Course to Learn Rainwater System Design
Sign up to Take the Rainwater Harvesting Design Course! Offered April 20 – June 8 Many of us making a home in the Salish Sea are thinking about spring planting, …
View PostSalt Spring Island Watershed Protection Alliance
Sign up to Take the Rainwater Harvesting Design Course! Offered April 20 – June 8 Many of us making a home in the Salish Sea are thinking about spring planting, …
View PostThe member agencies and groups represented in the Salt Spring Island Watershed Protection Alliance are pleased to present the 2022 Annual Report highlighting a year of collaborative Watershed Protection on …
View PostToday is World Water Day – March 22nd Be a Water Farmer! Please Take the Rainwater Storage Challenge! The Challenge goal on Salt Spring is 3 million gallons of water …
View PostRegister for this event at the Salt Spring Farmer’s Institute:
DATE CHANGED!
NEW DATE: April 4, 2023
10am – 4pm – Free by registration
Instructors:
Tayler Krawczyk – Hatchet and Seed
and Foster Richardson
Sponsored by the Capital Regional District
Registration is required. Space is limited.
Lunch will be provided.
Tayler Krawczyk provided a “Managing Water on the Farm with Keyline Design” workshop at Bullock Lake Farm in 2016 (sponsored by SSIWPA).
Is your well used for domestic purposes? Yes? It is advisable that you ensure your domestic well is registered with the provincial groundwater well registration system. Why register my domestic …
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View Post“Island gardeners” is a moniker that describes 1 in 2 Salt Springers, I’d say. And, seasonal drought is here to stay – perhaps even punctuated by spring or winter-time droughts …
Continue reading “Rain Storage Incentives Change the Face of Drought”
View PostWhat’s different about water on Salt Spring? The islands in the Salish Sea are in a rain shadow, and seasonal drought is common. All water on this island comes from …
View PostRainwater Harvesting Tour 2022 Date: Sunday September 25, 2022 Where: Self-transported Tour of Rainwater Systems across Salt Spring Island, British Columbia WEB (mobile device) – click for Tour Map Here …
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View PostIs your well used for domestic purposes? Yes? It is advisable that you ensure your domestic well is registered with the provincial groundwater well registration system. Why register my domestic …
View PostSSIWPA is pleased to release the Annual Report 2021
Please share!
Do you have a rainwater storage system to show your neighbours?
The SSIWPA Water Storage Challenge is still going
Did you add rainwater storage to your water conservation practice since January 2021?
If you did, let us know and contribute to the goal – 3 million gallons of water storage added on Salt Spring Island by 2026!!
Together, we can take effective climate actions for a sustainable future ~ Thank you