Project Overview Work Completed
because every choice matters PO Box 293 Petaluma, California 94953
707-789-9664
www.dailyacts.org [email protected]
Project Overview The original proposal for the ‘Bay Area H20 Program’ was based on total funding of $25,000, of which $10,000 was secured via a grant from Silicon Valley Bank ($4,000 was allocated to Blue Planet Network and $6,000 allocated to Daily Acts) Beneficiaries of the original proposal included: a) 15 households (with targeted outreach to low-income residents) b) One school (serving a minimum of 50% enrollment in the free and reduced lunch program) c) One business Proposed Outcomes, Budget and Water Saved Outcomes
Project Cost $11,000
H2O saved (in gallons) 96,000
1 Business Lawn transformation (Avg. 2,500 square feet)
$7,000
62,500
1 School Lawn Transformation (Avg. 2,500 square feet)
$7,000
62,500
In-kind
n/a
$25,000
221,000 gallons
15 Residential Greywater systems
CleanTech TOTAL
Activities identified to support the achievement of the above outcomes included: Two Greywater Workshops One Rain & Greywater Fed Urban Oases Tour Two school-focused safe drinking water training and installations Hands-on education and support for the installation of one rainwater harvesting system or Waterwise Lawn Transformation at a low-income school or business Hands-on education and support for the installation.
Work Completed The first phase of the project is now complete and included the implementation of two Greywater Workshops, one Water-wise Tour and the distribution of 14 residential greywater system parts kits.
because every choice matters PO Box 293 Petaluma, California 94953
707-789-9664
www.dailyacts.org [email protected]
Summary of Activities Greywater Workshops, Talks and Tours Date
Activity
City
# people
7/27/13 DIY Laundry-to-Landscape Installation
Petaluma, CA
47
7/31/13 Water Wisdom Talk: Greywater, Rainwater and Permaculture
Windsor, CA
21
8/10/13 Rain and Greywater Fed Urban Oases Tour
Petaluma, CA
16
8/24/13 DIY Laundry-to-Landscape Installation
Windsor, CA
22
Total number of people educated
106
Workshop: DIY Laundry-to-Landscape Installation (Petaluma, CA) July 27, 2013 9am-4pm
Managed event outreach; media and partner relations; registration; and logistics for a day-long, handson, Laundry-to-Landscape greywater workshop. The workshop was geared towards producing the installation of new residential greywater systems and covered current code requirements, inside and outside parts assembly, proper plant selection and site and landscape distribution system design. Experienced greywater installers were on-hand to ensure code compliance, answer questions and help troubleshoot. Forty-seven participants attended the workshop. Site visits, site evaluation and support was offered in advance of the workshop to ensure that sites were appropriate and homeowners were properly prepared for their installations. Instructors for the course, Christina Bertea and Christopher Reamer, are two of the Bay Area’s premier greywater experts.
“Thanks for putting on a great workshop! Hands-on learning works really well for me- so when we started putting the parts together I really connected the dots!”— Petaluma greywater workshop participant (7/27/13) I had looked at these systems online, but coming to the workshop and getting to feel the parts and get my questions answered has really empowered me to install one! — Petaluma greywater workshop participant (7/27/13) Installation: Greywater system installation support (Petaluma, CA) July 28, 2013 10am-1pm
Petaluma residents were supported in their installations by site visits from experienced installers and contractors.
because every choice matters PO Box 293 Petaluma, California 94953
707-789-9664
www.dailyacts.org [email protected]
Presentation: Water Wisdom: Greywater, Rainwater and Permaculture (Windsor, CA) July 31, 2013
6:30-8:30 pm
Managed event outreach, media, registration and logistics for greywater and water conservation talk focused to twenty-one area residents. Delivered an interactive talk about the need for, and simple solutions for, water conservation. Greywater was featured as one rather simple and cost-effective way to reduce water use and decrease sewer demand. The presentation included dozens of visual examples of designs currently in place around Sonoma County. Tour: Rain and Greywater Fed Urban Oases (Petaluma, CA) August 10, 2013 10am-3pm
Managed event outreach, media relations, registration and logistics for five-hour neighborhood tour and potluck lunch. Participants toured five Water-wise gardens and were provided with a toolkit of techniques along with resources to help them to conserve water, save money, grow food and create a flourishing landscape. Tour stops included: Cavanagh Center and four neighborhood residential model sites, including the home of Daily Acts Executive Director, Trathen Heckman. The sites each demonstrated different approaches and included greywater reuse, rainwater harvesting, sheet mulching, drip irrigation and various permaculture applications. Sixteen participants attended the tour. Workshop: DIY Laundry-to-Landscape Installation (Windsor, CA) August 24, 2013 9am-3pm
Managed event outreach; media and partner relations; registration; and logistics for a day-long, handson, Laundry-to-Landscape greywater workshop. The workshop was geared towards producing the installation of new residential greywater systems and covered current code requirements, inside and outside parts assembly, proper plant selection and site and landscape distribution system design. Experienced greywater installers were on hand to ensure code compliance, answer questions and help troubleshoot. Twenty-two participants attended the workshop. Site evaluation and support was offered in advance of the workshop to ensure that sites were appropriate and that homeowners were properly prepared for their installations. Instructors for the course, Susie Murray and Christopher Reamer, are considered Sonoma County’s premier greywater experts. The event was featured in the August 14th Windsor Times edition, the article “Grey is the New Green”. “Thank you for hosting the Greywater Workshop, I learned so much from all of you! What a pleasure to meet you on Saturday, I am so impressed with the ease and convenience you have made this whole process--can't wait to set-up our system!!” –Windsor Greywater workshop participant (8/24/13)
because every choice matters PO Box 293 Petaluma, California 94953
707-789-9664
www.dailyacts.org [email protected]
Greywater Part Kits Distributed The Cities of Petaluma, Windsor and Santa Rosa provide free greywater parts kits to residents who participate in DIY Laundry-to-Landscape greywater workshops and 14 greywater parts kits were distributed via workshops held in July and August 2013. City
# kits distributed
Petaluma
12
Windsor
1
Santa Rosa
1
Total kits distributed
14
Program Evaluation Daily Acts is currently conducting follow-up with residents who received parts kits at the July and August 2013 greywater workshops to assess progress in the installation process. Follow-up is being conducted by email, phone and survey. Although the process will be on-going, as of April 7, 2014 results are as below. Status
Total # systems
Projected H2O saved (in gallons)
System has been successfully installed
4
25,600 gallons
Installation of system is in process
6
38,400 gallons
Installation will not be proceeding
1
0
Unable to contact
3
n/a
Daily Acts is also contacting participants in the July and August workshops who did not receive part kits to determine if they proceeded with installation via a private contractor or by purchasing materials with their own funds.
Learnings 2013 was our 6th year working on greywater education and installations with non-profit, business and municipal partners. In that time, we’ve been able to collectively affect a sea change, both locally and within the state of California in regards to greywater awareness, installations and policy change. Greywater awareness has reached a tipping point and the challenge now is to turn that awareness into significant numbers of home-scale greywater systems installed.
because every choice matters PO Box 293 Petaluma, California 94953
707-789-9664
www.dailyacts.org [email protected]
There are several areas of both opportunity and challenge yet to be explored in order to fully realize the potential of our programs to influence individual behavior change and to integrate a water conservation ethos more fully into people’s daily lives. The areas identified that need further development were: Longer than anticipated evolution from exposure and education to installation of greywater systems, lack of confidence in ability to complete an installation, issues with site appropriateness for greywater system installation and further assessment of needs and impacts. An ongoing challenge is the amount of time it takes to pre-screen participants for the workshops to achieve a higher ratio of systems installed to participants attending. In an effort to increase the number of systems installed, streamline the process and make the program more cost effective, Daily Acts is reworking the format of both our greywater talks and our workshops. Future greywater talks will provide a general overview of the types of greywater systems, including the opportunities and limitations of each. The talk will also covers codes, best practices and basic designs. Participants will leave the talk with a clear understanding of whether they are ready to proceed with a greywater system installation and which greywater system is suitable for their home. Workshops will focus on hands-on education with practical skill-building instruction for participants who are ready to install the simple and cost-effective Laundry-to-Landscape greywater system. The primary focus of the workshop is on system design and installation. Workshop participants will leave the workshop with the knowledge and skills to install a Laundry-to-Landscape greywater on their own property.
Budget Income (Revised proposal) City of Petaluma
$10,080
Town of Windsor
$6,335
Silicon Valley Bank
$6,000
Total Income
$22,415
Expenses (Revised proposal) Project Management (salaries, outreach, evaluation, website content) Contractors
$20,867 $1,375
Total Expense
$22,242
Income (original proposal)
$25,000
Expenses (original proposal)
$25,000
707-789-9664
www.dailyacts.org [email protected]
Project Overview The original proposal for the ‘Bay Area H20 Program’ was based on total funding of $25,000, of which $10,000 was secured via a grant from Silicon Valley Bank ($4,000 was allocated to Blue Planet Network and $6,000 allocated to Daily Acts) Beneficiaries of the original proposal included: a) 15 households (with targeted outreach to low-income residents) b) One school (serving a minimum of 50% enrollment in the free and reduced lunch program) c) One business Proposed Outcomes, Budget and Water Saved Outcomes
Project Cost $11,000
H2O saved (in gallons) 96,000
1 Business Lawn transformation (Avg. 2,500 square feet)
$7,000
62,500
1 School Lawn Transformation (Avg. 2,500 square feet)
$7,000
62,500
In-kind
n/a
$25,000
221,000 gallons
15 Residential Greywater systems
CleanTech TOTAL
Activities identified to support the achievement of the above outcomes included: Two Greywater Workshops One Rain & Greywater Fed Urban Oases Tour Two school-focused safe drinking water training and installations Hands-on education and support for the installation of one rainwater harvesting system or Waterwise Lawn Transformation at a low-income school or business Hands-on education and support for the installation.
Work Completed The first phase of the project is now complete and included the implementation of two Greywater Workshops, one Water-wise Tour and the distribution of 14 residential greywater system parts kits.
because every choice matters PO Box 293 Petaluma, California 94953
707-789-9664
www.dailyacts.org [email protected]
Summary of Activities Greywater Workshops, Talks and Tours Date
Activity
City
# people
7/27/13 DIY Laundry-to-Landscape Installation
Petaluma, CA
47
7/31/13 Water Wisdom Talk: Greywater, Rainwater and Permaculture
Windsor, CA
21
8/10/13 Rain and Greywater Fed Urban Oases Tour
Petaluma, CA
16
8/24/13 DIY Laundry-to-Landscape Installation
Windsor, CA
22
Total number of people educated
106
Workshop: DIY Laundry-to-Landscape Installation (Petaluma, CA) July 27, 2013 9am-4pm
Managed event outreach; media and partner relations; registration; and logistics for a day-long, handson, Laundry-to-Landscape greywater workshop. The workshop was geared towards producing the installation of new residential greywater systems and covered current code requirements, inside and outside parts assembly, proper plant selection and site and landscape distribution system design. Experienced greywater installers were on-hand to ensure code compliance, answer questions and help troubleshoot. Forty-seven participants attended the workshop. Site visits, site evaluation and support was offered in advance of the workshop to ensure that sites were appropriate and homeowners were properly prepared for their installations. Instructors for the course, Christina Bertea and Christopher Reamer, are two of the Bay Area’s premier greywater experts.
“Thanks for putting on a great workshop! Hands-on learning works really well for me- so when we started putting the parts together I really connected the dots!”— Petaluma greywater workshop participant (7/27/13) I had looked at these systems online, but coming to the workshop and getting to feel the parts and get my questions answered has really empowered me to install one! — Petaluma greywater workshop participant (7/27/13) Installation: Greywater system installation support (Petaluma, CA) July 28, 2013 10am-1pm
Petaluma residents were supported in their installations by site visits from experienced installers and contractors.
because every choice matters PO Box 293 Petaluma, California 94953
707-789-9664
www.dailyacts.org [email protected]
Presentation: Water Wisdom: Greywater, Rainwater and Permaculture (Windsor, CA) July 31, 2013
6:30-8:30 pm
Managed event outreach, media, registration and logistics for greywater and water conservation talk focused to twenty-one area residents. Delivered an interactive talk about the need for, and simple solutions for, water conservation. Greywater was featured as one rather simple and cost-effective way to reduce water use and decrease sewer demand. The presentation included dozens of visual examples of designs currently in place around Sonoma County. Tour: Rain and Greywater Fed Urban Oases (Petaluma, CA) August 10, 2013 10am-3pm
Managed event outreach, media relations, registration and logistics for five-hour neighborhood tour and potluck lunch. Participants toured five Water-wise gardens and were provided with a toolkit of techniques along with resources to help them to conserve water, save money, grow food and create a flourishing landscape. Tour stops included: Cavanagh Center and four neighborhood residential model sites, including the home of Daily Acts Executive Director, Trathen Heckman. The sites each demonstrated different approaches and included greywater reuse, rainwater harvesting, sheet mulching, drip irrigation and various permaculture applications. Sixteen participants attended the tour. Workshop: DIY Laundry-to-Landscape Installation (Windsor, CA) August 24, 2013 9am-3pm
Managed event outreach; media and partner relations; registration; and logistics for a day-long, handson, Laundry-to-Landscape greywater workshop. The workshop was geared towards producing the installation of new residential greywater systems and covered current code requirements, inside and outside parts assembly, proper plant selection and site and landscape distribution system design. Experienced greywater installers were on hand to ensure code compliance, answer questions and help troubleshoot. Twenty-two participants attended the workshop. Site evaluation and support was offered in advance of the workshop to ensure that sites were appropriate and that homeowners were properly prepared for their installations. Instructors for the course, Susie Murray and Christopher Reamer, are considered Sonoma County’s premier greywater experts. The event was featured in the August 14th Windsor Times edition, the article “Grey is the New Green”. “Thank you for hosting the Greywater Workshop, I learned so much from all of you! What a pleasure to meet you on Saturday, I am so impressed with the ease and convenience you have made this whole process--can't wait to set-up our system!!” –Windsor Greywater workshop participant (8/24/13)
because every choice matters PO Box 293 Petaluma, California 94953
707-789-9664
www.dailyacts.org [email protected]
Greywater Part Kits Distributed The Cities of Petaluma, Windsor and Santa Rosa provide free greywater parts kits to residents who participate in DIY Laundry-to-Landscape greywater workshops and 14 greywater parts kits were distributed via workshops held in July and August 2013. City
# kits distributed
Petaluma
12
Windsor
1
Santa Rosa
1
Total kits distributed
14
Program Evaluation Daily Acts is currently conducting follow-up with residents who received parts kits at the July and August 2013 greywater workshops to assess progress in the installation process. Follow-up is being conducted by email, phone and survey. Although the process will be on-going, as of April 7, 2014 results are as below. Status
Total # systems
Projected H2O saved (in gallons)
System has been successfully installed
4
25,600 gallons
Installation of system is in process
6
38,400 gallons
Installation will not be proceeding
1
0
Unable to contact
3
n/a
Daily Acts is also contacting participants in the July and August workshops who did not receive part kits to determine if they proceeded with installation via a private contractor or by purchasing materials with their own funds.
Learnings 2013 was our 6th year working on greywater education and installations with non-profit, business and municipal partners. In that time, we’ve been able to collectively affect a sea change, both locally and within the state of California in regards to greywater awareness, installations and policy change. Greywater awareness has reached a tipping point and the challenge now is to turn that awareness into significant numbers of home-scale greywater systems installed.
because every choice matters PO Box 293 Petaluma, California 94953
707-789-9664
www.dailyacts.org [email protected]
There are several areas of both opportunity and challenge yet to be explored in order to fully realize the potential of our programs to influence individual behavior change and to integrate a water conservation ethos more fully into people’s daily lives. The areas identified that need further development were: Longer than anticipated evolution from exposure and education to installation of greywater systems, lack of confidence in ability to complete an installation, issues with site appropriateness for greywater system installation and further assessment of needs and impacts. An ongoing challenge is the amount of time it takes to pre-screen participants for the workshops to achieve a higher ratio of systems installed to participants attending. In an effort to increase the number of systems installed, streamline the process and make the program more cost effective, Daily Acts is reworking the format of both our greywater talks and our workshops. Future greywater talks will provide a general overview of the types of greywater systems, including the opportunities and limitations of each. The talk will also covers codes, best practices and basic designs. Participants will leave the talk with a clear understanding of whether they are ready to proceed with a greywater system installation and which greywater system is suitable for their home. Workshops will focus on hands-on education with practical skill-building instruction for participants who are ready to install the simple and cost-effective Laundry-to-Landscape greywater system. The primary focus of the workshop is on system design and installation. Workshop participants will leave the workshop with the knowledge and skills to install a Laundry-to-Landscape greywater on their own property.
Budget Income (Revised proposal) City of Petaluma
$10,080
Town of Windsor
$6,335
Silicon Valley Bank
$6,000
Total Income
$22,415
Expenses (Revised proposal) Project Management (salaries, outreach, evaluation, website content) Contractors
$20,867 $1,375
Total Expense
$22,242
Income (original proposal)
$25,000
Expenses (original proposal)
$25,000
