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Saturday, June 16 2012, 10:30am - 12:30pm |
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Rainwater Harvesting, Gray Water Reuse & Texas Law - Fouad Jabar (AT)
Saturday, June 16 10:30 AM to 12:30 PM
Location - REI, 4515 LBJ Fwy, Dallas, TX, 2nd floor, in Guadalupe Peake Classroom
Prof. Fouad Jaber will speak on the *three most important aspects of water for an urban dweller*:
- Rainwater harvesting
- Treating rainwater to make it potable, and
- New Texas laws for recycling gray water
Dr. Jaber is Assistant Professor and Extension Specialist in Integrated Water Resources Management at the Texas AgriLife Extension Service. His area of study is focused on best management practices to mitigate the harmful effects of urbanization on stormwater volume and water quality. He tests the effectiveness of green infrastructure (GI) and low impact development (LID) practices such as porous pavement, bio-retention areas, green roofs, rainwater harvesting and wet detention ponds. Dr. Jaber also
conducts research in water reuse in urban settings including gray water and A/C condensate reuse.
Joint meetup with Dallas Cohousing <http://dallascohousing.org> & Dallas Sustainable Living & Organic
Gardening.<http://www.meetup.com/DallasSustainability/events/66722322/>
Angela Alston, Dallas Cohousing http://dallascohousing.org 972-669-8798
Dallas Cohousing: forming a community of like-minded folks who'd like to live cooperatively & sustainably in urban Dallas, close to a DART station
Approved AT (2 hours) - posted 6/1/2012 JEV
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