From Tucson, Arizona, welcome to the Water Harvesting 101 Podcast!

My name is Martha Retallick, I’ve been a water harvester for more than 20 years, and I’m looking forward to helping you get started.

Before we do that, here’s a little Tucson secret: For most of the year, we’re in drought. That’s just how life is in the desert.

But when the rains return, oh, do they ever! They often bring an unwelcome friend called flooding. How do we mitigate the risks of flooding? We do it with water harvesting!

So, what is water harvesting? It’s actually three things:

Redirecting rainwater away from where it isn’t wanted to where it is
Storing rainwater for later use, for example, during a drought
Recycling “used” water. At my place, I don’t let laundry water go down the drain. Instead, it’s for the fruit trees.

In the weekly Water Harvesting 101 Podcast, we’ll cover these topics — and much more!

No time for long podcasts?

The Water Harvesting 101 Podcast is perfect for you! It’s short, sweet, to the point. Most episodes are well under 10 minutes.

Here’s your first episode:

This episode introduces the first of the three main activities of water harvesting, redirecting rainwater away from where it isn’t wanted to where it is. Want to see what this and other water harvesting concepts look like? Check out my affordably priced and heavily illustrated Water Harvesting 101 eBook and my blog.