Sustainable management models: innovating through Permaculture
Water Through a Permaculture Lens
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Internet Resources
• dfg.ca.gov
• waterboards.ca.gov
• harvestingrainwater.com
• greywateraction.org
Local Resources
• Soil: Beneficial Living Center, Arcata
• Native Plants: Samara Restoration, McKinleyville
• Diversions/Tanks: Leach Water Systems, Trinidad
• Management Plans, Consultations and Rainwater Catchment Systems: High Tide Permaculture, Arcata
WATER THROUGH A PERMACULTURE
LENS
This brochure introduces eight Permaculture-based strategies of design that
reduce the volume of water from diversions and the tap while meeting the irrigation
needs of planted environments.
www.hightidepermaculture.com www.facebook.com/hightidepermaculture
(707) 633-5403 By Dan Mar High Tide Permaculture
Catch and Store • 1-inch of rain on 1,000 ft2 = 600
gallons. • Tanks and bladders filled
during the wet season from rooftops, retention ponds and springboxes.
• Other functions: Provides water for fire suppression, livestock.
Recycle • Water can be used many times
over and recharge systems down slope.
• Greywater from laundry, sinks and stocktanks.
• Other functions: Nutrient cycling and groundwater recharge.
Forest and Landscape Management Plans • Healthy forests require less
ground water than their overcrowded, monoculture counterparts. Landscapes of regionally appropriate plantings significantly reduce water needs.
• Clear understory and selectively cull small diameter trees. Plant from November to March to ensure deep and wide root development.
• Other functions: Reduces fuel load, pest populations and the potential for disease.
Microclimates • Sectors (wind, sun) can be
adapted to enhance favorable climactic environments.
• Windrows reduce soil desiccation and plant breakage.
• Other functions: Increases gas exchange due to multidirectional flow.
Recharge • Earthworks systems recharge
groundwater supplies. • Swales, infiltration basins and
retention ponds slow, spread and sink precipitation, runoff and overflow.
• Other functions: Reduces erosion, accumulates nutrients and enhances soil community.
Soils • Protect soil from desiccation at
planting site, pathways and surrounding areas.
• Year-round mulching, cover cropping and amending.
• Other functions: Reduces nutrient volatilization and suppresses weeds.
Irrigate • Prescribed volumes of water at
specific planting sites. • Drip irrigation. • Other functions: Liquid
amendment injection. Water Diversions and Regulations • Diversion assessments and
permits regulated by DFWS. • Up to 5,000 gallons of
rainwater for nonpotable purposes. Up to 250 gallons of greywater from laundry can be discharged into landscaped areas per day.