--- product_id: 1699007 title: "Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands and Beyond (Vol. 2): Water-Harvesting Earthworks" price: "495.32 DT" currency: TND in_stock: true reviews_count: 13 url: https://www.desertcart.tn/products/1699007-rainwater-harvesting-for-drylands-and-beyond-vol-2-water-harvesting store_origin: TN region: Tunisia --- # customizable earthworks & planting 225+ detailed illustrations 570+ pages of expert guidance Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands and Beyond (Vol. 2): Water-Harvesting Earthworks **Price:** 495.32 DT **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Summary > 💧 Transform scarcity into abundance with earthworks that make your landscape a living water magnet! ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands and Beyond (Vol. 2): Water-Harvesting Earthworks - **How much does it cost?** 495.32 DT with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.tn](https://www.desertcart.tn/products/1699007-rainwater-harvesting-for-drylands-and-beyond-vol-2-water-harvesting) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Key Features - • **Real-World Proven:** Benefit from inspiring case studies showing thriving rain-fed gardens, perennial springs, and urban runoff solutions. - • **Tailored Techniques:** Customize your water-harvesting strategy with detailed how-tos on swales, berms, check dams, and greywater reuse. - • **Passive Water Mastery:** Harness multiple water sources effortlessly with earthworks that conserve and enrich soil moisture. - • **Visual Learning Power:** Over 225 illustrations and photos make complex hydrologic design accessible and actionable. - • **Eco-Design Integration:** Learn to seamlessly blend water harvesting with vegetation for food, shade, and natural climate control. ## Overview This comprehensive volume offers 570+ pages of expert strategies and practical designs for rainwater harvesting earthworks, featuring over 225 illustrations. It guides readers through selecting, sizing, and constructing water-conserving earthworks that boost soil fertility, reduce erosion, and create thriving ecosystems. Perfect for professionals and eco-conscious managers aiming to integrate sustainable water solutions into their landscapes. ## Description Turn water scarcity into water abundance! Earthworks are one of the easiest, least expensive, and most effective ways of passively harvesting and conserving multiple sources of water in the soil. Associated vegetation then pumps the harvested water back out in the form of beauty, food, shelter, wildlife habitat, and passive heating and cooling strategies, while controlling erosion, increasing soil fertility, reducing downstream flooding, and improving water and air quality. Building on the information presented in Volume 1, this book shows you how to select, place, size, construct, and plant your chosen water-harvesting earthworks. It presents detailed how-to information and variations of a diverse array of earthworks, including chapters on mulch, vegetation, and greywater recycling so you can customize the techniques to the unique requirements of your site. Real life stories and examples permeate the book, including: How curb cuts redirect street runoff to passively irrigate flourishing shade trees planted along the street How check dams have helped create springs and perennial flows in once-dry creeks How infiltration basins are creating thriving rain-fed gardens How backyard greywater laundromats are turning "wastewater" into a resource growing food, beauty, and shade that builds community, and more. How to create simple tools to read slope and water flow More than 225 illustrations and photographs Review: Tremendous resource, these books - The following review is for both Vol 1 and Vol 2 combined. With a combined 570+ pages, these books go far beyond the notion of collecting water from the roofs of buildings and storing it in barrels. These books take the reader from understanding the principals and benefits of rainwater to the hydrologic cycles and watersheds to ways of utilization and conceptualizing a design using the simplest of methods. There's good amounts of information on the use of drains, basins, mulching, planting and plant care, small earthworks and greywater. Brad also clearly explains the integrative design approach and how one can make their house and landscape work together for greatest benefits. In summary, whether you have a low output well or just like the idea of using less municipal or well water while having a landscape that not only provides food but acts as a living air conditioner for your house, put both these books in your reference library. Review: My rainwater bible - In our area of central Texas, we can get 12" of rain in 48 hrs, and 4" in 2 hrs. Brad's book is my bible for how to control water flow during major rain events, how to capture as much rainwater as possible in the soil, and how feed lots of plants only with rain. I read this book, observed the flow of water during light and heavy rains, started small projects, and started at the highest elevation on the land. I used rock berms where water volume was high, I used earth berms and swales where I wanted to plant trees and vegetables and filled the swales with wood chips to reduce evaporation, and I used fallen trees on contour to slow the flow of water in the undeveloped forested areas. I still refer to this book often, especially before starting any new garden area or water harvesting project. Terraced garden on slope near the driveway is next and Brad explains how to do this too. The examples in the book are great and very helpful. The writing is clear and informative. I highly recommend this book. -- Jim ## Features - Used Book in Good Condition ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | #778,541 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #186 in Water Supply & Land Use (Books) #450 in Landscape #1,882 in Environmentalism | | Customer Reviews | 4.8 out of 5 stars 114 Reviews | ## Images ![Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands and Beyond (Vol. 2): Water-Harvesting Earthworks - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/91KwkJNDodL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Tremendous resource, these books *by R***B on January 14, 2026* The following review is for both Vol 1 and Vol 2 combined. With a combined 570+ pages, these books go far beyond the notion of collecting water from the roofs of buildings and storing it in barrels. These books take the reader from understanding the principals and benefits of rainwater to the hydrologic cycles and watersheds to ways of utilization and conceptualizing a design using the simplest of methods. There's good amounts of information on the use of drains, basins, mulching, planting and plant care, small earthworks and greywater. Brad also clearly explains the integrative design approach and how one can make their house and landscape work together for greatest benefits. In summary, whether you have a low output well or just like the idea of using less municipal or well water while having a landscape that not only provides food but acts as a living air conditioner for your house, put both these books in your reference library. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ My rainwater bible *by T***N on January 21, 2017* In our area of central Texas, we can get 12" of rain in 48 hrs, and 4" in 2 hrs. Brad's book is my bible for how to control water flow during major rain events, how to capture as much rainwater as possible in the soil, and how feed lots of plants only with rain. I read this book, observed the flow of water during light and heavy rains, started small projects, and started at the highest elevation on the land. I used rock berms where water volume was high, I used earth berms and swales where I wanted to plant trees and vegetables and filled the swales with wood chips to reduce evaporation, and I used fallen trees on contour to slow the flow of water in the undeveloped forested areas. I still refer to this book often, especially before starting any new garden area or water harvesting project. Terraced garden on slope near the driveway is next and Brad explains how to do this too. The examples in the book are great and very helpful. The writing is clear and informative. I highly recommend this book. -- Jim ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Excellent practical ideas you can start implementing now! *by K***I on June 16, 2018* This series is fantastic. I can't wait to start putting these ideas into action (yes, I said you can implement now, but my land is 1000 miles away...) Brad writes very clearly and with a good balance of background/philosophy, anecdotes and examples, and practical, technical information. He has a no-nonsense approach that anyone can easily and cheaply implement. The only reason I gave this 4 stars instead of 5 is that there's a bit too much overlap between Vol. 1 and Vol 2. You could almost maybe just go straight to Vol. 2 if you already have bought in to the concept. (I have not gotten Vol. 3 yet because I'm not ready to think about cisterns.) --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.tn/products/1699007-rainwater-harvesting-for-drylands-and-beyond-vol-2-water-harvesting](https://www.desertcart.tn/products/1699007-rainwater-harvesting-for-drylands-and-beyond-vol-2-water-harvesting) --- *Product available on Desertcart Tunisia* *Store origin: TN* *Last updated: 2026-08-31*