reclaimed water in community gardens

Hello everyone!

 

First of all, I just want to comment on how consistently informative and
inspiring the discussion on this listserve is.  I live and work in a small
town in Southern California, and am scoping out the possibilities for
starting a community garden (neighboring towns have them, but we don't).  I
work for the local Resource Conservation District, a grant-funded unit of
the state government that provides environmental support for land owners and
farmers.  

 

Someone on the board at the local water district has been dropping hints
that the water district may be able to provide the needed land, and would
also be interested in providing reclaimed water for use by the gardeners.
They are interested in demonstration projects using reclaimed water.  I did
some research and found that tertiary treated reclaimed water is already in
use on some vegetable crops, so it is safe, but I'm wondering if there are
any community or school gardens out there who are already using reclaimed
water, and what recommendations they might have.  Please send me any
information you think would be helpful, and thank you again for all your
thoughts and efforts.

 

Sincerely,

 

Alexandra Lyon

Mission Resource Conservation District

990 East Mission Road

Fallbrook, CA 92028

Phone: (760) 728-1332

Fax: (760) 723-5316


______________________________________________________
The American Community Gardening Association listserve is only one of ACGA's services to community gardeners. To learn more about the ACGA and to find out how to join, please go to http://www.communitygarden.org


To post an e-mail to the list:  community_garden@mallorn.com

To subscribe, unsubscribe or change your subscription:  https://secure.mallorn.com/mailman/listinfo/community_garden
Other Mailing lists | Author Index | Date Index | Subject Index | Thread Index