International Rainwater Harvesting Alliance (IRHA)

Useful publications
This newsletter was written with the help of the following publications and information booklets: Publications Lancaster, B. (2006) Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands: Volume 1 Guiding Principles Rainsource Press, Tucson, Arizona, USA. Lancaster, B. (2008) Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands: Volume 2 Water-Harvesting Earthworks Rainsource Press, Tucson, Arizona, USA. Information booklets There are numerous information booklets about rain gardens available. Here is a non-exhaustive list of some that are available online: Alabama Master Gardeners Rain garden design for home owners [Online] Available from: http://www.aces.edu/waterquality/nemo/Fact%20Sheets/rain%20garden,%20mg,%20final.pdf Clean Water Campaign Atlanta, Georgia Rain gardens for home landscapes [Online] Available from: http://www.cleanwatercampaign.com/files/rain_garden_brochure.pdf Iowa Stormwater Partnership (2009) Iowa Rain Garden Design and Installation Manual [Online] Available from: http://www.iowaagriculture.gov/press/pdfs/RGManualOct09green.pdf Mechell, J. and Lesikar, B. - The Texas A&M University System Rainwater Harvesting Raingardens [Online] Available from: http://repository.tamu.edu/bitstream/handle/1969.1/87451/pdf_2396.pdf?sequence=1 Michael Ditz and Karen Filchak - University of Connecticut Cooperative Extension System Rain Gardens in Connecticut: A Design Guide for Homeowners [Online] Available from: http://nemo.uconn.edu/publications/rain_garden_broch.pdf Robert Emanuel and Derek Godwin (2010) The Oregon rain garden guide [Online] Available from: http://bluegreenthumb.com/pdfs/OSURainGarden.pdf Rutgers Cooperative Research & Extension - The State University of New Jersey (2006) Rain gardens fact sheet [Online] Available from: http://www.water.rutgers.edu/Fact_Sheets/fs513.pdf University of Maine Cooperative Extension (2006) Adding a rain garden to your landscape [Online] Available from: http://www.umext.maine.edu/onlinepubs/pdfpubs/2702.pdf University of Wisconsin-Extension (2002) Rain gardens: A household way to improve water quality in your community [Online] Available from: http://clean-water.uwex.edu/pubs/pdf/gardens.pdf Virginia Cooperative Extension (2009) Rain garden plants [Online] Available from: http://pubs.ext.vt.edu/426/426-043/426-043_pdf.pdf Virginia Department of Forestry Rain gardens technical guide [Online] Available from: http://www.dof.virginia.gov/mgt/resources/pub-Rain-Garden-Tech-Guide_2008-05.pdf Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (2003) Rain gardens: A how-to manual for homeowners [Online] Available from: http://learningstore.uwex.edu/assets/pdfs/GWQ037.pdf

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