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  • From: Keith Johnson <keithdj@mindspring.com>
  • To: permaculture <permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: [permaculture] Ferrocement water tank, and other, books at PcActivist
  • Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2007 18:25:27 -0500

*Water Storage: Tanks, Cisterns, Aquifers, and Ponds* <http://permacultureactivist.net/booksvid/food-wastecycling.htm>*
* * by Art Ludwig *2005, $20, 125 pp.

Covers water system design and construction of storage both in and above ground. Comprehensive, concise information about water quality, potential difficulties, and how to avoid them while creating your own supply for domestic use or fire control. With instructions for making ferrocement tanks.

*Water in the Home Landscape* <http://permacultureactivist.net/booksvid/food-wastecycling.htm>
Learn simple, low-tech, quick-start solutions in this 32 page booklet from Permaculture Activist, 2005, $6
Basic approaches to Ferrrocement Tanks, Rainwater Catchment, Ram Pumps, Ground Recharge, Urban Stormwater, Ponds, Dowsing

Mycelium Running <http://permacultureactivist.net/booksvid/forestswildlife.htm>
by Paul Stamets 2005, 352pp.,$35
More mushrooms, less pollution! Yes, you heard right: growing more mushrooms may be the best thing we can do to save the environment. Microscopic cells called "mycelium"---the fruit of which are mushrooms ---recycle carbon, nitrogen, and other essential elements as they break down plant and animal debris in the creation of rich new soil. What fungi expert Paul Stamets has discovered is that mycelium also breaks down hydrocarbons ---the base structure in many pollutants. So, for instance, when soil contaminated with diesel oil is inoculated with strains of oyster mushroom mycelia, the soil loses its toxicity in just eight weeks. In MYCELIUM RUNNING, Stamets discusses this revolutionary trend in mushroom cultivation and provides tips for choosing the appropriate species of fungi for various environmental purposes.



Keoni West wrote:
Get Art Ludwig's "Water Storage" and/or "Rainwater Catchment Systems for domestic supply" by Gould and Nissen-Petersen, both have plenty plans and details for multiple sizes of FC tanks, closest I've seen to "DIY books" for FC water tanks.
--
Keith Johnson
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