"A Good Road Lies Easy on the Land..."
"Water Harvesting from Low-Standard Rural Roads"
by Bill Zeedyk
A Joint Publication of The Quivira Coalition, Zeedyk Ecological Consulting, LLC, The Rio Puerco Managment Committee-Watershed Initiative, and the New Mexico Environment Department-Surface Water Quality Bureau.
First Edition: April 2006
Excerpt from Introduction:
"This book addresses the construction and maintenance of unpaved rural roads including strategies, techniques and practices for dealing with problems frequently encountered by landowners, land managers and maintenance personnel. Running water is the primary force affecting road condition and generating the need for maintenance. Economical maintenance means dealing effectively with water, but not just surface runoff. Standing water, seeping water, rain, snow, ice, frost and even a lack of water can contribute to road maintenance needs.
"Water can be a nuisance, but is also a valuable natural resource. As the West becomes more populated, as the demand for water escalates and the available supply shrinks, practical measures for harvesting or conserving water become increasingly useful. This book introduces the concept of harvesting water from low standard rural roads as an important aspect of maintenance activities.
"Roads alter water movement across the landscape, which can concentrate and accelerate flow and cause soil erosion and gully formation. Roads can divert surface and subsurface flows, causing affected sites to dry out and lose productivity. Sediment-laden runoff from road surfaces, and their associated ditch systems, can be a major source of water pollution and turbidity. The very practices aimed at maintaining roads and offsetting negative effects can be extremely valuable in conserving water and using it wisely. In other words, roads can be managed as tools for saving water, improving vegetative cover and increasing forage yields while protecting valuable soils from erosion."
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by Bill Zeedyk
A Joint Publication of The Quivira Coalition, Zeedyk Ecological Consulting, LLC, The Rio Puerco Managment Committee-Watershed Initiative, and the New Mexico Environment Department-Surface Water Quality Bureau.
First Edition: April 2006
Excerpt from Introduction:
"This book addresses the construction and maintenance of unpaved rural roads including strategies, techniques and practices for dealing with problems frequently encountered by landowners, land managers and maintenance personnel. Running water is the primary force affecting road condition and generating the need for maintenance. Economical maintenance means dealing effectively with water, but not just surface runoff. Standing water, seeping water, rain, snow, ice, frost and even a lack of water can contribute to road maintenance needs.
"Water can be a nuisance, but is also a valuable natural resource. As the West becomes more populated, as the demand for water escalates and the available supply shrinks, practical measures for harvesting or conserving water become increasingly useful. This book introduces the concept of harvesting water from low standard rural roads as an important aspect of maintenance activities.
"Roads alter water movement across the landscape, which can concentrate and accelerate flow and cause soil erosion and gully formation. Roads can divert surface and subsurface flows, causing affected sites to dry out and lose productivity. Sediment-laden runoff from road surfaces, and their associated ditch systems, can be a major source of water pollution and turbidity. The very practices aimed at maintaining roads and offsetting negative effects can be extremely valuable in conserving water and using it wisely. In other words, roads can be managed as tools for saving water, improving vegetative cover and increasing forage yields while protecting valuable soils from erosion."
ORDER THIS BOOK This is a free publication. Shipping and Handling fees apply.
(Copies Are Available at Our Office Free of Charge)