meet the family:
The greater Alternate Water family includes:
Graywater, Rainwater, Stormwater, and Reclaimed water (treated blackwater).
Now widely accepted as a core element of green infrastructure, Alternate Water-Use Systems give us our first, most practical and beneficial solution to the water supply issues facing us today: Use the water we already have available, much more efficiently.
background:
What is Alternate Water? : Graywater, Rainwater, Stormwater, and Reclaimed water (treated blackwater).
Graywater (wastewater from showers, sinks and laundry machines) accounts for almost half of all water used indoors.
Rainwater can be collected from roofs and redirected for storage in deep aquifers, ponds, and tanks of all kinds.
Stormwater is rainwater or other precipitation that has reached the ground and either infiltrates into the soil, is stored in ponds and streams, evaporates, or runs off.
presenting:
The ALT Water Training: A 12-Class alternate water-reuse training program for professionals:
Index of Classes 1 through 12:
1) Alternate Water - A first step for water conservation and reuse
2) The Biological Machine
3) Understanding our Impact
4) Integrated Water Management
5) Gray Water Systems
6) Rainwater harvesting
7) Black water systems
8) Stormwater and Foundation Drainage Capture
9) Working with Gravity
10) Conservation Technology
11) An Optimized Knowledge Toolkit
12) The Alternate Water-Use Professional
Format #1: (24) 4-hour sessions (English and/or Spanish)
Format #2: (12) 8-hour sessions (English and/or Spanish)
In-house Training and Research Facilities: Located approximately 45 minutes drive north of San Francisco, California, USA at the Madrona Earth Bio-sphere for holistic arts.
Research Program: Provides a platform for the support of student innovation in the development and rapid prototyping of new and experimental system designs. Through the support of diverse stakeholders the ALT Water research program provides facilities and equipment for testing and analysis, and an administrative structure for strategic planning, budget allocation, revenue generation, and product development and publication.
Apprenticeship Program: Bridging the gap between novice trainee and successfully established installer is the focus of the ALT Water Apprenticeship Program, directly placing new program graduates with real-world design/build projects, and providing material, technical, legal and administrative function to new installers in the process of starting their own businesses,
design / build
Licensed, bonded and Insured: Professional design and installation of Graywater systems (low-tech gravity fed and high-tech w/filtration and drip irrigation), Rainwater Catchment tanks and Ponds, high-efficiency Smart controlled Freshwater Irrigation Systems, and exterior fire protection systems.
Project Portfolio:
1) GreyWater Systems-Low Tech Gravity Fed
2) GreyWater Systems-High Tech to Drip Irrigation
3) RainWater Catchment Tanks
4) RainWater Catchment Ponds
5) High-efficiency Smart controlled Irrigation Systems
6) Exterior Fire protection Systems
7) Experimental System Designs
8) Stormwater and Foundation Drainage Capture
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