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Harvesting the Rain: An Old Idea Takes on New Life As Californians grapple with ways to save water in this third consecutive dry year, Jerry Block has taken an extreme path. Last month, the retired medical doctor had four gravity-fed, 5,000-gallon polyethylene water tanks installed on his Monte Sereno property. The system will harvest raindrops to provide irrigation for an extensive food garden. Block sees it as a patriotic as well as an environmental statement. Posted in conservation, water

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Harvesting the Rain: An Old Idea Takes on New Life

As Californians grapple with ways to save water in this third consecutive dry year, Jerry Block has taken an extreme path.

Last month, the retired medical doctor had four gravity-fed, 5,000-gallon polyethylene water tanks installed on his Monte Sereno property. The system will harvest raindrops to provide irrigation for an extensive food garden.

Block sees it as a patriotic as well as an environmental statement.

Posted in conservation, water