Installing the 1700 gallon cisterns for water catchment.

Carefully placing the cistern.

Dough Pushard installs piping for cisterns.

Eidan installs the valves for the irrigation system.

Rain water is captured and piped to the cistern.

Buried cistern for water catchment.

Eidan prepares canale for water catchment.

Close up of the canale used for water catchment.

The Emerald Home captures 80% of the roof water that is subsequently stored in the cisterns.

Drip irrigation system for water conservation.

Drought-tolerant landscaping (xeriscape) surrounds the Emerald Home.