wilkes Barre,PA,USA
... long ditch lined with rocks — that collects and holds more runoff; the old cistern he has cleaned out and reconnected to store rainwater for garden use; the
Forgiving fall
OregonLive.com - Portland,OR,USA
... I just worked the material in with a garden fork, leaving some chunks, and ... I added two 60-gallon oak barrels for harvesting rainwater from the garage roof via ...
Casey leaps to save litres
Berwick News - Pakenham,Victoria,Australia
... soil moisture and rain sensors for the garden or home ($30). Other rebates include dual flush toilet ($50), greywater system ($500), rainwater tanks ($150 ...
All taps off in the outside world
Sydney Morning Herald - Sydney,New South Wales,Australia... Garden lovers are turning to native plants and grey water; the region's biggest ... its water bills, and a major car dealership has installed rainwater tanks to ...
Unusual beauty
San Luis Obispo Tribune - San Luis Obispo,CA,USA Over the past 30 years on the Nipomo Mesa, Robert and Carol Scott have created a vast garden of beautiful and unusual plants. They ...
.September 2006
Garden City moves to level 5
Courier Mail - Australia... Restrictions do not apply to bore, grey or rainwater. ... a small tank which had made a big difference in keeping her small vegetable, herb and flower garden alive ...
Water Detectives track down a precious drop ABC Regional Online - Australia... came off the roof and whether it would be financially viable to install rainwater tanks ... were full putting the water into buckets to be placed on the garden beds ...
Pavers to collect their own water
ABC Science Online - Australia
Carparks, patios and other paved areas could one day collect rainwater, purify it then channel it to underground tanks for reuse, say researchers.
Water is yours for the taking with rain garden
Annapolis Capital - Annapolis,MD,USA
... a long ditch lined with rocks - that collects and holds more runoff; the old cistern he has cleaned out and reconnected to store rainwater for garden use; the ...
HOME FROM HOME FOR THE KIDS
Mid Sussex Today - Sussex,UK
... The designs are environmentally sensitive with solar panels installed in the roof and rainwater collection devices for us in the lavatories and the garden. ...
Growing greener
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review - Pittsburgh,PA,USA... natural resources, has created a series of workshops teaching people how to "harvest" their rainwater to prevent ... "One, it creates soil for your garden; and two
Build a rain barrel to water garden
Miami Herald - FL,USA... Collecting rainwater in a barrel directs moisture away from building foundations. • A full barrel will provide water to 240 square feet of garden space ...
Swarm of mosquitoes plague region this year
Beaver County Times - Beaver County,PA,USA
Bob and Marcy Carpenter and their two sons relished the great outdoors, with nary a thought of contracting the West Nile virus - until mosquitoes in their back ...
FROM GREY WATER TO A SILVER GILT
Mid Sussex Today - Sussex,UK... with its farm and horticultural work, Heyworth Primary School has a vegetable garden and greenhouse plants, which they irrigate using rainwater collected in
Despite drought water companies fail efficiency targets
24dash.com - Hereford,Herefordshire,UK
... and sophisticated rainwater harvesting systems that store and use rainwater for non ... campaign with DIY shop B&Q to distribute outdoor and garden water efficiency ...
Cities Look to Reduce Pesticides and Save Water
MyMotherLode.com - Sonora,CA,USA... It's a start in putting rainwater back into the ground rather than taking pollutants into ... We stopped using pesticides many years ago in our Bay Area garden.
Collecting rainwater: A fulfilling practice
Jackson Clarion Ledger - Jackson,MS,USA I finally got some good rain, which was a little late for some stuff in my garden, but just in time for other plants and to soften the ground for fall planting ...
New Rainwater Harvesting System Designed for use in the Garden
AZoBuild - Sydney,Australia
A new rainwater harvesting system which is designed for use in the garden and could prove invaluable for people beset by hosepipe bans, or on water meters, has ...
Underground rainwater tanks
Infolink Architecture & Building - Australia
With the latest addition of a 7,500 litre underground rainwater tank, Coastline Plastics ... tanks can all be installed under a driveway, house or in the garden. ...
Gardeners Find an Upside to
iBerkshires.com - North Adams,MA,USA... the workshop, too: “Rain-catching leads to beautiful garden projects and ... establishing rain gardens, and other techniques for catching and storing rainwater. ...
Underground solution to green school
Sydney Morning Herald - Sydney,New South Wales,Australia
A MAN-MADE underground river and dams that capture stormwater run-off and rainwater have been built at a small public school as part of a unique water ...
Soaked by more than rains
USA Today - USA
... Record-breaking rainfall across the northeast this June created headaches for beleaguered ... didn't establish a special policy to handle weather-related passenger ...
Home, green home
The Age - Melbourne,Victoria,Australia... But if you do get a solar power station on your roof or get rainwater tanks in your garden, then every time it's sunny or it's raining, you'll feel good about ...
A source deep in the Earth
Chicago Daily Herald (subscription) - Chicago,IL,USA
... The water then travels from west to east down an underground slope toward Lake ... are more like pockets of sand and gravel filled with water hidden among clay and
The big dry
The Age - Melbourne,Victoria,Australia
... watering they have even managed to keep a rose garden out the ... Already government incentives encourage installation of urban rainwater tanks to flush toilets or ...
Record-breaking rain storms uproot trees, blow out power lines MyWestTexas.com - Midland,TX,USA... trees, downed power lines and record-breaking rainfall. There were even reports of a microburst, although authorities with the National Weather Service in ...
—Summer Of 2006 Was Dry In Central TexasVery Dry
KWTX - Waco,TX,USAg heat has made crop and livestock production even ... Peanuts are in fair to good condition and will need some hot, dry weather to finish out.
August 2006
Build a bog
The Herald - Everett,WA,USA
... Oudean of Willow Creek Nursery explained how to create a bog in your garden: ... Using rainwater or distilled water, fill the pond slowly and gently rinse and ...
Making wealth out of rubbish
Border Mail - Albury,New South Wales,Australia... operative Research Centre for Contamination Assessment and Remediation of the Environment is testing a range of methods for breaking down the underground toxins ...
New bricks and natural stones pave the way
OCRegister - Orange County,CA,USA
... "People see really creative patios and garden paths on TV ... for Rush Lake Gardens, predicts that these concrete pavers, designed to direct rainwater runoff into ...
Beautiful, natural looking rain gardens can be great addition for ...
Birmingham News - Birmingham,AL,USA
... Anything you can do to capture rainwater accomplishes a two-fold benefit of water ... Fall is the best time to establish a rain garden because it's the best time ...
Making every drop count
Courier Mail - Australia
... Invest in a rainwater tank. ... and the Ottways have that in truckloads – their social life is put on hold when they're preparing for a garden competition, or ...
Philadelphia's `Green' Formula For Swimmable, Drinkable Water
Hartford Courant - United States
... It's advocating "rainwater harvesting" - rainspout barrels homeowners can attach to water downspouts and use later for garden watering. ...
Gardeners given a life saver
Courier Mail - Australia
... BCC figures meanwhile confirm there has been a stampede for rainwater tanks since ... Nursery and Garden Industry of Queensland senior vice-president Brian Hillier ...
MSU Extension provides free on-line drought resources
Montana State University - United States
Many of the links go to Extension publications, including water conservation tips for the home, rainwater harvesting, yard and garden water management, and ...
Mass layoffs at nurseries
Courier Mail - Australia
... Nursery and Garden Industry of Queensland chief executive Don Scotts, whose organisation ... "We've only survived because I diversified into (rainwater) tanks and ...
‘’Be water wise this summer
Aldergrove Star - Aldergrove,British Columbia,Canada
... Other techniques for Water Wise gardening include collecting rainwater, watering in the early ... neighbours, and even themselves for the Water Wise Garden Contest ...
’Catch it, its rain where it falls
GreaterKashmir.com (press release) - Srinigar,India... the rainwater harvesting system is their flexibility. A system can be as simple as a whiskey barrel placed under a rain gutter downspout for watering a garden ...
Lush plantings rich in culture
Courier Mail - Australia... She has a 250-litre rainwater tank to augment the supply to the garden on the 1065sq m property and she feels genuine satisfaction when she sees her efforts
Face of the future
Courier Mail - Australia... The subtropical garden with Asian influences at the front of the property owes its ... The dam holds about 100,000 litres and collects rainwater and roof run-off ...
Couple set example for taking water conservation to new level
KVOA.com - Tucson,AZ,USA. company to install guttering around their home and invested in four 60-gallon barrels to collect the rainwater. ... "It's very easy to maintain a garden that has ...
Brilliant blueberries
Telegraph.co.uk - United Kingdom
... I use only water from my rainwater butts and initially potted them up in lime ... Buy both packs for £25·90 and save £6. Please call Telegraph Garden Service on
Biello family practices what so many others are just beginning to ...
Pocono Record - Stroudsburg,PA,USA... chicks. They also have an organic garden to take care of with the help of a heaping pile of compost and a rainwater collector. Organic ...
Cutting consumption, street by street
The Age - Melbourne,Victoria,Australia... conserving water by installing a drip irrigation system in her garden, recycling the ... star shower rose or a dual-flush toilet; for others, a rainwater tank or a ...
Peirce: Following Philly's 'green' formula for storm water
Houston Chronicle - United States
... It's advocating "rainwater harvesting" — rainspout barrels homeowners can attach to water downspouts and use later for garden watering. ...
Community grows together with garden
Beloit Daily News - Beloit,WI,USA
... donated and transplanted some items from their own garden. The scouts had worked until dusk the day before, hauling in materials for the rainwater collector
Drought fails to wilt entrants
Courier Mail - Australia... The Roggeveens have adopted waterwise principles, capturing all the rainwater they can and recycling all household water for the garden. ...
HOMES: 'Is city ready for huge expansion?'
Peterborough Evening Telegraph - Peterborough,England,UK... "Secure storage facilities can be provided for cycles. Rainwater from roofs. can be collected for use in watering the garden. In a hundred small ways, we.
Aim of rain barrels is to promote conservation
Kingston Mariner - Marshfield,MA,USA... and Game Department's Riverways Program, to help conserve and recycle rainwater in the ... Blackman, used the rain barrel to water the flower box garden in front ..
We Must Protect These Streams
Potomac Almanac - VA,USA
... Rain garden — A depression carved into one’s yard that helps absorb rainwater. ... Rain roof — A rooftop garden that soaks up rainwater. ...
Clean with a conscience
Independent - London,England,UK
... Chisels, screwdrivers, garden shears, lawn tools and even saw blades can be restored to ... Instead, invest in a rainwater collection system for these activities. ...
Practising what he preaches
Courier Mail - Australia... their Queenslander at bayside Wynnum and set about transforming the traditional garden into a ... went most of the lawn, in went a 21,000-litre rainwater tank and ..
July 2006
Plant plants that will eat the bugs in a bog
Redlands Daily Facts - Redlands,CA,USA... alive, it is imperative that you water them with distilled water, rainwater or reverse ... Thus was born the Savage Water Garden, which my wife, kids and I enjoy ...
State misses easy mark
Rutland Herald - Rutland,VT,USA
... As the manure goes through the anaerobic digester, it emits methane, 20 times as powerful a greenhouse gas as carbon dioxide, and the methane is burned off to ...
Bellingham garden is a feast for both the eyes and the palate
Bellingham Herald - Bellingham,WA,USA... feet on a terraced lot. We have a numbers of rain barrels and capture up to 500 gallons of rainwater each year to water the garden.
Couple's gardens enchant grandkids, protect environment
Pioneer Press - St. Paul,MN,USA
... award, the Wolks attended an awards ceremony and learned about the environmental benefits of a rain garden. The idea is to catch polluted rainwater from roofs ...
Cistern's rainwater meets family's outdoor needs
Waterloo Record - Waterloo,Ontario,Canada He and his wife, Mary, water their garden frequently, sometimes twice a day. ... gallon (2,270-litre) cistern that Stevens installed to collect rainwater from the
Water-saving tips for lawn & garden
Coquitlam Tri City News - B.C., Canada... Collect rainwater from your roof and down spouts in a rain barrel or other ... Apply a layer of mulch around garden plants, shrubs and trees to retain moisture .
Rain puts damper on gardening
Beaumont Enterprise - Beaumont,TX,USA... "They actually seem to like rainwater better than well ... in customers battling insect infestations, said Eric Bergeron, manager of the lawn and garden center at ..
A water-logged yard blooms again
Baltimore Sun - United States
... It can be a way for homeowners to redirect rainwater that otherwise ... of Mexico," says Sue Cubberly, whose Chicago-based firm, Rain Garden Network (consisting of ...
Bass Pro to feature lake, 19,000-gallon aquarium
Naples Daily News - Naples,FL,USA... It will also be the first Bass Pro to feature a rain garden, which is a basin that will collect rainwater runoff and percolate it back through the soil.
Council to assist pensioners
Scoop.co.nz (press release) - New Zealand... “Rainwater is ideal for garden irrigation during the summer months, and we’re pleased we can install these into the gardens of some of the area’s most ...
CITIES REWARD 'LIFESTYLE' THAT CONSERVES WATER
National Center for Policy Analysis - Dallas,TX,USA... Albuquerque also offers credits to residents who reuse rainwater or install water ... faucet aerators, dye tablets that detect toilet leaks, garden hose nozzles and ...
New water treatment plant is built with style in mind
Arizona Republic - Phoenix,AZ,USA
... waterworks. Plus, a public art component was included that will create a terraced desert garden that relies on captured rainwater
When Wales ran dry
ic Wales - United Kingdom
... containing preserved H2O. Suggestions included taking showers and watering the garden with dirty dishwater. The South Glamorgan ...
LAZY GARDENER Large rocks make boulder statements in a garden
Houston Chronicle - United States
... Mark Fusco, the garden's senior horticulturist, says these are Mexican beach pebbles ... for a swale (or drainage trough) to reroute excess rainwater around your ...
Street wise
Telegraph.co.uk - United Kingdom
... for some greenery in the garden. Crunchy gravel is an environmentally friendly alternative to solid paving. Because it's permeable, it allows rainwater to seep ...
Gardens that use scarce water wisely
Philadelphia Inquirer - Philadelphia,PA,USA... Instead, rainwater is diverted from the rooftops and downspouts of adjacent houses into ... swale or "dry creek." The swale flows through the middle of the garden
Roses look great in informal style
Fort Wayne News Sentinel - Fort Wayne,IN,USA... It features a “rain garden,” a landscape innovation that collects rainwater in a floral basin where it can be gradually absorbed into the soil, but before ...
Floods and trees block 70 roads
Oxford Mail - Oxford,England,UK
... Freak summer downpours have left some homeowners counting the cost of mopping up rainwater. ... When we saw the garden flooding we thought we'd have at least 30 ..
Saving water is smart in so many ways
Philadelphia Inquirer - Philadelphia,PA,USA... Be sure to make a well around the plant to catch rainwater. ... But you'll get a higher total yield. Grab whatever shade you canin a sunny garden. ...
Knapton: Save on your water bill this summer
Needham Times - Needham,MA,USA... Collecting rainwater in barrels (you can use Dunks in the water to ... Mediterranean Sea holly, blue flax, bluebell, Russian sage and garden sage, stonecrops and ...
Is the heatwave a good thing?
Belfast Telegraph - United Kingdom
... Underground, with Ken Livingstone, the Mayor of London, warning that there might be "serious loss of life" should a Tube train broke down inside a deep tunnel ...
GUEST COLUMNISTS
Winston-Salem Journal (subscription) - Winston-Salem,NC,USA
... The green roof garden is a refreshing aesthetic alternative that reduces the ... Also, the roof will channel recycled rainwater for landscape irrigation and even ...
Malawi plans to harvest rain water
African News Dimension - Johannesburg,South Africa
... are cash and food crops that farmers spent time tending in the garden. ... Environment Journalist Charles Mkoka writes Rainwater harvest represents a pragmatic ...
Water, water everywhere but not a drop to drink
TMCnet - USA
... water to run dry, while saltwater lies untouched in underground reserves. ... co-founder of the International Desalination Institute, a research organisation based ...
June 2006
Atlanta Progressive News
Atlanta Progressive News - Atlanta,Georgia,USA... The rooftop garden will serve several environmental purposes as well. The ... building. Rainwater will be collected for irrigation. ...
Eco-home scoops national accolade
Oxford Mail - Oxford,England,UK
... An underground water tank is being fitted in the back garden to collect rainwater for use in washing machines, flushing the toilet and outside taps. ...
Garden is important to Hefty
Chippewa Herald - Chippewa Falls,WI,USA
... Rain gardens are a way to keep rainwater from washing into gutters and being wasted. Native plants in the rain garden are able to thrive on the excess moisture ...
For N. Texas, it's warmest year on record
Dallas Morning News (subscription) - TX,USA... A high-pressure system that has dominated the region's weather this spring ... above-average temperatures are forecast into next year, the record-breaking pace isn ...
Drought-Yes, Drought-Plagues Southern La.
Forbes - USA... National Weather Service says the rest of June promises more of the same. "We're in what's called extreme drought," Keim said of the state's record-breaking ...
Prepare for water shortages with rain barrels
Louisville Courier-Journal - Louisville,KY,USA... is free, clean and good for plants, which thrive on soft, nonchlorinated rainwater. ... Look for rain barrels at home and garden centers or online at sources like ...
A pipeful of ideas on how to win the water war
Telegraph.co.uk - United Kingdom
... The remaining dribble goes on the car and in the garden. ... near Newark, Notts, slashed water use by a huge 50 per cent through pumping rainwater to loos and ...
Extra strong underground water tanks
Infolink Architecture & Building - Australia
Coastline Plastics Water Tanks have recently released four new underground water tanks, from 1,000 litres up to 10,000 litres. These ...
Elsewhere in Australia
The Westender - Brisbane,Queensland,Australia
... efficiently diverts the rainwater from each downpipe into the water sacs – and a pump system that allows the water to be reticulated to the garden hose and ...
Water Garden and Stream
Reader's Digest - Pleasantville,NY,USA... Select a few models, then use a garden hose to create a rough footprint of where they ... above the surrounding soil or else dirt and muddy rainwater may flow in. ...
Rainwater Harvesting ? Yes Please
Green Building Press - Carmarthenshire,Wales,UK
Modern rainwater harvesting systems collect water that falls onto the roof of a ... as toilet flushing, clothes washing machines, car washing and garden watering. ...
Helen Yemm answers your gardening questions
Telegraph.co.uk - United Kingdom
... for the original galvanised-bin-on-wheels-with-handles which I think is good-looking enough to keep lurking around the garden collecting rainwater even when ...
When is a hosepipe not a hosepipe?
Guardian Unlimited - UK
... wheeling it round the garden. It's not quite playing the game." Sounder practice would be to connect your bowser to your downpipe and collect rainwater, or at ...
Tunnel of ghosts
Journal Online - Manila,Philippines
... are apparently those of Japanese soldiers who were said to have committed suicide by blowing themselves up prior to the recapture of Corregidor by the American ...
Super soaker
Sydney Morning Herald - Sydney,New South Wales,Australia
... The front garden grows an eclectic mix of ornamental subtropical plants. ... Roof, soil, paths and lawn capture rainwater or encourage it to soak into the ground. ...
Tradesmen that won't cost the earth
Sydney Morning Herald - Sydney,New South Wales,Australia
... which simply collects untreated water from bathrooms and laundries for use on the garden. ... 30 per cent of our potable water if everyone had a rainwater tank or ..
Garden Clippings House and garden tour provides many ideas
Tampa Bay Newspapers - Seminole,FL,USA... The house has a metal roof that reflects the sun’s heat and captures rainwater to be stored in cisterns, one for the house and the other for the garden. ...
William McDonough: Design For Living
BusinessWeek - USA... herb that absorbs water quickly, and he built a natural drainage system that slows the passage of rainwater. ... Now they're used as mulch by nearby garden clubs
Ecotourism at Pezula Resort Hotel & Spa, South Africa
e-Travel Blackboard (press release) - Sydney,NSW,Australia... Pezula has also created a botanical garden on the estate ... as well as a series of dams and weirs, while homeowners are required to have underground rainwater tanks ...
A green blueprint
Times Online - UK... a photovoltaic (PV) panel there, and pipes for harvesting rainwater everywhere, on this ... But none of the properties, set around a garden specially landscaped to .
Compelling Small Garden Spaces
The Columbian - Vancouver,WA,USA... An exotic plant, a garden sculpture, an architectural element (such as an urn), plants in unusual combinations of colors ... Rainwater is preferable to tap water. ...
Thorny problems: take a pinch of salt with the mustard theory
Telegraph.co.uk - United Kingdom
... A similar Biotal product, simply called Refresh, is useful for treating smelly rainwater butts, and is available from garden centres. ...
GARDEN PLOT: Barrels make the most of needed rain
Detroit Free Press - United States
... free, clean and good for plants, which thrive on soft, non-chlorinated rainwater. ... Otherwise, look for rain barrels at garden centers or online at sources like ...
The colour of rain
Mumbai Newsline - Mumbai,India
... All people living in red homes can live from 9 am to 5 pm, those in blue homes can live from 5 pm to 1 am, while people in green homes...’’ And while we
Worse than the 1930s
North Platte Telegraph - North Platte,NE,USA... He explained the water issue in Nebraska is driving the research into growing ... He said the underground system is vulnerable to rodents, especially gophers, but ...
May 2006
Growth in school gardens
OregonLive.com - Portland,OR,USA
... Astor Elementary: Turned an 8,500-square-foot courtyard into a rainwater garden in 2005. It will filter almost 300,000 gallons of ...
Water restrictions stir up councillors
ABC Regional Online - Australia
... Under level three restrictions all garden watering and washing of property would have ... manual for gardens and the mandatory installation of rainwater tanks on ...
1 million households 'unaware' of drought restrictions
24dash.com - Hereford,Herefordshire,UK
... A water butt in your garden can collect rainwater that can be used on your plants and lawn, saving litres of treated tap water. ...
Don't let backyard blossoms cause blooms on the Bay
The Chesapeake Bay Journal - Seven Valleys,PA,USA
... Garden maintenance is reduced to only minimal seasonal cleanup and occasional weeding or plant ... by stabilizing the soil and slowing the flow of rainwater runoff ...
Dry weather on way as drought spreads
Australian - Sydney,Australia
... farmers anxiously awaiting rain for their dry-sown crops, the weather bureau has ... parts of NSW and Queensland, both of which endured record-breaking summer heat
Looking up for water
Monterey County Herald - Monterey,CA,USA
... Thorp's system catches some rainwater that pools on the top of the concrete deck, but ... the water can be sent to raised beds in the courtyard garden around the ...
How to make your own rain barrel
Robertson County Times - TN,USA
... in it to capture water and screw in a spigot and overflow valve, your garden will be ... to make a dozen or so holes in the lid, which will let rainwater enter the ...
Schoolkids harvest raindrops in garden
OregonLive.com - Portland,OR,USA
... the removal of 12,000 square feet of asphalt from the school playground and the addition of hundreds of native plants, Bridger's rainwater garden will prevent ...
Beautiful to bizarre in one stunning structure
ic Wales - United Kingdom
... by the low surrounding hills and the trace of the formal oval garden in front ... Meanwhile rainwater is channelled from the framework of the glass panels into two ...
Drought whips up demand for Straight's bins
Scotsman - United Kingdom
... demand for water butts - plastic containers to collect rainwater and condensation ... After buying the Cloudburst line of garden products from Titan Environmental ...
Toronto takes its green policy to the roofs
Business Edge - Calgary,Alberta,Canada
... environment and the pocketbook, with reductions in air conditioning usage, rainwater runoff and ... green roof for lawn bowling and drinking, and a garden shop in ...
Rain gardens encouraged
Shrewsbury Chronicle - Marlboro,MA,USA
... possible. This way, rainwater that collects from housetops flows through the downspout and into the low ground of the garden. The ...
Drought continues to plague state
Pueblo Chieftain - Pueblo,CO,USA
By ANTHONY A. MESTAS. LAMAR - Rangeland specialists told a group of farmers and ranchers this week that Eastern Colorado remains ...
City continues waterproofing moves
Oshkosh Northwestern - Oshkosh,Wisconsin,USA
... The city's massive projects in queue are intended to keep rainwater, especially filthy ... for homeowners who build and maintaining a "rain garden." A homeowner
Delayed plans need not mean diminished plants
Evansville Courier & Press (subscription) - Evansville,IN,USA
... Having the garden bed ready to receive new additions will speed up the process ... location, such as under a tree, so that they will receive rainwater and filtered ...
North set to escape any water cap
Blackpool Today - Blackpool,England,UK
... United Utilities urges gardeners to use a watering can instead of a hosepipe or sprinkler and collect rainwater for the garden in a water butt. ...
Volunteers turn empty lot into community garden
Belleville News-Democrat - Belleville,IL,USA
... being, because it wasn't being used for anything else, the community garden seemed like ... to raise $250 to buy two 60-gallon barrels to collect rainwater for the ...
Barrels rolled out for water cuts
BBC News - UK
... believes the best way to get the casks to people is via garden centres which ... what was happening and thought people could use them to catch rainwater for their ...
Family lives 'Good Life' green dream
Lynn News - King's Lynn,Norfolk,UK
... Rainwater will be used to flush the toilets, and if a planning application is ... a 15 metre wind turbine will whirr round in the garden, generating electricity. ...
PUBLIC RELUCTANT TO USE GREY WATER
Seaford Today - Sussex,UK
... bath. • Use a rainwater butt to water the garden - plants prefer rain water to tap water as it provides more nourishment. To help ...
Tips offered for garden competition
Rockford Register Star - Rockford,IL,USA
... He cited a Chicago housing project built in neighborhood fashion where every block contains a rain garden, both to hold and filter rainwater and be a scenic ...
Rain gardens encouraged
Shrewsbury Chronicle - Marlboro,MA,USA
... possible. This way, rainwater that collects from housetops flows through the downspout and into the low ground of the garden. The ...
A must for gardens - no butts about it
expressandstar.com - Wolverhampton,England,UK
... Water butts collect rainwater from downpipes, such as guttering. ... Cut the downpipe at the desired height and fit a diverter, available at garden centres for ...
'Couples all-natural hobby farm earns backyard habitat ...
ChronicleHerald.ca - Halifax,Nova Scotia,Canada
... Only collected rainwater is used to water their gardens. ... the Canadian Wildlife Federation will be giving away free Certified Backyard Habitat garden signs to ...
The inquiring words still ring: 'Did you?' ('Yes, ma'am' or 'No ...
MyWestTexas.com - Midland,TX,USA
... recollection, no one in our family ever got sick from drinking rainwater from the ... degutting) and those other "good eats"that came out of the garden long before ...
Water Ways
TheInd.com - Lafayette,LA,USA
... In choosing vegetables for our garden, we look for late-season varieties, since a ... A 500-gallon rainwater cistern stays conveniently full during the wet season ...
Raindrops keep falling. But where do they go?
The Herald - Everett,WA,USA
... Building a garden ditch for rainwater instead of a curb and gutter can save tens of thousands of dollars, according to a 2004 Pierce County study. ...
Building with grass roots Green roofs are a growing phenomenon in ...
Richmond Review - BC, Canada
... say benefits are many: reducing greenhouse gases and helping filter rainwater and reduce ... If the Garden City lands are ever removed from the Agricultural Land ...
It's OK to go a bit batty
The Columbian - Vancouver,WA,USA
... We spend a lot of time in the yard and garden," he said. ... She came to Saturday's talk to find a way to catch their glut of guano before it mixes with rainwater. ...
Creating a haven for butterflies
Gulf Daily News - Manama,Bahrain
... patch that will attract groups of butterflies - they love to puddle in rainwater and sip ... Both fragrance and colour will draw the butterfly to your garden. ...
Get the fertilizer facts
The Daily Advertiser - Lafayette,LA,USA
... It goes into the soil solution or rainwater like salt dissolves in water and is ... A good garden supply store or nursery should be able to answer any questions.
Tipping down the loo
ic Wales - United Kingdom
... using rainwater to flush their loos. Bob and Sue Vaughn, who live in the Brecon Beacons National Park, installed a 3,000 litre water tank into their garden as ...
Focus on energy-saving
Malaysia Star - Malaysia
... modifications included a rainwater harvesting tank and repainting of walls with light colour paints. The harvested water is used in the organic garden and for ...
Students create do-it-yourself TV pilot
Arizona State University - Tempe,USA
... new forms of sustainability, including solar energy, edible landscaping and rainwater harvesting. ... tours and classes to teach city dwellers how to garden in the ...
April 2006
A greener garden
New York Daily News - New York,NY,USA
... to reduce energy costs, and a greenery-covered roof to help cool the building and harvest rainwater that will be recycled for use throughout the 39acre garden. ...
Elsewhere in Australia
The Westender - Brisbane,Queensland,Australia
... he has completely re-fitted for energy efficiency, generating solar power, recycling sewage and grey water, and harvesting rainwater for house and garden use. ...
California Friendly(TM) Native Plant Garden Debuts at First Annual ...
Business Wire (press release) - San Francisco,CA,USA
... The garden also features a bog/swale to capture rainwater for wildlife and demonstrate water harvesting techniques, as well as small freshwater pond. ...
GARDENING: Acid test for must-have plants
Huntingdon Today - St Neots,UK
... very easy to be sucked in by colourful displays at the garden Centre benches ... It is much better to collect rainwater for these plants , because tap water will be ...
The garden of secrets
Times Online - UK
Walking through the garden in early spring you find a blaze of colour, with ... using old bricks from the ruin and incorporating an exquisite rainwater head with ...
ASLA Announces 2006 Professional Awards
PR Newswire (press release) - New York,NY,USA
... Arizona Residential Design Category, Co-sponsored by Garden Design Magazine ... Awards of Honor: Forgotten Rain: Rediscovering Rainwater Harvesting Landscape ...
Town Receives Rain Barrel Grant
Boston Channel.com - MA, USA
... it to wash your car, to water your indoor plants, your garden, your grass. ... Baker said that collecting rainwater is an important way to ease strain on municipal ...
Mother Earth needs a hand
Kansas City Star - MO,USA
... is basically water from the gutters channeled underground, under a garden with deep ... rain gardens installed as a way to dramatically reduce rainwater runoff into ...
Slow to take root
Boston Globe - United States
... say substantial plantings on rooftops can insulate buildings, absorb rainwater that would ... at the Four Seasons Hotel, where a 9,000-square-foot garden has been ...
Going au naturel in the garden
Toronto Star - Ontario, Canada
... Help your garden thrive by placing rain barrels under downspouts to collect rainwater. Plants prefer natural, warm rainwater to ...
NATURE IN SHORT / Nature meets the city in the wilds of Todoroki ...
The Daily Yomiuri - Osaka,Japan
... Rainwater percolates down through the porous loam, then flows along the top of the ... Buddhism as a youth; and a small but nicely designed formal Japanese garden. ...
Resident reignites dike debate
CBC Manitoba - Winnipeg,Manitoba,Canada
Last week the city built an earth berm along several properties on Scotia Street, including Bob Milan's, to protect them from the rising Red River. ...
SOLAR POWER HELPS GARDENERS BEAT WATER CRISIS
Response Source (press release) - London,UK
... systems. Its design means it is equally efficient for a large vegetable patch, polytunnel, roof top garden, patio or hanging baskets. ...
It poured indeed Rain-saturated gardens are trying for pros and ...
San Francisco Chronicle - CA, USA
... watering they are getting. Green said that container plants in a roof garden are looking particularly lush and healthy this year. ...
Storm water fee prompts development of rain gardens
KARE - Minneapolis,MN,USA
... Another important reason is that before it built its rain garden, Seven Sigma paid $385 ... paid every month for runoff water from its parking lot and roof for the ...
February 2006
Permaculture Activist Andrew Millison On Creating The Modern " ...
E/The Environmental Magazine - Norwalk,CT,USA
... The district now has six systems that reuse household graywater for irrigation in the landscape, two rainwater cisterns, five organic gardens, 25 heirloom ...
Greenhouse accessories
phillyBurbs.com - Philadelphia,PA,USA
... For the eco-conscious gardener with a greenhouse, rainwater systems allow you to collect rainwater via gutters and downspouts and reuse it for irrigation and ...
Securing Australia's drinking water supply
On Line opinion - Australia
... water supply could be permanently secured when every building is required to reduce mains drinking water consumption, with the use of rainwater tanks being an ...
First public-private rainwater harvesting project gathers flight
Lucknow Newsline - Lucknow,India
Lucknow, February 23: ''Rainwater Harvesting is a great water conservation initiative. It reduces dependence on the main water supply. ...
Sustainable farming integrated with rainwater harvesting
Hindu - Chennai,India
RAINWATER HARVESTING is considered as an effective method for managing water scarcity in areas, which have inadequate groundwater supply. ...
Drought Monitor
Provides a map of the United States showing which areas are in a drought.
Edwards aquifer drought conditions implemented
News 8 Austin - Austin,TX,USA
... by 20 percent. The aquifer is fed by rainwater and creeks around south Travis County and northern Hays County. The Barton Springs ...
Thula's ancient Rainwater Cistern to be Repaired
Yemen Observer - Sana'a,Yemen
... four months. Thula, like many mountainous towns in Yemen, harvests rainwater in cisterns to use for household water supply. This ...
PTC homeowners face new yearly fees for rainwater runoff
The Citizen.com - Fayetteville,GE,USA
... create a stormwater utility to charge residents, businesses and even churches to pay for improvements and repairs to the city's rainwater drainage collection ...
~~Recycled materials, rainwater toilets will make BSS building eco ...
The Lumberjack Online - Humboldt,CA,USA
"It will use 25 percent less power than provided by code and use 25 percent recycled materials." The building will also have a rainwater reuse system for ...
Fears of a summer drought have prompted a plethora of emergency ...
Telegraph.co.uk - United Kingdom
... in the south of England, is being drawn up by the Environment Agency for the Government as water companies finalise emergency plans to cope with drought periods ...
January 26, 2006
New Rooftop Rainwater Collection Project
Water and Wastewater - Jacksonville Beach,FL,USA
RIVERSIDE, CA -- Rainwater harvesting, or the collection of rainwater for later use, could be more than a drop in the water-conservation bucket for Southern ...
Manager RAIN (Rainwater Harvesting Implementation Network)
Oneworld - Netherlands
... Rainwater harvesting is an age old method to collect and store water and many different techniques are known. Renowned organizations ...
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