Rainwater Harvesting Education Day

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Saturday, April 18th, 2015
10:00 AM to 3:00 PM

Learn more about rainwater harvesting systems and practices in your community! Community rainwater harvesting experts are at their outreach tables to share information and answer questions from 10:00am – 3:00pm Rainwater Harvesting Site Tour, 11:00-11:45am: Interested in seeing demonstrations of rainwater harvesting at work? Join our site manager, Alysha, on an interactive tour of the Compost Education Centre’s rainwater management systems.

Topics and demos will include roof surfaces, the rain garden, our rain cistern and barrels and how Alysha uses rainwater on the site. By donation. Harvesting the Rain: Challenges and Opportunities, 1:00-3:00pm: Our ‘winter rain environment’ here on the West Coast poses unique challenges and opportunities for harvesting rainfall. On the one hand, our frost line is virtually non-existing making large tanks easily installed for year-round use. On the other hand, it simply doesn’t rain much during irrigation season, seriously limiting the amount that can be used in summer time.

By looking at a few examples, this workshop will explore some of the ways we can optimize rainfall in our climate, from rain-tanks to ponds to rain gardens. $20, must pre-register: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/harvesting-the-rain-challenges-and-opportunities-tickets-16238857861