08-14-2007, 03:15 PM
Starting tomorrow, 8/15, the American Rainwater Catchment Systems Association (ARCSA) is holding their annual conference at Kilauea Military Camp for 3 days. The Hawai'i Rainwater Catchment Systems Association (HRCS) is hosting.
On Thursday night, 8/16, there will be a community dinner from 5:00p to 8:30p at Kea'au High School. Cost is $10/person. This is a great chance to learn more about catchment systems. There will be a panel discussion of national rainwater catchment experts. The Rotary Clubs of East Hawai'i is sponsoring the dinner. It's also being called a trade show, so I expect that there will be displays. Come learn about water collection and treatment, and find out about new ideas for systems. Find out what's going on in the world of catchment outside of Hawaii. They may have copies of the new, free HRCS Services Directory, a list of water catchment service providers, suppliers, and maintainers in the county.
The HRCS has a website
http://www.hawaiirain.org
And the group has memberships, if you'd like to be a part of the rainwater catchment braintrust on the Island. The site is still growing and there's more to come, but you can download PDFs of the services directory and Trisha Macomber's guidelines (the blue catchment book) now from the Resources/Downloads page.
The University is also developing a related water catchment site:
http://www.ctahr.hawaii.edu/rainwater
It wasn't launched yet when I just checked.
On Thursday night, 8/16, there will be a community dinner from 5:00p to 8:30p at Kea'au High School. Cost is $10/person. This is a great chance to learn more about catchment systems. There will be a panel discussion of national rainwater catchment experts. The Rotary Clubs of East Hawai'i is sponsoring the dinner. It's also being called a trade show, so I expect that there will be displays. Come learn about water collection and treatment, and find out about new ideas for systems. Find out what's going on in the world of catchment outside of Hawaii. They may have copies of the new, free HRCS Services Directory, a list of water catchment service providers, suppliers, and maintainers in the county.
The HRCS has a website
http://www.hawaiirain.org
And the group has memberships, if you'd like to be a part of the rainwater catchment braintrust on the Island. The site is still growing and there's more to come, but you can download PDFs of the services directory and Trisha Macomber's guidelines (the blue catchment book) now from the Resources/Downloads page.
The University is also developing a related water catchment site:
http://www.ctahr.hawaii.edu/rainwater
It wasn't launched yet when I just checked.