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  • From: "Catherine Fenner" <c1fenner@comcast.net>
  • To: "'Healthy soil and sustainable growing'" <livingontheland@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Livingontheland] We're hard to impress, but ...
  • Date: Tue, 20 Jun 2006 16:23:40 -0600

I grin when I hope he did not address the question as briefly as your
response.
Did he indicate any lessening of restraints on water collection from roofs?

Catherine

-----Original Message-----

Yes, briefly.

paul, tradingpost@riseup.net
*********** REPLY SEPARATOR ***********

On 6/13/2006 at 9:27 AM Catherine Fenner wrote:

>I'm envious. That would have been a lecture I would have benefited from.
>Thanks for the resource.
>
>In my neck of the woods it's illegal to capture water on your property.
>I didn't really understand why until I attended a xeriscape lecture and
>the instructor said it has to do with laws that prohibit interrupting
>the flow of water to downstream users. He then went on to show us a
>photo of an elaborate rainwater collection system he admired.
>
>Did Lancaster address any changing of local ordinances or water laws?
>
>Catherine
>
>-----Original Message-----
>
>
>Today was a unique experience. We heard Tucson native Brad Lancaster
>present his Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands, a two-hour slide lecture
>at our favorite nursery, Plants of the Southwest in Albuquerque. This
>guy is the real deal, innovative, well informed, very entertaining,
>young and on a mission.
>



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