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Resource Materials
TreePeople recommends the following resources for do-it-yourself tips and additional information on capturing rainwater:
- Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands, Vol. 1 and Vol. 2 by Brad Lancaster
- Design for Water: Rainwater Harvesting, Stormwater Catchment, and Alternate Water Reuse by Heather Kinkade-Levario
- Rainwater Collection for the Mechanically Challenged by Richard Heinichen and Suzy Banks
- The Rainbarrel Guide provides information on how to use rain barrels for water collection
- Doug Pushard's website, a web-based clearinghouse for information on rainwater harvesting
- Harvesting Rainwater for Landscape Use by The University of Arizona, Cooperative Extension College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.
- The Texas Manual on Rainwater Harvesting
- The Water Harvesting Guidance Manual for the City of Tucson
- For tips on installing a rain harvesting system, see the California Urban Water Conservation Council's website
- Compost guide
- The Metropolitan Water District offers "California Friendly Landscape Training"
- Urban Subwatershed Restoration Manual No. 3 - Urban Stormwater Retrofit Practices by The Center for Watershed Protection - See Section OS-10 (page 125)
Other useful links
- United States Environmental Protection Agency, Department of Water
- EPA’s National Menu of Stormwater Best Management Practices
- U.S EPA, Region 9, Southern California Region
- State Department of Water Resources
- State Water Resource Control Board
- Los Angeles Regional Water Quality Control Board
- City of Los Angeles, Homepage
- City of Los Angeles, Department of Public Works, Bureau of Sanitation
- City of Los Angeles, Bureau of Sanitation, Watershed Protection Division
- City of Los Angeles, Environmental Affairs Department
- Metropolitan Water District
- Los Angeles Dept. of Water and Power
- Los Angeles County Department of Health Services
- California Urban Water Conservation Council
- San Gabriel & Lower Los Angeles Rivers and Mountains Conservancy
- Los Angeles and San Gabriel Rivers Watershed Council
