Having enough...

Having enough water: increasing storage

Doing it right. Maximum storage of winter rains

  • A) Households harvest rainwater
  • B) Ditches connect to infiltration ponds, not streams
  • C) Forests promote infiltration

Doing it wrong. Wasted opportunities

  • D) Little water infiltrates below cleared land
  • E) Homes do not harvest rainwater
  • F) Ditches transfer water to streams and sea

So how do islanders increase their water supplies?We increase groundwater storage by maintaining our forest lands. And we harvest rainwater from our rooftops.

So how do islanders increase their water supplies?
We increase groundwater storage by maintaining our forest lands. And we harvest rainwater from our rooftops.