Untitled DocumentWater Conservation House Web site
Macro Theme Area:
Knowledge Transfer [Project ID: K15]
PI:
Gary Woodard
CO-PI(s):
N/A
Basin focus:
Regional SW
Specific area in
basin /
field sites:
Rainwater harvesting and water conservtion information are valid for entire SW
Summary/Goals: Provides information for homeowners looking to reduce water consumption and information on conservation resources, including website links, books, landscaping resources, botanical gardens, and cooperative extension offices. Extensive use of graphics and Flash animation on the site invites users to explore additional potential water conservation options.
Activities and outcomes during past year:
Interactive Web site for assisting homeowners implement rainwater harvesting systems was developed by Deirdre Brosnihan, Gary Woodard, Mike Buffington, Ramon Vazquez and Kyle Carpenter. Another small web tool for sizing pipes and gutters was developed by Ramon Vazquez and Bart Nijssen. A grant proposal to Bureau of Reclamation to integrate and add to these components is pending.
Plans for the upcoming year:
If grant is awarded, rainwater harvesting information and calculators will be refined. Some content likely will be used in a water harvesting section of the G-WADI Web site. In addition, the web content will be displayed on touch-screen kiosks at The Nature Conservancy Tucson office and at
Biosphere 2.
