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Water: Conservation, Collection, Irrigation,

Fountains, Ponds, Pumps, Purification, Storage, Wells...

General / Mixed / Misc
rainwater collection system

Build A French Drain & Wall Drainage - GardenAdvice

Developing A Plan For Community Water Security (for less developed regions. PDF.) - PACE

Emergency Drinking Water Supplies (storage, purification, emergency water sources) - NCSU

Field Manual For Water Quality Sampling (PDF file. Also available in Spanish.) - Arizona Water Resources Research Center

How To Create A French Drain System - Repair-Home

How To Install A French Drain - HGTV Pro

Irrigation-Related Tutorials - Knowledge Hound

Maintaining Conventional Septic Systems - University Of Kentucky

Manuals (drilling wells, building pumps...) - Lifewater

Septic Tank Maintenance - UC Cooperative Extension

Water DOs & DON'Ts - Environment Canada

Water Pumping: The Solar Alternative (PDF file) - Sandia National Laboratories

Water Hyacinth (Control & uses. PDF.) - PACE


Collection & Storage

Water Storage (designing & building cisterns and tanks) - Lifewater International

Rainwater

A Guide: Rain Barrel Water Harvesting (PDF document) - Sprouse, McCoy & Murrieta

Construction Of Rain Barrels & Cisterns - Low Impact Development Center

Don's Homemade Rainwater Collector (multiple barrel rack) - Appropedia

How To Build A Rainwater Catchment Cistern - Dancing Rabbit Ecovillage

How To Make A Rain Barrel - iloveindia.com

Paint A Rain Barrel (for plastic barrels) - Aaron's Rain Barrels & More

Rain Water Harvesting & Storage System - Solar Haven

Saving Money On Water: Homemade Rain Water Barrel - Happy Hearts At Home

Texas Guide To Rainwater Harvesting (PDF file) - Texas Water Development Board


Conservation

A Water Efficiency Planning Guide For Building Owners And Managers - Environment Canada

City of Albuquerque Water Conservation Office (conservation tips, checking for leaks, reading your water meter...)

Urban Water Conservation Tips - Water Resources

Water Conservation (how to fix leaky faucets, conservation landscaping, preventing water waste...) - Department Of Water Supply, Maui

Water Heaters & Hot Water (low-flow shower heads, faucet aerators, shower & bath tips...) - EnergyHawk.com

Water: No Time To Waste, A Consumer's Guide To Water Conservation (reduce, repair, retrofit) - Environment Canada


Waterless Toilets

55 Gallon Drum Compost Toilet Guidebook & Plans - Stan Slaughter

Build Your Own: The $25 (Or Less) Hinged Top Humanure Toilet - Jenkins Publishing

Ecological Sanitation Systems, aka Worm Composting Toilets (See PDF for details) - Surfers Without Borders

Help For The Porta-Potty Shy - Michael Bluejay

The Sanitary Vault Privy - Indiana State Department Of Health

Toilets That Make Compost: Low-Cost, Sanitary Toilets That Produce Valuable Compost For Crops In An African Context (entire book online) - Peter Morgan


Fountains

7 Rules For How To Plan & Build An Outdoor Water Fountain Or Water Feature - HomeTips.com

Build A Fountain (3 pot) - Suite101.com

Build A Fountain/Container Combination - Garden Gate Magazine

Build A Tabletop Water Fountain - Seeds Of Knowledge

Flower Vase Fountain - Dawn Cusick

How To Build A Wall Fountain Or Spout - Greenfingers.com

How To Make A Spherical Water Fountain - Kimber Mitchell

Make A Garden Water Fountain (out of pots) - Bluegrass Gardens

Make A Soothing Fountain - Jim McCausland


Ponds & Water Gardens

Creating A Water Garden - IPCC

Do It Yourself Bio Filter - RunnerDuck

Eric's Half Whiskey Barrel Pond Page

Pond Tips - Chaos Park

The Water Garden (merchant site, but includes many how-tos)


Protection & Restoration

The Five Steps To Stream Adoption - Adopt-A-Stream Foundation

Know Your Watershed (For the formation of local, voluntary watershed management partnerships)

Spring Protection (PDF) - PACE

Tree Revetments For Streambank Stabilization - Steve Gough


Purification

A Simple Solar Water Pasteurizer - The Solar Cooking Archive

Basic Survival Rainwater Filter System

Clean Drinking Water In An Emergency - American Red Cross Bay Area

Diagnose Your Water & Find Technologies To Treat It Properly - theWaterSite.com

Filtering & Purifying Water (in survival situations) - Ranger Outdoor Survival Skills

Folke Günther (see left menu for 'Waste Water & Source Separation')

How To Clean Up Our Water - NRDC

Slow Sand Filter - Surfers Without Borders

Water Treatment (household water treatment, sedimentation basins, disinfection units, slow sand filters) - Lifewater International


Solar Stills

Collect Water In A Solar Still - Desert USA

Folding/Collapsing High Capacity Solar Water Still - Dave's Planet

How To Make A Solar Still For Purifying Water In The Wilderness - eHow


Wells & Pumps

Build Your Own Water Well (plus hand pump/inertia pump instructions, cleaning, testing...) - Fred Dungan's Home Page

Emergency Procedures For Disinfecting A Flooded Well - LSU Ag Center

Getting Groundwater: Safe Wells & Waterholes (PDF) - PACE

How To Build Your Own Hand Pump (for a drilled well) - Keith

How To Get Water From A Drilled Well When The Power Is Off - Countryside Magazine

Landowner's Guide to Plugging Abandoned Water Wells - TCEQ

Pumps (hand pumps, powered pumps, hydraulic ram pumps) - Lifewater International

Water Wells Tutorial (drilling, pumping, purification...) - Lifewater Canada

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