Ed Crawford is vice
president operations for Rain Water System, Inc., which he joined in Aug. 2001.
In this position, Crawford manages the design, construction and installation of
rainwater harvesting systems. Crawford and his brother Dave lobbied the
Virginia General Assembly in 2001 for passage of the first rainwater harvesting
legislation in the United States. Contact him at ecrawford@rainwatermanagement.com.
According to the author, now is the time to reap their two main benefits: reducing reliance on potable water supplies and cutting energy consumption and costs.