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Water & Irrigation
Rain, irrigation, clean water
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Rainwater harvesting: sizing, setup and use
How much your roof yields, how to catch and store it, and where it is safe to use.
Harvest rainwater: the monsoon’s gift
Store roof runoff in drums for the dry season.
Safe water: arsenic testing, filters and boiling
Testing tubewell water and the limits of home filters.
Mulching and efficient irrigation
Straw mulch, bottle drip and drip irrigation.
Irrigation options: hand, soaker and drip
Why water the base, and which system fits your garden size.
Solar still: water from salty or dirty sources
Separating water using sunshine — useful where groundwater is salty.