Susan Pearlstine

Water: Catch It if You Can: a Simple Guide to Saving, Storing and Reusing Water Susan Pearlstine

This book addresses the mysteries surrounding our most common element, water. It is an easy guide to becoming a "water detective", introducing practical everyday tips and water saving tools to help you change your water footprint. The contents will open your awareness to the global water crisis and teach you efficient ways to catch and save water. The format is personal, accessible and adds a light touch using cartoons and colorful pictures. The scope of the book covers water conservation in the home to rain gardens and rain catchments in the landscape. Water: Catch It If You Can is divided into four categories with easy to follow instructions and resources: 1. Why study water? 2. Water Usage and Conservation 3. Water Catchment 4. Slowing and Diverting the Storm Water Runoff. The accompanying pictures and cartoons bring these concepts to life. Here is a simple example of what you will find in this easy to follow guide book: When taking a shower catch the cold water in a bucket while you await the hot water. Use the water that you catch to water your indoor plants. You will be surprised how far a bucket will go! There are hundreds of useful tips in Water: Catch It If You Can. Susan is passionate about her subject and has written a book that people of all ages throughout the world will be able to understand and implement on a daily basis. This book undoubtedly will become a useful handbook in your household.