Date of Award
Spring 2025
Document Type
Thesis - SCU Access Only
Publisher
Santa Clara : Santa Clara University, 2025
Department
Civil, Environmental and Sustainable Engineering
First Advisor
Laura Doyle
Abstract
In collaboration with the Urban Grower’s Network, a sustainable water supply was designed to irrigate one acre of row crops in a proposed garden in Downtown San Jose. In order to align with the stakeholders’ goals of sustainability, cost, reliability, and generating a positive impact on the community, stormwater runoff from the parking area will be collected through a bioswale and held in an underground cistern. The water will then be pumped up through a reverse osmosis system and distributed to the crops through drip irrigation. There will be a separate above ground rainwater harvesting system from the classroom for educational purposes. The design ensures that one acre of row crops will be irrigated for an entire year without reliance on city water supply.
Recommended Citation
Tartell, Annie; Leisenring, Katherine; Cornejo, Julia; and Garcia, Isa, "Sustainable Water Solution for San Jose Urban Garden" (2025). Civil, Environmental and Sustainable Engineering Senior Theses. 124.
https://scholarcommons.scu.edu/ceng_senior/124
