Border Patrol Station a stop on Bisbee Waterwise tour
Border Patrol Station a stop on Bisbee Waterwise tour
Water harvesting
Supervisory Border Patrol Agent Manny Villa closes the entrance to the inlet filter which cleans rainwater prior to entering one of two 25,000-gallon fiberglass tanks buried in the Brian A. Terry Border Patrol Station grounds in Naco.
Posted: Wednesday, August 28, 2013 12:38 pm
BISBEE — Waterwise holds many tours throughout the year, some for xeriscaping, others for rain water harvesting. Saturday, those on the rain water harvesting tour were permitted to visit the new Brian Terry Border Patrol Station and learn about the high-tech system the federal government installed.
Border Patrol agent Manases “Manny” Villa gave a presentation of the system installed by Brae, that consists of two, underground 25,000-gallon fiberglass storage tanks that provide water for the minimal native landscaping of 19 trees and 11 ocotillos and for flushing the station’s commodes...MORE