Approximately 30% of U.S. household water use goes toward outdoor purposes like irrigation or car washing. Cutting back on that usage from your local water system can cut down on local pollution and ...

Ecology Action Center rain barrel workshops cover rainwater catchment, installation, maintenance, environmental benefits and ...

My sustainable homestead is evolving—and the new addition to the ever-growing project involves using rain barrels to provide my chickens with drinking water, irrigate my garden, and keep my compost ...

Get a rain barrel and downspout diverter for less than $10 after the City of Toronto’s 80 per cent subsidy. Order Your Rain ...

Even when rain is in short supply, beautiful rain barrels are not. According to Surfrider.org, for every inch of rain your area gets and 1,000 square feet of roof, you can harvest about 0.62 gallons ...

NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — Nearing the 20th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, non-profit environmental group Green Light is partnering with Entergy. The collaboration is offering a simple way to address ...

Rain falling on Chattanooga’s rooftops can carry litter and other pollution into local rivers and streams, and city officials ...

PRICHARD, Ala. (WKRG) — Thanks to Alabama Power, the Mobile Bay National Estuary Program and other partners, rain barrels are being installed in the Prichard community to save residents money while ...

Laura Jayne had been waiting a year for a local nonprofit to install a rain barrel at her Hollygrove home. She could use it to grow her budding garden and shave a few dollars off her water bill in the ...

As the Bay Area just experienced one of its largest rainstorms in recent years, this is the perfect time for Peninsula homeowners to install rain-collection barrels to help conserve water and prevent ...