Water Water Everywhere and Not a Drop to Drink

Water Harvesting What is Water Harvesting? The collection of rain and ground water into storage receptacles and using it for municipal purposes. Examples of Water Harvesting: On a small scale you could collect rain water in a container or bucket and use it to water your household plants. Recycle used waste water, treat it, and put it back into the water system into the aquifers and rivers.

Water Harvesting and You Water is the most precious resource in the world. Without this resource the human race would not have survived. Tucson, Arizona, is in a desert, therefore water is a vital resource for the existence of living beings. There is only so much of this precious resource and conservation is essential.

Campus Conservation How does this effect the U of A? A MASSIVE amount of water is used by students and faculty members. By using harvested and reclaimed water, our current fresh water usage would lessen, and the Earth’s natural resource will not be depleted beyond repair. The human race is only one small part of the equation that makes up the Earth. Some of these practices are already in place by the University. Using reclaimed water to irrigate the mall.

Flooding of the ILC The Integrated Learning Center was established to accommodate the overwhelming number of freshman at the University. But one problem faced the builders and designers at the time of construction, and it happened to be flooding. Approximately 52,000 gallons (6,700 cubic feet) floods into the ILC yearly. 26,000 gallon tank sits below the ILC and collects this outpour of water. 52,000 gallons of water are WASTED per year, washed away down the dirty streets of 4th and Highland. Picture of holding tank in the Bottom of the ILC.

What Can Be Done? This method of watering the garden proposed is very simple. Small pump in holding tank. Hose runs through the pipe that goes from the holding tank to the outlet box by the proposed garden. Irrigation lines would be the hosing with little holes that you see in other gardens around campus.

Native Tucson Garden Location? Located between Bear Down Gym and the Science Library. Look at the Picture below. Size? 791 square feet. 17 feet by 47 feet. Amount of water needed for irrigation? Less than 6,720 cubic feet per year needed.

Native Tucson Plants Desert Mallow Fairy Duster Banana Yucca Indian Mallow Twinning Snapdragon Rock Mallow

Thank You Arin Haverland Brian Dolan, Construction Project Manager and Facilities Design and Construction J.J. Riley Grant McCormick, Campus Planner and Campus Facilities and Planning Janine Corbin, Grounds Supervisor and Facilities Management Operations Services Arin Haverland, Brian Dolan, Construction Project Manager and Facilities Design and Construction, J.J. Riley, Grant McCormick, Campus Planner and Campus Facilities and Planning, and Janine Corbin, Grounds Supervisor and Facilities Management Operations Services Fanice Chepkorir, Ahni Hecht, Malissa Hubbard, Melissa May, and Nathan Schwandt Group Members: Fanice Chepkorir, Ahni Hecht, Malissa Hubbard, Melissa May, and Nathan Schwandt