A 500, 000 gallon Rainwater Cistern is near completion at Salmon Creek School in Occidental. A prime goal of the cistern is to help improve creek flows during the dry months for salmon. An equally important goal is to improve water resiliency at the school. With droughts longer and winter water arriving buckets via atmospheric rivers, capturing rainwater in cisterns is one way to store the abundance for times of deficiency.
John Green, lead scientist & program manager at Goldridge Resource Conservation District, will share about how rainwater cisterns are being deployed in the Salmon Creek Habitat to restore creek flows along with the design process & features of the Salmon Creek School cistern. We’ll also explore how rainwater cisterns could be utilized in other settings, such as homes. Water is life. How much and when it is available to us and our area habitat is changing. Rainwater cisterns are another tool as we learn to adapt to the impacts of climate change.
No cost to attend, but please RSVP to reserve a seat. thanks!
Time: Doors open at 6:30pm, program starts at 7pm.
Location: Sebastopol Grange. Hwy 12.
Call Tor @ 707-829-3154 or via email
tor@rahus.org with any questions.
