13 Oct, 2009
Volunteers Install Rainwater Harvesting System in Huntington Beach
Posted by: Beach Reporter In: beaches| california
A special Rainwater Harvesting System that will feed plants and animals, save water and money as well as help eliminate pollution from going into the ocean was joyfully put in by volunteers at Shipley Nature Center in Huntington Beach Tuesday.
“It’s a win-win-win for everyone involved,” said Ed Beaulieu, chief sustainability officer of Aquascape, a St. Charles, Ill.-based company that donated the system which can use 4,000 gallons (half a swimming pool) of water.
Rainwater is collected on the Interpretive Center’s rooftop, then goes down into barrels, where hoses drain it to a 15-foot by 15-foot, rubber-lined underground storage basin…> read more
