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Building a Rainwater Harvesting System: Ditches, Berms, Swales, and Ponds
Walkthrough of an integrated rainwater harvesting system on an off-grid homestead: how ditches, berms, swales, and ponds work together to maximize water infiltration and soil retention in an arid climate.
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Why we picked this
Walkthrough of an integrated rainwater harvesting system on an off-grid homestead: how ditches, berms, swales, and ponds work together to maximize water infiltration and soil retention in an arid climate. This video covers rainwater-harvesting, swales-berms, off-grid-homestead, soil-conservation, water-infiltration and is featured among our top picks for food & water — it also surfaces in Shelter..
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