Collecting the Desert’s Most Precious Resource New Buildings By Daniel Gust, JJ Istrin, Blake McCay, Lincoln Perino, Amanda Talesnick,

Water Harvesting Water harvesting is the collection of runoff for future usage Water harvesting is essential for irrigation in the desert Water harvesting is cheap and necessary for preserving the water table

Highland Commons: Combined Roof top area 45,552 ft2 40,997 ft3 of water harvesting potential in an average year Can irrigate 11,388 ft2 of turf

Euclid Housing Roof top 56,500 ft2 50,850 ft3 of water harvesting potential in an average year Can irrigate 14,125 ft2 of turf

Institute for Biomedical Sciences and Biotechnology Roof top 33,706 ft2 30,335 ft3 of water harvesting potential in an average year Can irrigate 8,427 ft2 of turf

Solutions: Rainstore 3 is a storage structure for storing water underground Can store 94% of the rain water that enters the structure Can build a road or turf over it Can make it any size you want It is a cheap easy way to store rain water

Solutions: Southwest photovoltaic Systems manufactures 9300 Series submersible pumps Solar panels that collect sunlight which generates energy for pumps Essential for the desert environment, because there are 320 days of sunshine When the sun is shining is when water is most essential for vegetation I It is a sustainable solution to irrigation.

Collecting the Desert’s Most Precious Resource Unvr 195a Water Reclamation in the Tucson Basin Dr. JJ Riley Arin Haverland By Daniel Gust JJ Istrin Blake McCay Lincoln Perino Amanda Talesnick References Grant McCormick, Campus Planner Rodney Mackey, Senior Architect Steve Allbin, Senior Mechanical Inspector THE END