Denver, Colo. – Sept. 20, 2007 - ARCADIS (EURONEXT: ARCAD), the international consulting and engineering company, is pleased to announce the launch of Water by Design, by Heather Kinkade-Levario, RLA, LEED AP, Arizona Director of Planning.
With our growing population and increasing global temperatures its no secrete that water is poised to become the new oil as the entire world faces the reality of a decreasing supply of clean water. In Water by Design, Kinkade-Levario demonstrates methods for rainwater harvesting, stormwater catchment, and alternate water use. These groundbreaking rainwater collection methods link human and environmental systems in mutually reinforcing health.
Water by Design is available at http://www.arcadis-us.com/About+Us/Publications/Books.htm and www.amazon.com for $24.95.
About the author, Heather Kinkade-Levario
Kinkade-Levario has made herself the leading expert in rainwater collection and its application through a singular combination of systematic observation, focused academic study and professional design experience. Water by Design builds on her award-winning book Forgotten Rain.
Her native area is the arid Southwest, where the need for water collection is most glaringly obvious and where the art of water catchment has developed rapidly.
Kinkade-Levario has been a leader in the American Rainwater Catchment Systems Association, the International Rainwater Catchments Systems Association and the U.S. Green Building Council. For more information about Water by Design, please contact New Society Publishers at www.newsociety.com.
ARCADIS is an international company providing consultancy, engineering and management services in infrastructure, environment and facilities, to enhance mobility, sustainability and quality of life. ARCADIS develops, designs, implements, maintains and operates projects for companies and governments. With more than 12,000 employees and over $1.9 billion in gross revenue, the company has an extensive international network that is supported by strong local market positions.
