Monday, October 02, 2006

ASLA Award Winning Book on Rainwater Harvesting


ASLA awarded this book and it should be of great interest the residential designers interested in this topic. You can find out more about this information rich book at www.asla.org under the 2006 ASLA Professional Awards for Communications.
Forgotten Rain: Rediscovering Rainwater Harvesting, by Heather Kinkade-Levario, ASLA, Phoenix, AZ.

"This is a strong piece of work on a very valuable subject. A must-read for landscape architects and other designers."
— 2006 Professional Awards Jury Comments

The purpose of this book is to help educate the public on how to do rainwater harvesting, to show the components of a system, and to eliminate the idea that the process is complex. The author has had multiple requests for information, requests for presentations, and requests for providing class materials, which demonstrated a need to get the information into one document and out to the public for education purposes. Several state manuals and international books exist for the subject, but no one book/document is as comprehensive with history, component information, case studies, details, and references.

You can also go to the website www.forgottenrain.com for more info on how to purchase the book.