027 – The Basics Of Whole-Site Water Systems Design
Today we go over the four basic questions that guide all holistic water patterning design. Whether you’re an experienced designer or homesteader, or a complete novice that is just getting introduced to optimizing water patterning on your land, this show is for you. That’s because, no matter what level you’re at, the process is always…
024 – Water Storage Elements for Broadacre Water Patterning
Join me this week as we look at the basic types of water storage elements used in designing a functional broadacre water system. Nearly all broadacre water systems include some form of water storage, either as groundwater (aquifer storage), retained soil moisture (accessible by living plant roots), or bulk water (ponds, lakes, tanks, cisterns). Water…
Water Infiltration Elements For Broadacre Water Patterning ~Epi-023
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Water Storage Elements
Nearly all broadacre water systems include some form of water storage, either as groundwater (aquifer storage), retained soil moisture (accessible by living plant roots), or bulk water (ponds, lakes, tanks, cisterns). Water storage elements function to:
Water Drainage Elements For Broadacre Water Systems Design ~Epi-022
Any time water encounters anything but a perfectly level surface, it will move. This movement is called drainage. Water will always move at right angle to contour in response to gravity on a non-level surface – i.e it will move straight down slope. Water will continue to move straight down slope until its course is…
Water Infiltration Elements
Infiltration elements are utilized to increase the effectiveness of the precipitation a landscape receives. Effective precipitation is that water which manages to percolate into the soil where it can be utilized by soil biota and plant life to grow more biomass. The infiltration elements detailed here function to reduce run-off and evaporation losses when properly…
To Swale Or Not To Swale ~Epi-018
Join me today for a critical-thinking dive into swales – we cover what they are, the functions they perform and how they perform them, and then go into all of the context-specific factors that inform the decision of “To Swale Or Not To Swale”. More than being a referendum on swales, today’s show is meant…
Sovereign Water: The 4 R’s of Regenerative Hydrology ~Epi-016
In today’s show we discuss the 4 R’s of Regenerative Hydrology – Receive, Retain, Recharge, and Release – a simple mental framework for evaluating how your landscape is functioning with regards to the water element, AND how you can make changes in your management and design to optimize it for the benefit of your land,…
