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A STEP-BY-STEP GUIDE TO BUILDING 10 INEXPENSIVE PROJECTS THAT HELP YOU CONSERVE WATER ... SO SIMPLE YOU CAN DO IT YOURSELF!People can live without SUVs, jet travel, and numerous other luxuries. But no life, human or otherwise, can survive without our most precious natural resource: water.
Do-it-Yourself Sustainable Water Projects offers a basis for understanding the importance of conserving water, explains how the lack of it affects differentregions around the world, and provides practical information on how to collect, store, purify, and drill for this magical substance.
In this easy-to-follow guide, master mechanic Paul Dempsey provides costeffective ways we can reduce or eliminate our dependence on public water supplies. Everything you need to know to create 10 inexpensive waterprojects is here -- from collecting rainwater and air conditioner condensate to properly drilling and constructing pump systems. These projects areaccompanied by step-by-step instructions, drawings, photos, and even sources for inexpensive parts -- so you can do it yourself.
Whether you're interested in becoming knowledgeable about insufficient global water supplies or you just want to conserve water -- from creating a composting toilet to building a rainwater harvesting system -- this book isan effective way to help save our most critical resource.
Do-it-Yourself Sustainable Water Projects includes information on:
10 inexpensive water projects
How to adjust behavior to conserve water
List of resources including web sites, published texts, and vendors
Calculating your "water footprint"
Pumps and related components
Easy-to-follow ways to drill for water
Getting water from air
"Water vulnerability"
Contents
Introduction
1 Glimmers of Light
Worldwide Water Use
Here at Home
Climate Change
The Way Forward
2 Using Less
NAEUS
Lawn and Garden
Indoors
Composting Toilets
3 Water from Air
Rainwater Harvesting (RWH)
Air Conditioner Condensate Recovery
A Word about Greywater
4 Wells
Well Basics
Buying Property with a Well
Hiring a Driller
DIY Drilling
5 Pumps and Related Components
Well Yield
Pump Performance
Water Demand
Pump Sizing
Maintenance Issues
Piping
Standard Jet Pumps
Deep-Well Jet Pumps
Centrifugal Submersible Pumps
Water Storage
Pump Motor Controls
6 Alternative Power
Solar Power
Wind Power
Human Power
A Last Word
Glossary
Appendix A: Water Web Sites
Index
