Serving agriculture and residents since 1914
- Author: Chris M. Webb
Published on: March 26, 2012
Rain harvesting is becoming quite popular. Rain barrels are one way to harvest rain. These barrels allow residents to store water that would otherwise become urban runoff. This simple process can provide positive benefits to water quality improvement efforts.
The USDA has a practical and easy to follow publication on rain barrels.
This resource includes:
- Rain barrels help your garden – and local streams
- Selecting a rain barrel
- Equipment and installation tips
- Maintaining your barrel
- Links for further information
Rain barrels can help water quality and conservation efforts.
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Comments: 1
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by simon
on November 23, 2012 at 4:20 PM
Rain barrels are a great idea, however, buyer beware. I purchased rain barrels 2 years running from the event organized by Ventura County (Systern). The ones I bought the first year both split after approx. 1 year. The local rep refunded my money and said it was an unlucky occurence. I purchased two more. Today one of those split. The manufacturer (in Canada) was most unhelpful, asked me for pics, production symbols etc. but never did anything. As of now, I have three large unusable rain barrels, which equals a large amount of wasted plastics. Very unhappy in VC.
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