Do-It-Yourself Sustainable Water Projects
by Paul Dempsey
Collect, Store, Purify, and Drill for Water
This DIY guide shows how to collect, store, purify, and drill for water with 10 inexpensive projects, and provides practical conservation information.
Do-It-Yourself Sustainable Water Projects provides everything you need to know to create your own water projects - from collecting rainwater and air conditioner condensate to properly drilling and constructing pump systems. A list of manufacturers and other resources is included to help locate all the products used in the book. This practical guide also provides a basis for understanding the importance of water - the most precious resource - and how the lack of it affects different regions around the world. It also shows how an individual or company can help conserve water with very small changes.
- Offers simple instructions for making 10 important projects with easy-to-find, inexpensive parts
- Explains how to calculate your "water footprint" and how to adjust behavior to conserve water
- Each chapter concludes with a list of resources - web sites, published texts, and vendors related to the topic of that chapter
- Cites projects being constructed globally, particularly in the developing world
- Includes ads and coupons from international manufacturers with discounts for their products
Publisher/Edition: McGraw-Hill Company/2013/ISBN No. 0071794220 / 9780071794220
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| Description | Do-It-Yourself Sustainable Water Projects by Paul Dempsey Collect, Store, Purify, and Drill for Water This DIY guide shows how to collect, store, purify, and drill for water with 10 inexpensive projects, and provides practical conservation information. Do-It-Yourself Sustainable Water Projects provides everything you need to know to create your own water projects - from collecting rainwater and air conditioner condensate to properly drilling and constructing pump systems. A list of manufacturers and other resources is included to help locate all the products used in the book. This practical guide also provides a basis for understanding the importance of water - the most precious resource - and how the lack of it affects different regions around the world. It also shows how an individual or company can help conserve water with very small changes.
Publisher/Edition: McGraw-Hill Company/2013/ISBN No. 0071794220 / 9780071794220 |
