Welcome to the Preserve Our Water Blanco County Rainwater Tour!Local rainwater collection installations will be featured here for ideas, inspiration, and adulation. (Do you have a rainwater system you would like featured? Please email us at pow "at" moment.net. Articles will be added regularly, or at least as we get them together.)
Juniper Hills Farm, Blanco County
Juniper Hills Farm, home to Onion Creek Kitchens, a culinary school and B&B relies entirely on rainwater for the needs of the owners, the school and guests. Facing the need for a very deep well with uncertain capacity and production, rainwater was the obvious choice. More >>
Mollberg Compound - Green Living on the Divide
I came across my property in the Peyton Colony region of SE Blanco County in 1997. There had never been a well on the property, and there was no structure or infrastructure present. My neighbors here all have wells, but they are 800 feet+ deep, and produce a very mineral saturated water. More >>
Wilson-Gray System - Art Studio/Gallery and Hillside Home
Although a growing number of people in Central Texas are incorporating a rainwater system into new construction, many, if not most systems, are installed after the home or business is constructed. The system at the home and studio of Blanco County artist Kathleen Marie Wilson and husband Jeff Gray is a testament to creativity and ingenuity in adapting to an existing structure. More >>
Elliot's New Home and Rainwater Harvesting System
Long before breaking ground for their home, located overlooking Grape Creek, Tim and Patty Elliott knew they would be installing a rainwater harvesting system. When they moved from water rich Houston to Blanco County they first lived in Johnson City while preparing to and building their new home in the hills. More >>
Rainwater Harvesting on the Pedernales
Bill and Donna Davis moved into their new Hill Country home in October of 2002. The Davis' came to this area in part to be near children and grandchildren in Austin and in part because of the quiet and beauty of the area. When they came they brought an appreciation for the preciousness of water. More >>
