Water Harvesting / Strom Water Diversion / Rock Alignments

Tempe Demonstration Garden

Tempe Demonstration Garden residential front yard (xeriscape) landscape water harvesting topography.  Photo RBond

Landscape water harvesting, contour and grading details designed and constructed by Richard Bond

Tempe resident on a home water audit

Residential landscape contouring to capture roof run off and storm water run off.  Photo RBond

 Storm Water Diversion swales

Tempe Demonstration Garden

Tempe Demonstration Garden storm water diversion details I constructed diverting water off the turf and to an area of trees.   The water originating from an adjacent HOA contains oils, rubber and dirt eventually discoloring the grass.  Photo RBond

Storm water diversion, out fall shown in upper left hand corner.  Photo RBond

One of my former ASU sustainability students Earnest (From Moliki Africa) surveys ancient Hohokam agave terraces at Phoenix South Mountain Park.  Photo RBond

Tempe Demonstration Garden agave terraces (Agave murphyii) reconstructed to demonstrate dry farming techniques.  Photo RBond

Before – After

Top – AFTER, rock aliments have been put in place using leveling string and 10 foot spacing.  The spacing was centered off the side walk to appear as meandering thru the terrace.  Irrigation supplied by Landscape Products Laser Tubing on 12″ centers.    Bottom – BEFORE, original turf before desert conversion.   Photos RBond

Interpretive signs added with aerial photos and photographs of the South Mountain agave terraces. Photographed just after completion RBond

Tier dropped water harvesting wells.  Photo Rbond 2006

Glendale Demonstration Garden

Parking island flood bubbler and rain water retention basins in a slopped parking lot, installed 1996.  Photo RBond 2018

Slopped parking lots retention basins. Photo RBond 2018

Capturing or diverting water can come in many designs, no two are alike.  The sky is the limit,  Im interested to take a look at how you can harvest your rain water.