Overview of Lancaster-Homestead Water-Harvesting Strategies
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- čas přidán 5. 09. 2024
- A water-harvesting overview highlighting some of the strategies implemented at the Lancaster homestead to harvest street runoff, roof runoff (with simple filtration), and greywater.
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This guy gets so excited. It's wholesome and inspiring.
What and INSPIRING INDIVIDUAL , we NEED MORE characters like HIM , in SOCIETY, it's all a LEARNING CURVE & CONSCIOUSNESS for each of us, for a more SUSTAINABLE & QUALITY of LIVING !!!!
First 50 seconds and I can just tell this is an intelligent man with a plan. LOVE it. Instant-subscribe. Happy to see still active 10+ yrs later since this video!
Marble run with rain water.
Very interesting.
He is so good at doing what he does. He would make someone who lives in projects towers want to reuse everything and use all possible free resources. He makes you want to bail out, free yourself.
Love these books and got my brother into it. Super cool.
Right on, brother!
Oh wow, so much good ideas! Thank you very much for the share. Love your attitude! :D
I am in SoCal and I can’t wait to implement your strategies, I hope my whole neighborhood will jump on board. You are a godsend!
I love how excited he is about this whole system. Incredible! 😄
Thabk you Brad. I am from Kuwait and your books and demo is so helful for me to start adminitrating the same in dry climate where water harvesting would help me alot in living more sutainable.
Many thanks.
You rock bro! Keep harvesting! Love the video!
Chris, the reason I don't have a "slow leak," (like a 1/8th-inch diameter hole in the end cap) on my first flush system is that I find these leak holes almost always clog with the debris being caught in the first flush pipe. So, I don't want to rely on a "leak" that won't leak.
Dude you are my new best friend!!!!! Jack Spirko recommended you. I’m in central Florida working with terraced gardens. You have given me so many ideas
Just heard about you from another video I watched. I just love your excitement and energy and I can so relate. I have two 5000 liter tanks getting water from our roof and are adding another one to drain the carport. I just live your system. We'll done. Will incorporate your knowledge in my urban garde in South Africa. I have a lot of run off of water as out property is quite steem and all that water and topsoil en up in my neighbors garden. I have been looking into swales and are going to i corporate that. That's was when I stumbled unto your Chanel. New su subscriber hear
Brad you are such a trip! Love that enthusiasm! Thank you for being a role model on what we can do in our own yards, neighborhoods, and cities to capture that liquid gold.
You are hilarious!!! And brilliant. Thanks for your videos and knowledge.
Can you do an update. I wagvhed this video way too many times now. I love it. I just want to see the progress of the trees.
Great work, Brad. Very inspirational. We've really enjoyed and made use of Vol. 1 & 2 (esp 2), so we're looking forward to Vol 3 and whatever lies ahead for you. Keep us all posted.
You pump me up! lol SO STOKED :D
Very well done. Great job, all the strategies, even curbside harvesting and simple gravity moving of water.
All integrated with soil water storage and lived in! Kudos, sir!!
Very interesting and impressive
Hi Brad, Greetings from Srilanka. We met at the AWWA conference in Hawaai in 2007.Regarding the first flush screwed end cap, you could just drill a very small hole at the top of it, so that it would drain out continuously and completely after a spell of rain and be empty for the next cycle. You need to remove the end cap only when the fine debris builds up to the hole level and clogs it. Much less hassle this way. Good to see you are also into ecological sanitation.
Excellent
Great job, lots of ideas but I don’t own enough land
This is an amazing video Brad thank you so much
Amazing 🔥🔥🔥🔥
Very inspiring Brad! Thanks for sharing!
LOVE IT ;-) Much help for the South of Spain (Altiplano de Granada) in our semi desert climate.....
This is amazing
Wow such an inspiration
I'm keen to see a video about maintaining this system
I was wondering about how you keep mosquitos from breeding in that pipe that runs across between the buildings, and was very happy to see that you have a way to drain it. Good man!
I first saw a video of you by Kirsten Dirksen. Great work. Thanks!
Love the set up brad.. Do you ever do tours or workshops at the homestead? BTW Your books have bee a great inspiration for several of my own rain harvesting systems:)
Love that!!!
Awesome!!! Thank you!! Soooo inspiring!!!
Aziz, I'm glad you've found all this helpful. Should it be of interest, the older edition of my first book is available in Arabic. You can get more info on that book on my website listed in the video description.
Very very cool. Amazingly simple, cheap and elegant.
I list rainhead screen suppliers and manufacturers on my website (listed under the video description). On my website, go to the "Rainwater Harvesting" page, then it "Materials and Suppliers" subpage, then its "Rainhead Downspout Screens & Gutter Screens" subpage.
There is no ball in our first flush diverter. We keep it simple, inexpensive, and effective.
love the first two books. So, so sad that vol 3 won't be out until 2016. Nice gardens!
Nice set up. Much better than all those usual lawns in the USA. Like the bench, the cactus and trees. Very tasteful.
Gravity. Water takes the path of least resistance. So once the pipe fills with water, the water drains out the lowest end. In this case, the lowest end of the pipe is into the garottage gutter - just as you can see in the video.
Simply brilliant! I got a vague feeling about how I wanted my 'setup', but after watching this video I know for sure where I would have failed - thank you for providing so much awesome information.
Yes - I love that! Anne
Thanks! I have both your books, and so have really enjoyed seeing this detailed video showing just how your rainwater system works. So ingeniously resourceful!
You do such an amazing job!
Awesome
For great how-to information, check out the newly revised, full-color
editions of my "Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands and Beyond" books
available direct from me the author, Brad Lancaster, at deep discount
at:
www.harvestingrainwater.com/shop/
Thanks for recommending the new 2nd edition! If you want put a recommendation out on an Amazon review too - it'd be greatly appreciated! Note: you don't have to have purchased a book from Amazon to review it. You just have to have read it.
SO COOL
Brad, thank you for the inspiring tour of your water catchment system. I am currently designing my own system to go on the round house I'm building. Chris Towerton sent me over here and I'm glad that he did. I'll now look into your books. Thanks again!
Love love LOVE it! But I guess there’s no getting away from using plastic, is there… (?)
If you’re using it I guess I’ll overcome my problem with it.
Just got your two-book set today. Going to read every word - hopefully it will “soak in” 😆
Thanks for all the inspiration that you are!
haha you sound like BatDad meets John Kohler...lol great set up you got there, love it! Heard your name on a video Derek and High Carb Hannah did on their Life in a box channel.
Hi Brad. I'm not sure if you check these comments but I just wanted to say thank you! You have really inspired me to put these harvesting techniques to use in my own garden. I will be reading your books and posting regular updates on my own channel showing my progress. Keep up the great work!
Thanks for being up for doing the work and spreading the info. You'll find a lot more in my books than the video could convey. Enjoy!
I look forward to it!
Thanks so much for the info Brad! You're awesome! Water is life... Hope you'll be making new videos for 2021!
Drill a tiny hole in the bottom of the first flush cap. A slow drip will drain the pipe while not having enough volume to impact collection.
I find such tiny holes always clog.
Great stuff. While watching I had the thought that the first flush would be less maintenance if you let it slow drip irrigate the garden where you most need it, such that by the time it rains again, it'll have emptied and watered your plants for you, then fill up again when the next rain hits. The drip just needs to be designed such that it doesn't clog, and you may still need to clean accumulated matter out occasionally.
Craig Overend i was going to mention the same thing.
Thank you for posting this! Have just been reading Rainwater Harvesting (second edition, from Amazon) and wondered how it manifests on your .13 acre homestead that you frequently mention. Love the exuberance, clarity, & optimism of both this book & the videos, and look forward to implementing water harvesting techniques in my neighborhood in southwest Tucson.
Amazing
I have the book (new second edition printing) and highly recommend it! After watching and reading so much on rainwater harvesting in the desert I thought I would be familiar with all the content but was quite surprised, there is so much more included. Still haven't completely wrapped my head around the passive cooling strategies :)
I really want one of your long sleeve shirts, but kids size only available on your website. Would be great if you restocked! :)
Love it! Really. I do.
It’s like the board game Mouse Trap. 😂
Genius
Don't have credit cards. Do you have a mailing address to which I can send a money order for your rainwater books? Also, I'm in cold Michigan. Do you address much about rainwater harvesting for home in cold climates in your books? Thanks. You're an inspiration and a gift to the nation. Hope it catches on.
Brad's assistant here-as you can tell we don't keep up too well with the comments section! If you are still wanting to order Brad's book(s) you can go here www.harvestingrainwater.com/books/orders/#US%20Mail%20Orders to download and print off a mail-order form for them. Brad does have info about other climates in his books and on his website, although geared toward earthworks rather than cistern systems.
nice!
This is amazing, what an inspiration! Have you checked out True Earth laundry detergent strips in terms of salt content? I'd love to know of good brands of soap for greywater that are also plastic free.
Great videos Brad, ..what is the difference on vol 1 & 2?
thanks
When are you come to Brazil?
Nice video. How do you calculate the amount of water you SHOULD flush with your first-flush diverter? What variables do you consider in your calculation? Have you a rule-of-thumb? Seems there would be much to consider between environmental conditions like: rain frequency and volume, air quality, tree over hang, animal population, pollen, dust, proximity to active volcanoes or industrial smoke stacks, and roof construction factors such as pitch, roofing material, and square feet of roof.
Uff. The sheer widths of asphalt in a very quiet residential street is crazy to me (European)
Would you use soapberries as your laundry detergent? I don't know the effects it would have on your trees. 8:38 But you could plant Western Soapberry tree in your climate and it's resistant to droughts.
How do your neighbors like the two thousand gallon tanks you put on the property line? It seems like it would be pretty ugly from their vantage point, so I'm expecting you worked it out with them somehow?
Great video! So much information. Your setup is pretty amazing. I was wondering, the first flush diverter that is buried under the pathway, how does it work when it's laying sideways? Doesn't the diverter have to be vertical for the water to fall and the ball to rise and close the hole before continuing down the line?
Hi Brad, I have a home in the Sahuarita/County area. I am very interested in your concepts. I currently have one 2500 gal tank that I get filled for water use, but I have felt that with our monsoons it would be nice to capture rainwater for drinking and also have more help watering my plants. I would like to have more trees and cover to help with the heat. So, I think I have not totally embraced my home cuz I felt that I was living too much in a desert, but I have seen lush vegetation in Tucson and wanted that for my home. So here is my dilemma, I don't have a guy to do all of this....so my question is....can I hire a company to come out review my site and give recommendations and then be hired to implement the plans? Also, I would need something that I can maintain. I have concerns about cleaning the tanks. I have wondered if there are companies that I can hire to come and clean my tanks once a year? Anyway, I love everything you stand for and are doing and I plan on buying your books but I definitely will not be the one installing it. Thanks for your input into my questions and concerns. I just hope this would be doable for me. :-)
Does the pipes ever freeze if there’s always water n it.
Thank you for the video Brad it was a great help. I have both books and will be putting in some cisterns using both a wet and dry system on different ends of my Phoenix home. This will be in congress with earth works we are planning as well. I was wondering where you purchased that metal leaf shedder for your first flush? Was it a custom job?
won't all of the trash from the first flush eventually get into the clean water once the diverter fills, or is it more likely that any junk that you'd be concerned with would sink towards the drain instead of float to the top and mix with the clean goodness? thanks for the video!
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What's up Brad. We need to collaborate. Our new 501 c3, Tank's Green and Clean supporting use of our compost and woodchips in community beautification projects, rain water harvesting, and school raised bed gardens.
Dear,
A few comments of mine are deleted. I don't know why.
I don’t want to comment I am just want to ask why the dislike ?
Common sense water harvesting!!
OK You lost me ! just how does the water come off of one roof, down across the ground and then up into the tanks? what pumps it!
Chris, the reason I don't have a "slow leak," (like a 1/8th-inch diameter hole in the end cap) on my first flush system is that I find these leak holes almost always clog with the debris being caught in the first flush pipe. So, I don't want to rely on a "leak" that won't leak.
For great how-to information, check out the newly revised, full-color
editions of my "Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands and Beyond" books
available direct from me the author, Brad Lancaster, at deep discount
at:
www.harvestingrainwater.com/shop/