We need funds to manage water flow. We have plans for a network of ponds and basins on the hill side, and implementing this vision will require labor, consulting, and equipment.

The bulk of the work will be shaping the hillside for maximum water retention and aquifer recharge. We see four basins and two ponds added to the hillside with contoured terraces conveying water between them. We already created a pond at the top of the hill and the first basin will be close to its outlet, receiving its overflow. It will have two outlets connecting basins on either side of the slope as high as the contour line allows. The second basin will receive runoff from the neighboring pasture as well as the first basin. 

The basins will feed ponds in the valley. Native wetland plants will be used to mitigate erosion around ponds and basins. Terracing conveying water between basins will be used for annual and perennial food crops interspersed with pasture blocks for winter grazing.

This project will create habitat for native species, reduce erosion of the soil and the creek bed, and help provide water to the crops in the drier months. The more water we can sink into the earth the less water we have to pull from our well.