Our Services
The Water Folk designs, builds, and installs rainwater catchment systems, greywater reuse systems, water retention landscapes, and water-efficient irrigation for your home, business, land, and community.
Greywater Reuse 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.
Rainwater 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.
Water Retention Landscaping
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.
Water-Efficient Irrigation
We design and install irrigation systems that use less water and do more with it: drip lines, low-flow emitters, and smart controllers that match watering to season and soil. For some clients we manage irrigation remotely, adjusting wifi-connected systems from an app so watering stays dialed in year-round. Paired with rainwater catchment or greywater reuse, efficient irrigation stretches every stored gallon further.
The Water Folk serves Sonoma, Marin, and Napa County and the Greater Bay Area.
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We work with clients in Santa Rosa, Petaluma, Sebastopol, Rohnert Park, Cotati, Windsor, Healdsburg, Sonoma, Glen Ellen, Occidental, Forestville, Guerneville, Bodega Bay, San Rafael, Novato, Mill Valley, San Anselmo, Fairfax, Point Reyes Station, Napa, Yountville, St. Helena, Calistoga, Half Moon Bay, and communities throughout Northern California.
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Have a project somewhere we didn't mention? Get in touch, we're open to projects beyond the listed locations.