Water Harvesting Resources
These water harvesting resources are organized into three categories:
Demonstration Sites, Online Resources, and Workshops.
| Link | Organization | Description | Type |
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| Low Impact Development Guidance Documents | Credit Valley Conservation | These guides provide step-by-step guidance on how to retrofit existing properties to incorporate LID stormwater management technologies. |
Online Resource |
| Green Infrastructure Collaborative Site | EPA | A network of more than 20 orgs, to help communities more easily implement green infrastructure, by sharing resources, tools and research. |
Online |
| Low Impact Development Working Group Site | Pima County | Links are provided to guidance documents on LID/GI practices coordinated by Pima County Regional Flood Control District. |
Online |
| ASLA Guide to Green Infrastructure | The American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) | Great collection of hundreds of free research studies, news articles, and case studies, organized by green infrastructure scale, from broadest to smallest in six sections: forests and nature reserves; wildlife habitat and corridors; cities; constructed wetlands; green streets; and green roofs and walls. |
Online Resource |
| Price of Water 2014 | Circle of Blue | Article reporting on the increasing price of water in major U.S. cities: 33 percent rise since 2010 |
Online Resource |
| Drought Tolerant/Low Water Use Plant Lists | Arizona Department of Water Resources | The Arizona Department of Water Resources publishes extensive lists of native, drought-tolerant and low water-use plants, trees and shrubs. The lists are custom-drawn for a variety of elevations in Arizona, from the desert valleys of the Phoenix area to the mile-high mountains of the Prescott region. There also are specialized lists for Tucson, which is 1,100 feet higher than the Phoenix area, and for Santa Cruz County, which is at a higher altitude and features a different set of flora. |
Online Resources |
| El Paso County Suggested Plant List | Texas A&M | Suggested plant list for El Paso County, broken down by plant type and water use |
Online Resouces |
| Low Water-Use Landscape Plants for the Southwest | New Mexico State University | List of landscape plants by type, each with water requirement (high, medium, low), soils suitability, and pollen rating |
Online Resources |
| Rainwater Harvesting Rebates | Austin Water | Rebates of $0.50 per gallon (non-pressurized) and $1.00 per gallon (pressurized) are available to customers of Austin Water or a qualifying water provider for installing rainwater harvesting systems. The maximum lifetime rebate amount is $5,000, not to exceed 50 percent of the project cost |
Online Resource |
| Rainwater Harvesting Rebate | City of Santa Rosa, California | Residential and/or Commercial Rebate: $0.25 per gallon of storage <ul type="disc"> <li> Rebate is limited to the estimated peak month gallons of water use for your site</li> <li> Rebate cannot exceed the cost of materials.</li> <li> Labor is not included in rebate amount</li> </ul> |
Online Resource |
| Single-Family Residential Rainwater Harvesting Incentives Rebate Program | City of Tucson | Tucson Water will rebate qualifying residential rainwater harvesting system costs under two levels of funding up to a maximum of $2,000. Tucson Water customers can decide which funding level to apply for based on the amount of rainwater they aim to capture onsite and the type of practice they want to implement. Applicants may apply for both a passive and an active rebate not exceeding $2,000 for the combination. Applicants must attend an approved Rainwater Harvesting Incentives Program Workshop to qualify for the rebate program. The workshop has information on residential rainwater harvesting and the qualification requirements for the rebate |
Online Resource |
| Arid Cities in Changing Climates Project | University of Arizona School of Geography and Development | The goal of this project is to develop a decision support database for use by water managers, urban planners and developers. Supported by aerial sensor technologies (remote sensing), the database will visualize and characterize the mutual influences among urban growth, landscape vegetation, and urban irrigation demand in the context of climate change in the Southwest. This work was supported by a grant from the WaterSmart program |
Online Resource |
| State Rainwater/Graywater Harvesting Laws and Legislation | National Conference of State Legislatures | Summary of rainwater and graywater legislation by state |
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| Single Family Residential Gray Water Rebate Program | City of Tucson | Tucson Water's Single Family Residential Gray Water Rebate Program will reimburse you up to $1,000 when a permanent gray water irrigation system is installed in your home |
Online Resource |
| Pima County SmartScape Program | Pima County Cooperative Extension (University of Arizona) | The University of Arizona/Pima County Cooperative Extension SmartScape Program is a free landscape water conservation and education program that provides workshops, seminars, and field instruction specifically designed for Green Industry professionals and residential water users in the Tucson area. The program goal is to promote efficient water use in the landscape which in turn has the ptotential to create savings in water, cost, maintenance, and energy |
Online Resource |
| SmartScape Professional Certification | City of Tucson | Tucson Water, in partnership with the University of Arizona Cooperative Extension Service, sponsors the Pima County SmartScape Program. SmartScape promotes best management practices based on Xeriscape principles for creating and maintaining healthy, water-efficient landscapes. This increases irrigation efficiency in the residential, multi-family, commercial, and industrial water user classes. Efficient water use in the landscape creates savings in water, maintenance, energy, and dollars |
Online Resource |
| What to Plant | US EPA | The Environmental Protection Agency's Water Sense program's collection of links relating to native and water-efficient landscape plants. Information is available for each state |
Online Resource |
| Texas Climate Information | Collection of links focused on climate information for Texas |
Online Resource | |
| New Mexico SNOTEL Sites | Natural Resources Conservation Service | Water and climate information for monitoring sites in New Mexico |
Online Resources |
| Western States Climate Information | Western Regional Climate Center | Current and historical climate information for monitoring sites in Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, and Wyoming |
Online Resource |