Water For Every Farm
by Yeomans, P. A., Ken B. Yeomans · first published 2008
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…(aquifer pumping, mined fertilizers, fossil fuel-derived pesticides, diesel, etc) are by their nature only temporary solutions. The start of a sustainable water management strategy might be P.A. Yeoman's Water For Every Farm[1], basically designing around land topology to harvest and store/infiltrate rainwater. Modern agriculture shunts rainwater off the land as fast as possible, maximizing runoff so that tractors can drive…
on “Our cities' water systems are becoming obsolete” ↗…not at the landscape wide scales like the projects above. Probably the best book on the basic principles of how to do it - Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands and Beyond by Brad Lancaster. Also the book Water For Every Farm by P.A. Yeomans is pretty good as well, but not as accessible of a read. TLDR - To keep desert monsoons from flooding areas downstream, dig a landscape wide network of swales and basins to catch, soak…
on “Why are Pakistan’s floods so extreme this year?” ↗or go directly to the source: water for every farm by p.a. yeomans
on “Permaculture Water Systems of the Seven Seeds Farm [video]” ↗…the ultimate goal? I much prefer free, ecosystem-provided desalination (aka rooftop rain-water harvesting). As for agricultural water use, I highly suggest picking up a copy of P.A. Yeoman's classic Water For Every Farm. It details how proper runoff management, evaporation control, and correctly-scaled earthworks can provide reliable water availability with near-zero energy inputs [other than the sun, of course]. As…
on “Vast Freshwater Reserves Found Beneath the Oceans” ↗