Impact
We empower California residents and businesses to conserve water, save money, and be responsible environmental stewards.
Services:
Rain Catchment Systems
Greywater Systems
Water Conscious Landscaping
Water-Efficient Irrigation
Benefits:
Save Money
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Conserve Water
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Prevent and Mitigate Fire
Improve Watershed Health
What We Do
Greywater Systems
Greywater (graywater) systems are one of the simplest ways to safely bring reused water back into your local ecological system. Our specialists can install a system in just 1 to 2 days, designed around your specific water usage. An often easy and common option is a laundry-to-landscape (L2L) system, which routes water from your washer directly to the trees and plants you want to nourish and grow.
Affordable
Easy to install
& maintain
Helps against drought
Rain Catchment Systems
Rainwater harvesting and catchment systems are a step beyond greywater. Tank systems store water for distribution as needed, so you can catch rainwater during the rainy season and use it through the dry months. Collected rainwater can support gardens and landscape irrigation right away; with filtration, it can also be used for other household purposes.
Efficient, passive
collection
A step towards water autonomy
Tank sizes for different needs
Find out how much water you can harvest annually.
Water Retention Landscape
Water retention landscapes are the most involved way to transform your land into a resilient, water-abundant ecosystem. Basins, diversion swales, check dams, and other earthworks are combined to slow, spread, and sink water as it moves across and through the landscape -- whether from direct rainfall or runoff from higher ground. We don't formally offer retention landscaping, but our specialists will consult with you to build a custom plan suited to your land.
Most ecologically restorative
Adapted to your landscape
Really helps against drought
Trusted by Community Partners
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Client Testimonials
Melinda
Half Moon Bay, CA
"The Water Folk Team did a great job installing a rain catch system in my yard where the tanks catch the rain and the overflow is sent to the rain garden. It enables the water to sink into the land. They did a fantastic job of making it all look beautiful and natural with water loving native plants. They also installed drip lines, Native Plants and woodchips. They are very friendly and have great creative ideas and work with you on how you want your yard to look and what you want your plan to be. They are excellent, and I highly recommend!"
What happens when I book a consultation?
We offer Residential and Commercial Water Systems Consultations as a first step toward exploring work with us. Our team visits your property for about an hour to thoroughly review the water systems on your land, assessing watershed health and opportunities to improve it. We'll look at possibilities for rainwater catchment and greywater reuse, along with any focal points for water movement issues on the landscape. Using a permaculture-based approach, we assess flooding, drainage, erosion, and opportunities to harvest rainwater and encourage water to slow, spread, and sink into the land. Afterward, we provide an estimate and proposal for any work you'd like to move forward with.
Our Mission
In many parts of California, we are seeing rapid desertification, due in part to the rapid loss of water held in local ecosystems and rain runoff that is unable to be absorbed into the landscape.
Our team at The Water Folk strives to play a role in reversing this process through implementation and education around water management best practices like greywater reuse, rain catchment systems, water retention landscapes, and water-wise irrigation.
The Water Folk offers the needed support, education, and opportunities for the collective responsibility it will take to restore our relationship to water.
Partners & Affiliations
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