Ecological Water Systems: For Farms, Families and Communities
Fresh water is essential for healthy human communities and is becoming ever scarcer. In this class students will learn holistic approaches for increasing aquifer recharge and percolation to alleviate flooding, sediment and siltation problems and to make more high quality fresh water available on your site and in your community. This course will focus on Permaculture and ecological design solutions for multiple water issues. We will explore in-depth designs for a range of applications and environments: mountains, plains, deserts, temperate and tropical. Specific topics will include:
siting ponds, developing springs, gravity fed systems, solar pumps, cisterns, rainwater catchment, intentional wetland wastewater treatment, rain garden designs for biofiltration of runoff from parking lots and roadways, erosion control, stabilizing stream banks, and much more. All Levels.
