Essential Rainwater Harvesting: A Guide to Home-Scale System Design (Sustainable Building Essentials Series, 11)

Full disclosure, I now have two copies, one purchased via Amazon and one as part of the associated 8 week course the Avis's put on based on the book. I'm only halfway through that course as of this writing. This book, is a tool, it's background information and context. If you're just looking for how to connect a pipe to a gutter and divert it over to a scavenged ibc or plastic drum to spray some water on a plant, this is not the right book. Perhaps try Pinterest. If you want to get into the systems analysis, design, biological reasons why it's not about the tank, or the valve but the entire - system -, and you don't mind taking 2-3 days to recreate the incredible spreadsheet tool given in the book and learn how to use it, then it is the book. It's not a step by step, grab stuff from the tip or reclaim store book. It's written by two engineers, but in language readable by non-engineers willing to put in some time, effort and thinking.

Love the spreadsheets and templates, in metric and in U.S. Customary Units This is the most helpful, understandable, practical guide to setting up rainwater harvesting systems I have seen. I am going to be using it to build systems and to train others. How about a Spanish version?

Very detailed and well written,worth well more than the price of the book.

Excellent instruction manual to design a rainwater system. All you need to do is created pages in excel .

Great book, everyone should read it.

Book spends a lot of time giving general info readily available on the internet. I had wanted more detail on sizing the equipment based on roof space, e.g. should I use 3” downspouts or 4”—-how does one determine the size? Overall, lots of info in one place but not terribly difficult to find most of what is here on the internet.

Well written. I found it very usefull.

Just got this book. There are no companies in my part of Texas (SE) that offer complete rain harvesting guidance for homeowners. Central Texas, yes, but not my area. So I have to design my whole system. That bit is where this book excels. Not just bits and pieces, but helping novice make a well-designed system. Right blend of guidance and pragmatic detail There’s a lot of details, and I am comfortable that all bases are now covered. Especially collection, usage, storage tanks, gutters and lots more. There’s also some important calculations to be done, so authors offer a downloadable spreadsheet to make sure formulas are correct. Rob also has a LinkedIn presence with cell phone and email contacts. One text message alone saved me hours. I will be ordering equipment soon. Will update review after installation.

Everything good - thank you

Si bien el libro dedica gran parte de sus capítulos a los cálculos teóricos de oferta potencial de agua pluvoal vs. demanda destino, también expone de una manera clara todos los elementos a considerar para contar con un sistema versátil y que permita la autosuficiencia de agua

This book is extremely well written and laid out to guide you through the process from start to finish. The author is a very good writer and communicator, I am very impressed with this book and will be using it to implement my own system. Thank you so much for putting this together it is the only guide I will ever need.

The text is very technical. Lots of sample calculations. May not be applicable or palatable for most homeowners.