SWaMP and Save Our Saugahatchee (S.O.S) sponsored a presentation, Alternative sources of water… A better approach, by Scott Kubiszyn, founder of Nature’s Tap, on February 19th in Comer Hall on the AU campus. Mr. Kubiszyn discussed water conservation, how citizens can be part of the solution, and how Nature’s Tap can assist them. While many parts of the country and the world have an approaching water crisis, we have shunned centuries-old and natural practices of collecting water and using it at the source. In the process we are damaging our watersheds, stealing from our water tables, consuming tremendous amounts of energy, and using unnecessary resources. Scott presented practical solutions and new technologies that are emerging to capture rainwater and stormwater, and reuse greywater as alternative sources of water for our non-potable needs. He also discussed his plans with a local school, Cary Woods Elementary School, to install a rainwater harvesting system. This SWaMP-funded project will act as a community demonstration site, while reducing the school’s dependence on potable water, and reducing runoff and nonpoint source pollution into the creek that runs behind the school and into the Saugahatchee.  

Click here to view Powerpoint presentation

Click here to view video of the talk

(computer-generated rendering of rain garden - complements of Corey O’steen, Creative Habitats, Auburn, AL)

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